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Grove City College Dedicates $39.5 Million STEM Hall
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The $39.5 million STEM Hall at Grove City College was dedicated Thursday evening as alumni, faculty and students gathered for a ceremony in the STEM Hall Courtyard and a reception and open house inside the 68,300-square-foot building.
STEM Hall, which has been in use by students and faculty since the semester started in August, offers laboratory and study spaces designed to foster opportunities for collaborative interaction.
“We are grateful to the many alumni, foundations and friends of the college who have given generously of their treasure to offer Grove City College students a magnificent learning opportunity for years to come, said Dr. Richard G. Jewell, president of the college.
STEM Hall houses 12 labs for chemistry biology and computer science, a vivarium for animals used in research, 18 faculty offices and abundant space for students to study, meet and work with faculty.
The building is anchored by four glass-walled laboratories and includes floor-to-ceiling windows that tint automatically with the sunshine.
Thirty-five percent of the college’s 2,500 students are enrolled in its Hopeman School of Science, Engineering and Mathematics.
STEM Hall completes the first phase of the Grove City Matters capital campaign, the largest in the school’s history. As of Aug. 1, $69.1 million of the campaign’s $90 million goal has been raised, according to the college. The campaign formally concludes in June 2015.
Phase two of Grove City Matters will involve demolishing the Rockwell Hall of Science and replacing it with a similar building that will connect to the new STEM Hall. The new building will retain Rockwell’s iconic tower. A date to break ground for this project has not been determined.
The new science, technology, engineering and mathematics building is the sixth major campus building project completed in a little more than a decade. Since 2002, the college has erected the Hall of Arts and Letters, Breen Student Union, Colonial Hall Apartments, Rathburn Hall Christian activities building, and a presidential residence.
The new buildings represent more than $92 million worth of investment in Grove City College, all it funded by private donors. That’s on top of $23.5 million the college has spent on upgrades to facilities, building renovations and other physical improvements on campus during the same time period.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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