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GROUNDBREAKING SET FOR NEW CARNEGIE ALUMNI CENTER |
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February 13, 2008
GROVE CITY, Pa. – Grove City College will break ground on the new Carnegie Alumni Center at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 26. The short ceremony is set for the front corner of the lower-campus building on Broad Street across from College View Towers.
Taking part in the ceremony will be College President Richard G. Jewell ’67, Alumni Council President Andrew Kozusko ’96, Student Government Association president Andrew Miller ’08, Senior Director of Alumni and College Relations Melissa MacLeod ’96, Trustee Ronald H. Miller ’75, vice chair of the buildings and grounds committee of the Board of Trustees, John C. Schrott, III, president of the Pittsburgh architecture firm IKM Incorporated and James T. Frantz, president of the TEDCO Construction company of Carnegie, Pa.
The $6.7 million Carnegie project will include a 6,200-square-foot addition and renovation to the existing 12,600-square-foot building. The addition will serve as a main entry point to the facility and meet all accessibility requirements, feature an elevator and additional stairway, and provide adequate restroom facilities for staff and event needs. The project is the last in the College’s $69 million Change & Commitment Campaign. All funds for Carnegie are donated funds.
The building, home to the College Institutional Advancement staff, will keep its overall personality of early 20th century architecture while upgrading to include better welcoming reception space, more office and a space to showcase the history of the College. The space will be open to the College’s 23,000 alumni for dinners, events, programs and a gathering area.
“We’re looking forward to the grand opening of this new space,” MacLeod said. “This is a way for us to give back to our alumni and friends who have contributed so much in making the College the place it is today. We want the new Carnegie Alumni Center to be their home away from home when they visit their alma mater.”
Carnegie consists of three floors, with office and storage space on the ground and main levels, and an unused third floor that once housed a music and performance auditorium. After the renovations, the ground level will house the Communications Office, a kitchen, archival storage, conference room and mechanical equipment. The main level will feature a multi-purpose reception area and dining space for 120 people with access to an outdoor terrace. A casual seating area with a fireplace will accommodate smaller groups. The third level will house the remainder of the Alumni Relations and Development staffs.
Built in 1900, the Carnegie is named after Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), a Scottish-born businessman, industrialist and philanthropist, who built libraries around Pennsylvania. Carnegie was once a public library and music hall shared by the College and the Borough of Grove City.
Seventeen staff members relocated to the Pew Fine Arts Center Gallery in January and should return by March 2009 at the completion of the renovations.
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