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President Roselle updates faculty on building projects

11:29 a.m., April 15, 2004--UD President David P. Roselle reviewed completed and new building projects on campus, including the Pencader Residence Hall Complex and the Center for the Arts at the semiannual General Faculty Meeting held Monday, April 12.

Roselle urged faculty to visit the newly renovated Mechanical Hall, where the first exhibit of the Paul R. Jones Collection of African-American art will open in the fall. He also noted that the renovation of the Early Learning Center will be completed April 19, creating a “best practice center” for 12 different disciplines on campus, ranging from physical therapy to nutrition to psychology.

The first phase of the new Pencader Residence Hall complex has begun, Roselle said, and will result in a new 500-bed residence hall located in front of the Christiana Towers. Ultimately, this complex will include two more buildings with a total of 1,000 beds, he said, and a bridge-walkway connecting to the Ray Street residence complex.

The president also presented illustrations of the proposed $42 million Center for the Arts and its $12 million parking deck, which is now under construction. UD’s successful five-year Campaign for Delaware, which has raised more than $387 million, has been extended one year to raise money for the center.

The 92,000-gross-square-foot performing arts center, which is expected to open in 2006, will be constructed off Orchard Road in what is now the Amy E. du Pont Music Building parking lot. The Center will provide new performance spaces for music and theatre plus a large practice venue for UD’s Marching Band and many smaller practice rooms for music students.

The architect for the Center for the Arts is Ayers Saint Gross of Baltimore.

Memorial tributes were presented for three former faculty members: Mildred M. Gaddis, Jerzy Leon Nowinski and Carl Alexander von Frankenberg.

Article by Cornelia Weil

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