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6-January-1997 
98002 
 
    College News 
 
    by Julian Shipp 
 
ELKINS, W.Va.--Davis & Elkins College has announced the receipt of a $3 
million grant from JSM Charitable Trust of St. Louis, Mo., in support of a 
new athletic/physical education center on campus. College officials say 
architectural planning is in progress for the second phase of a three-phase 
program designed to upgrade and expand the college's athletic facilities. 
The first phase of the project, Gates Tower, a service facility, opened at 
the beginning of the 1997-98 academic session and was dedicated in October. 
 
RALEIGH, N.C.-Peace College has received a $250,000 gift from the A.J. 
Fletcher Foundation toward the construction of a cellular and molecular 
biology laboratory. The laboratory, to be housed in Peace's Pressly Hall, 
will afford students access to advanced laboratory experiences in the 
modern techniques of molecular and cellular biology. The laboratory will 
support the teaching of courses in microbiology, cellular and developmental 
biology, molecular biology and genetics. The laboratory is being built in 
response to the recent addition of a biology major, one of several 
baccalaureate options now offered at the college. Construction of the 
laboratory will begin this spring and be completed by the beginning of the 
1998 fall semester. 
 
DANVILLE, Ky.-Centre College has established a new scholarship based on an 
$800,000 gift to the college endowment from Louisville businessman David 
Grissom. Earnings from the fund will provide annual scholarships to 
students marked with a strong potential for leadership. Centre has selected 
a freshman from northern Kentucky, Jason Crosby of Villa Hills, as the 
college's first Grissom Scholar. Each year, Centre will choose one entering 
freshman student to become a Grissom scholar. The scholarships will be 
renewable throughout the student's four years at the college. 

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