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18-May-1998 
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    College News 
 
    by Julian Shipp 
 
EATON, Pa.-Lafayette College has begun constructing a 110,000-square-foot 
sports complex on campus that will significantly enhance the college's 
spirit of community and its facilities for a wide variety of athletic and 
recreational activities. The complex will include a new $24 million center 
for intramural and recreational sports attached to the Allan P. Kirby Field 
House. The field house itself will receive a major facelift and interior 
renovations totaling an additional $2.5 million. The resulting complex will 
be called the Allan P. Kirby Sports Center. It's scheduled for completion 
in the fall of 1999. Major support will come from the F.M. Kirby 
Foundation, Morristown, N.J., which has committed $20 million toward 
construction of the complex. 
 
NEW CONCORD, Ohio-Elder Patricia G. Brown, moderator of the 209th General 
Assembly (1997), visited Muskingum College May 10 and attended a picnic 
hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Speck at the college president's manse. 
The picnic was followed by an informal talk by Brown. Brown, of Cincinnati, 
had served the denomination on national committees dealing with 
communication, stewardship, mission, personnel funding, and ecumenical and 
interfaith relations before being elected moderator. She has been active in 
civil rights causes and is a speaker and storyteller on racial issues in 
her community. Earlier in the day, Brown addressed Muskingum College 
students, faculty and staff at the 153rd commencement services. 
 
GREENVILLE, Tenn.-During the annual Tusculum College President's Dinner 
recently, college president Robert E. Knott announced a $1 million 
commitment to the Tusculum College 2000 Campaign by Alpine Industries, 
Inc., of Greenville. In making the gift, Alpine Industries became the first 
corporation in the history of the college to become a benefactor by 
contributing $1 million or more and the seventh overall benefactor. Knott 
said that Alpine Industries has become a major contributor to building the 
local community through increased economic activity and through generous 
support of local causes. The Tusculum College 2000 Campaign is a $20 
million comprehensive capital campaign that is providing funds for a 
variety of campus needs, from renovations of the library and residence 
halls to new construction. 
 
STAUNTON, Va.-Mary Baldwin College has received an initial grant of $50,000 
from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation in New York City for the 
establishment of an endowed scholarship fund. The foundation is expected to 
contribute another $50,000 in the near future, and matching funds from an 
anonymous alumna's challenge gift to MBC will bring the fund to $200,000. 
The William R. Hearst Endowed Scholarship Fund will support undergraduate 
students in mathematics and the sciences, with an emphasis on American 
students who are black, of Hispanic descent or students enrolled in the 
college's nontraditional programs. 

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