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15-November-1996 
 
 
96446                      College News 
 
                         by Julian Shipp 
 
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.--Stillman College has officially kicked off its $4.5 
million campaign to construct a humanities/communications/fine arts center, 
which will be named for the college's current president, Dr. Cordell Wynn. 
The Cordell Wynn Humanities/Communications/Fine Arts Center is Stillman's 
first new academic facility since Stinson Math-Science Building was 
constructed in 1971. The new building will centralize humanities-related 
programs that are currently located in six different buildings and will 
provide special purpose/multimedia classrooms. The 40,000-square-foot 
building will be the anchor building of the campus' new south quadrangle as 
indicated on the college's master plan for development. The campaign is 
scheduled to conclude in 1998. 
 
GREENVILLE, Tenn.--Tusculum College has received $53,400 as part of a grant 
from the U.S.  Commerce Department, which recently awarded a 
Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program grant 
totaling more than $500,000, to be divided among eight participating 
members of the Appalachian College Association. Tusculum College will use 
its grant to upgrade its computer labs. The grant will also be used to 
provide access to the computer labs and the Internet for individuals from 
the Greenville community and for local businesses to use in training 
employees. An exact schedule of lab hours for the community will be 
announced at a later time, after the new equipment has been purchased, 
installed and tested. 
 
DANVILLE, Ky.--Centre College's endowment has passed the $100 million mark, 
and the school's capital campaign has reached its goal ahead of schedule, 
college officials announced recently. Centre had set a goal of reaching 
$100 million by the end of the decade, but did better than that because of 
a strong year of fund raising and good investment returns, college 
president Michael F. Adams said. The Front & Centre capital campaign passed 
its $60 million goal 15 months ahead of schedule, said trustee James D. 
Rouse, who is chairman of the campaign. 
 
DECATUR, Ill.--Oakland Hall, Millikin University's new four-story, 
200-bedroom residence hall, was dedicated Oct. 19 as part of the 
university's homecoming activities. Constructed at a cost of $8 million, 
Oakland Hall offers a variety of living arrangements, kitchen and lounges 
on each floor and common meeting and laundry areas. The building is 
air-conditioned and carpeted and offers card-activated security locks. 
 
DUBUQUE, Iowa--The University of Dubuque has announced "New Horizons of 
Excellence," a five-year $19.5 million capital campaign. According to J. 
Bruce Meriweather, chair of the board of trustees and acting president, the 
university has already collected more than $9 million toward the goal, 
including four gifts of more than $1 million each. In a dramatic move, the 
university punctuated its announcement of the campaign with a ceremonial 
ground breaking for a new $.5 million Advanced Technology Centre. Plans for 
the new Centre are being finalized. It will provide new classrooms, faculty 
offices, a technology center, and a multipurpose auditorium. The building, 
which is expected to be ready for students by fall 1998, will be equipped 
to incorporate the latest in educational technology. Other specific 
projects to be funded by the campaign include a renovation of Goldthorp 
Hall and its science facilities, and an addition to the Academic Resource 
Center. 
  
KERRVILLE, Texas--Dr. Gary Dill, senior vice president at Schreiner College 
since 1991, has been named the new president of McPherson College in 
McPherson, Kansas. McPherson is a small, four-year liberal arts college 
founded in 1887 by the Church of the Brethren. Dill will assume full 
responsibilities there Dec. 1. Dill, an ordained Presbyterian minister and 
a former pastor for the Church of the Brethren, has also been active in the 
community. He is a former chair of the Texas Arts and Crafts Educational 
Foundation board of directors and the Partners in Parenting Education 
board, and was director of community service for the Noon Rotary Club of 
Kerrville. 

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