wfn.org | Muhlenberg College Receives $650,000 Award

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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

April 9, 1998

MUHLENBERG COLLEGE RECEIVES $650,000 AWARD
98-13-801-MR

     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa., received a
$650,000 "challenge" grant from The Kresge Foundation to complete the
renovation of its athletic fields.  Muhlenberg is one of 28 college and
universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
     The grant will also be used to help build a multi-purpose athletic
stadium that will include an artificial surface, lights, bleachers and an
eight-lane track.  The challenge requires the college to raise the
remaining $1.4 million needed to complete the athletic fields and a
performing arts building by Sept. 1, 1999.
     The performing arts building will include a dance studio, classroom
space, a costume and scene shop, an experimental theater and a 350-seat
Broadway-style theater.
     "This gift is just one more validation of our efforts to create a
caring environment and a quality educational experience," said Arthur R.
Taylor, college president.  "This grant will assist us in building an even
stronger base of support for our programs."
     Kresge grants are awarded for projects involving construction or
renovation of facilities.  Grant recipients must raise initial funds for
the project before requesting support from the foundation.  The Kresge
Foundation, an independent, private foundation based in Troy, Mich.,
granted nearly $96 million to 180 charitable organizations in 1997.

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