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University of Miami Student Center Complex
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By Al Hilal on Friday, April 15, 2011 ::
Filed Under: Schools / Universities
University of Miami Student Center Complex
Press Release April 07, 2011
The University of Miami announced today that it has received a lead gift of $20 million from the Fairholme Foundation to build a new, state of the art, 119,000-square-foot Student Activities Center.
“Student involvement has always been a vibrant part of life at the University of Miami,” said President Donna E. Shalala. “As the University continues to move up in the ranks nationally, it is facilities like this that enhance the students’ success.”
“The new Student Center Complex will provide students with an ideal home for programs, services and collaboration that will support their academic pursuits,” said Patricia A. Whitely, Vice President for Student Affairs at UM.
“It is Fairholme Foundation’s honor to help maintain the fantastic momentum developed at the University of Miami’s prestigious growth under the leadership of President Shalala,” said Tracey Berkowitz of the Fairholme Foundation.
University of Miami Student Center Complex
Among the Fairholme Foundation’s past involvement with and support for UM include: Executive Medicine, Athletics, the Launch Pad and the Parents Fund. Fronting Lake Osceola, the center will include gathering places, programming space, a student organizations suite, retail outlets and a new Rathskellar. At the same time the center is being built, the Whitten University Center will be renovated.
Designed to support student life and involvement, the new center will provide even more programs that involve students in citizenship, leadership, community and spirit. Housed there are undergraduate student government, graduate student association and law school student organization offices. The Launch Pad, UM’s innovative entrepreneurship center, the Department of Student Activities and Student Organizations, and the William R. Butler Center for Volunteer Services and Leadership Development will also be relocated there.
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