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Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Centers for Performing Arts, Recreation, and Sports at Adelphi University
Significant Renovations and 129,500 Square Feet of New Construction Planned
Garden City, NY
June 8, 2006
WHAT: Adelphi University will break ground on its largest campus enhancement project since moving to Garden City, New York in 1929. Over the next few years, Adelphi will expand and upgrade classrooms, rehearsal and performance spaces, and recreational and athletic facilities at its main campus. Construction is expected to be complete by 2009.
Scheduled speakers include Adelphi President Robert A. Scott, Adelphi Board of Trustees Chairman Michael Campbell '65, Adelphi Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Marcia G. Welsh, and Adelphi students Marti Gruber '08 and Gianna Smith '08. Also expected to attend are Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, members of the New York State Senate, and other local elected officials.
WHEN: Monday, June 12, 2006, from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
WHERE: 8:30 AM Breakfast Reception—North end of Stiles Field, between Woodruff Hall and Olmsted Theatre
9:00 AM Groundbreaking Program Begins
All media must use the Cambridge Avenue entrance and park in Field 5 or Field 2.
Campus Map http://www.adelphi.edu/visitors/campus.php
Directions http://www.adelphi.edu/visitors/directions.php
VISUALS/INTERVIEWS: Visuals include architectural renderings, enlarged photos of Adelphi students, and groundbreaking ceremony.
Adelphi University officials, members of the Board of Trustees, and students will be available for interviews.
BACKGROUND: Adelphi will break ground on an ambitious construction project that will expand and enhance its academic, cultural, and athletic facilities to better serve students, faculty, and the community. The new buildings and updated facilities will add needed classroom, rehearsal and performance space, and expand and upgrade spaces for student recreation and athletic competition. The project will ensure that Adelphi remains a vibrant and engaged university and the foremost private institution of higher education on Long Island.
The complex will encompass a complete renovation of Adelphi's historic Woodruff Hall gymnasium, now more than 75 years old, which will be adapted for thriving academic programs in health and physical education and exercise science, and will include approximately 76,000 square feet of new construction to house growing and increasingly successful athletics and recreation programs and host NCAA championship playoff games and community events. Adelphi's Stiles Field will be relocated next to the new center, and will be resurfaced, lighted, and redesigned to allow for below-grade parking.
Adjacent to the center for recreation and sports will be a new performing arts center, which will include an upgrade and expansion of Adelphi's 31-year-old Olmsted Theatre as well as approximately 53,500 square feet of new space. The new center will offer needed performance, rehearsal, and classroom space for highly regarded programs in theater, dance, and music and will serve as a new cultural arts venue to be enjoyed by members of the Adelphi community as well as area residents.
The University will also replace the 32-year-old structure for its popular Child Activity Center with a new state-of-the-art Early Learning Center. The new center will be devoted to the education of preschool children from across the region and will be closely connected to Adelphi's well-known undergraduate and graduate programs in early childhood education, special education, and psychology.
The approximately $98.5 million project will be supported through an integrated funding strategy of private philanthropy, bond sales, and New York State matching funds. Damon G. Douglas Company will manage the construction and Cannon Design will provide the architectural and engineering services.
About Adelphi University: Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,500 students from 41 states and 63 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.
Media Contact
For additional information, please contact:
Kali Chan
Media Relations Director
p - 516.877.4040
f - 516.877.3266
e - chan@adelphi.edu
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