CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Hello Student Center It’s full speed ahead for the student center at Saint Peter’s College. On July 20, the College began demolition on four Glenwood Avenue buildings, including Cushing Alumni House. A few days before the demolition began, alumni and employees paid a formal farewell to Cushing and left personal messages and drawings on the interior walls. Eugene J. Cornacchia, Ph.D., president of Saint Peter’s College, kicked off the event and briefly manned the large excavator for this phase of the project. All four structures have been razed and the site is being readied for the foundation. The official groundbreaking for the student center, a six-story, nearly 90,000-square-foot structure that will be the hub of campus life, was held on October 26. Students, faculty, administrators, city officials, members of the Board of Trustees and other guests attended the groundbreaking ceremony. Students at the Center: The Campaign for Saint Peter’s College, the largest capital campaign in the history of the College, will fund the signature facility.
Alumni and employees left messages and hand drawn images on the walls of Cushing Alumni House prior to the demolition. Following the official groundbreaking for the new student center on October 26, work is proceeding on the six-story facility. The anticipated opening for the student center is 2013. 3AINT 0ETER S #OLLEGE s &ALL