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Major Facilities Enhancements Approved


Trustees approve most significant facilities investment in Dickinson’s history


April 21, 2012  

Dickinson officially launched the most extensive campus-enhancement effort in its history today when the Board of Trustees approved five construction projects aimed at expanding and improving facilities for academics, athletics and student life. The projects, which are scheduled to be completed over the next three years, include:

“Dickinson is clearly an institution on the move,” said President William G. Durden ’71. “During the last decade we’ve reached new heights in applications, fundraising and the endowment. We’ve earned numerous accolades for our distinctive programs in global education, sustainability and security. Now it’s time to give our students and faculty facilities appropriate to a leading liberal-arts college—facilities that are not decorative and superfluous, but functionally aligned with our academic and non-academic high ambition.”

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  • Located at Dickinson Park, the new complex will include bleacher seating, lights and a scoreboard (architects: SGS Architects Engineers, Inc., and Cannon Design).
    Soccer Complex
  • The greenhouse will be located on the grounds of Kaufman Hall (architects: Rhoads Siegel Architects).
    Greenhouse
  • Greenhouse: Alternate view (architects: Ewing Cole & Rhoads Siegel Architects).
    Greenhouse
  • The additional space will enable the biology department to move into the Rector Science Complex and help accommodate the expansion of other  faculty and academic programs (architects: Cannon Design).  
    Rector Addition
  • Kline Fitness Center: Cherry Street entrance (architects: Cannon Design).
    Kline Center
  • Kline Fitness Center: Corner of High and Cherry streets, nighttime view (architects: Cannon Design).
    Kline Center
  • Kline Fitness Center: Aerial view (architects: Deborah Berke & Partners).
    Kline Center
  • Rendering of new residence hall viewed from High Street (architects: Deborah Berke & Partners).
    Residence Hall
  • Rendering of new residence hall viewed from the back (architects: Deborah Berke & Partners).
    Residence Hall
  • Rendering of new residence hall entrance at corner of Mooreland Avenue and High Street (architects: Deborah Berke & Partners).
    Residence Hall
  • Residence Hall: Phase 1 overhead view of the site plan (architects: Deborah Berke & Partners).  
    Residence Hall
  • Residence Hall: Phase 2 overhead view of the site plan (architects: Deborah Berke & Partners).  
    Residence Hall
  • Residence Hall: Northeast entry, phase 1 (architects: Deborah Berke & Partners).
    Residence Hall
  • Residence Hall: Northeast entry, phase 2 (architects: Deborah Berke & Partners).
    Residence Hall
  • Residence Hall: Phase 1 south view (architects: Deborah Berke & Partners).
    Residence Hall
Located at Dickinson Park, the new complex will include bleacher seating, lights and a scoreboard (architects: SGS Architects Engineers, Inc., and Cannon Design).Prev ImageNext Image

Expected to cost roughly $46 million, the projects will be funded in part by the second phase of the First in America capital campaign. This phase aims to build on the first phase’s $150 million with an additional $150 million for scholarships, faculty development, the Annual Fund and facilities improvements that support the connections between academic and social life outlined in the college’s Strategic Plan III.

 “Now that the trustees have approved the most significant capital investment in new buildings in the college’s history—a major accomplishment in these times—the Dickinson community is energized and ready to build on the momentum generated by the first phase of the campaign,” said Board of Trustees Chair Jennifer Ward Reynolds ’77. “Several million-dollar gifts from alumni already have gotten First in America’s second phase off to a fast start. With work on these projects slated to start this summer, that energy and excitement is only going to grow.”