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Project File: On-campus housing
Gillespie Residence Hall and Student Center is the first student housing facility to be added to Harris-Stowe State University, St. Louis, since its founding 150 years ago.

Ohio Dominican plans new student center
Construction is scheduled to start next spring on the Bishop James A. Griffin Student Center at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus.

New student center for Wisconsin-Superior campus
The University of Wisconsin-Superior has broken ground on a new $20.9 million student center. It will feature greater energy efficiency and more efficient use of space.

Ohio Dominican breaks ground on student center
Ohio Dominican University in Columbus has broken ground for the Bishop James A. Griffin Student Center.

Center of Attention
Have you noticed a sharp increase in new and renovated university centers? Or that many centers encompass a range of functions greater than the traditional student center?

Project File: Remembering 9-11
The Todd M. Beamer Student Center on the campus of Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill., was named for a 1991 graduate who became a hero when he led a group of passengers aboard the ill-fated United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001.

Working it Out
Today's student recreation centers are a far cry from their predecessors. The typical student recreation center built during the 1960s and 1970s was a massive, windowless concrete structure.


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