Anna Maria College receives $400K for campus center
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Anna Maria College has received a $400,000 grant towards renovations of its campus center to benefit students and staff.
The Paxton college received the grant from the Worcester-based George I. Alden Trust. Anna Maria has received Alden Trust grants in the past, but college officials reported that this award is the largest to date. It will allow them to update the campus center, which is one of the busiest locations on campus, according to Anna Maria College President Mary Lou Retelle.
Anna Maria is in the process of hiring a designer for the project and renovations will take place this summer. The renovations are expected to take up to four months, with work beginning in May 2016, and the renovated center is expected to be completed and unveiled by the fall 2016 semester.
“The renovations to the existing center will bring about significant improvements to aesthetics, comfort and energy savings,” said David K. Breen, vice president/chief operations officer at Anna Maria.
The current grant follows other sizeable awards to Anna Maria from the George I. Alden Trust over the last decade and before. In 2008, the Alden Trust awarded Anna Maria with $300,000 to update programs and facilities related to science studies, and in 2012 it granted $200,000 for a library upgrade, including the creation of the campus’ Information Commons and its Student Success Center.
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