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| Meredith
College Groundbreaking Ceremony for $20 Million Science
and Mathematics Building Held April 9, 2001 |
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 Meredith
College broke ground on an 80,000 sq. ft. science and
mathematics building during a ceremony held April 9, 2001,
on the building’s future site in front of the Mae
Grimmer Alumnae House.
"With this building, Meredith is starting the 21st
century with a renewed ability to educate women to excel
in math and science," said Virginia Knight, chair
of Meredith’s mathematics and computer science department
and shepherd for the new building.
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Meredith College President Maureen Hartford, Lou Jurkowski,
Principal of BJLAS Architecture, LLC, and Patricia
Rodgers, President of Rodgers Builders. BJLAS is the
building architect and Rodgers Builders is the general
contractor.
 Leslie
Gilliland, ’01, former SGA president, told the
crowd of Meredith students, faculty, staff, trustees
and friends that the facility had "already begun
to hold a special place in students’ hearts."
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 <--Dr.
Jeff Hockaday, former chair of the Meredith College
Board of Trustees, noted that the cutting-edge facility
promises to "forever change the appearance of Meredith
College.
 Members
of Meredith’s science and mathematics faculty look
forward to the new facility that will house their departments
in 2003.-->
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