The first shovels of dirt were turned Tuesday, Aug. 26 at a special College Coffee to celebrate groundbreaking on the third pavilion in the Academic Village. Details and photos...
Trustees, administrators, faculty and students took part in the ceremony at the Academic Village on the east side of campus. The new pavilion, which will house the department of political science, the Elon Institute for Politics and Public Affairs and the Elon University Polling Center, is scheduled to open in July 2004.
The 9,900-square foot building will house the polling center, a classroom, seminar room, 15 faculty offices and a community gathering area. Approximately 20-25 subcontractors and suppliers will work with H.M. Kern Corporation of Greensboro, N.C., general contractor for the project. The pavilion will be located north of the Isabella Cannon International Studies Pavilion on the west side of the Academic Village complex.
Jim Powell, vice chair of the Board of Trustees; Leo M. Lambert, Elon president; Mark Gustafson, president of the Student Government Association; Gerald Francis, provost; Steven House, dean of Elon College, the college of arts and sciences; and Chalmers Brumbaugh, chair of the political science department, opened the groundbreaking ceremony.
Also participating in the groundbreaking were trustees Ed Powell, Mittie Landi, Dusty Rhodes and Jack Lindley. Gerald Whittington, vice president for business, finance and technology; Nancy Midgette, associate provost; and Neil Bromilow, director of construction management, joined students representing Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society, the Model UN and the North Carolina Student Legislature in the groundbreaking.
Several political science faculty members also took part in the ceremony, including Bob Anderson; Betty Morgan; Laura Roselle; Sharon Spray; George Taylor; Tim Vercellotti; and Rudy Zarzar.
Representatives from H.M. Kern included Todd Hodges, president; Mike Massey, project manager; and Bill Prouse, job site superintendent.