Centre News
Residential Commons Perspectives
April 13, 2011
Thanks to a major gift commitment from the A. Eugene Brockman Charitable Trust, Centre College will soon begin construction of a new type of residence facility on its campus. The planned new residential commons, which has an estimated cost of $15 million, will enable Centre to remain highly residential as it continues to grow gradually over the next several years.
The new residential commons will house approximately 120-130 students and is set for completion by the opening of the 2012-2013 academic year. It will be set on a 4-acre footprint currently occupied by a parking lot near the Jones Visual Arts Center on Beatty Avenue. As with other recent construction projects at Centre, the St. Louis-based architectural firm of Hastings & Chivetta will provide the design.
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Founded in 1819, Centre College is ranked among the U.S. News top 50 national liberal arts colleges. Forbes magazine ranks Centre 24th among all the nation's colleges and universities and has named Centre No. 1 among all institutions of higher education in the South for two years in a row. Consumers Digest ranks Centre No. 1 in educational value among all U.S. liberal arts colleges. Centre alumni, known for their nation-leading loyalty in annual financial support, include two U.S. vice presidents and two Supreme Court justices. For more, click here.