Joan Stroer Staff Writer A construction worker walks Tuesday amid a group of beams that will form part of a new student learning center off Lumpkin Street. Athens housing industry, growing 63 percent faster than the national average. If all apartment developments in metro Athens follow the Abbey's lead, handing over interest from student security deposits, the university could find sponsors for 97 other study rooms in the learning center, Dunham said. This artist's rendering shows how the study center will look when completed in two years. More apartment donations would ''make sure we always stay on the cutting-edge of technology,'' Dunham said.
Donors get their name on the door of a room.
The learning center, officials said, was a necessity for the space-strapped university. The state Board of Regents, the governing body of the state's university system, has temporarily capped the size of UGA's student body at 32,500 students, which means the university's enrollment has room to grow beyond its current size of about 31,000 students. This article published in the Athens Daily News on Wednesday, April 11, 2001. send this story to a friend discuss this story email the editor opyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc.