The openness of the beautiful Hunsaker Center at the University of Redlands stands as a beacon against the evening sky. The subliminal grace and sweeping grandeur of the Rollins College architectural style. Attracts Millions in Grants T he Mercer University Center for Community Development has become a powerful force for inner-city revitalization in Macon, Georgia. The Knight Foundation grant to Mercer will support efforts to improve housing, provide homeowner assistance for low-income residents, and promote related development focused in the 30 block Beall's Hill district of central south Macon. The project will demolish 33 dilapidated houses, rehabilitate 10 vacant houses for resale, build 50 new houses on vacant lots for resale to new homebuyers, and repair 32 owner-occupied homes.
Participation comes from research teams, classroom projects, internships, and volunteers.
He observes that dedicated staffers in government agencies and community organizations often have a much more narrow perspective than is possible in the rich intellectual environment of the campus. Hedco Hall houses laboratories and offices for the departments of biology and chemistry and was named in honor of the Hedco Foundation of Oakland. Gregory Hall is a science classroom building named in honor of the late Arthur E. Gregory, a founding trustee of the University. Susquehanna University Names New President T he board of directors of Susquehanna University has announced that L. Jay Lemons, Chancellor of the University of Virginia's College at Wise since 1992, will become Susquehanna's 14 th president. Lemons will succeed Joel Cunningham, who served Susquehanna as president for sixteen years and moved in July to Sewanee, Tennessee, to become president of the University of the South.