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Groundbreaking Ceremony Click here for images from the Groundbreaking Ceremony
The ceremony was formally opened with a welcome from Dr. M. Elton Hendricks, President, and a moving invocation by Rev. Dr. Brian G. Gentle. Campaign co-chairs Richard R. Allen, Sr. and Ramon L. Yarborough led the audience through the journey of Methodist University’s third capital campaign. Mr. Yarborough served as chairman of the Board of Trustees at the start of the Seeds on Good Soil campaign. Richard L. Player, Jr. and Alfred E. Cleveland, Board of Trustee chairs during the campaign, recognized and thanked the many individuals who had worked so diligently to bring the campaign to this milestone. U.S. Representative Bob Etheridge provided stirring words on the importance of the addition to the Science Building addition, stating “It is important for the community, especially for the physicians’ assistant program.” He went on to add “A school groundbreaking is like a new book whose words have not yet been written. The faculty and students will write the book that will become a living legacy.” Shauna C. Bunn, then a junior at Methodist University and Student Government Association President, thanked the Board of Trustees and the donors on behalf of the students for making these buildings possible. Participants in the ceremony for the Science Building addition included Robert N. Shuller of Shuller, Ferris, Lindstrom & Associates, architects and Richard L. Player, III of Player, Inc., contractors for the buildings. Participants for the Fitness & Wellness Center included David L. Nimocks, Jr. and wife, Elisabeth B. Nimocks, David L. Nimocks, III, Lucy Nimocks Harley, and Elisabeth Nimocks Gooch. The Fitness and Wellness Center will bear the Nimocks family name. The 27,301 square foot Science Building addition and the 23,551
square foot Fitness & Wellness Center should be completed within
12 to18 months. |
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There
was nothing but treats this Halloween for Methodist University as
it broke ground for an addition to its Science Building and a new
Fitness & Wellness Center. Approximately 75 friends of the college,
faculty, staff and students gathered on October 31, 2005 to celebrate
the start of construction on these two buildings which are the primary
focus of the Seeds on Good Soil, A New Season campaign. 