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Columbia Facilities
Lindsey Wilson has completed major renovations to more than 25
buildings on the A.P. White Campus in the last 20 years - the
result of one of the most aggressive and ambitious building
programs in Kentucky higher education.
Highlights of Lindsey Wilson's building program include:
- Fugitte Science Center, a three-story, 42,000-square-foot
building that houses the college's mathematics and science programs
was opened for the 2006-07 school year. The Fugitte Science Center
includes several laboratories, smart classrooms and a
greenhouse.
- The Sumner Campus Ministry Center opened in 2005. The
one-story, 3,000-square-foot building serves a gathering places for
the campus' myriad of spiritual life groups and activities, and it
also includes classrooms, faculty offices and a small library.
- The Holloway Building, home of the Katie Murrell Library, was
opened in 1986. The Katie Murrell Library is an information-age
library that houses a locally owned collection of 60,000 books and
audiovisual titles, access to over 17,000 journals and periodicals,
a growing virtual library of over 105,000 titles, and a federal
depository collection of 390,000 documents. It provides
interlibrary loan access to over 65 million books and periodicals
in libraries around the country. A 10,000 square foot addition to
the Holloway Building was completed in the summer of 2002, nearly
doubling the size of the library.
- The Catherine Wilson Center was opened in 2006. The center
provides an intellectual and social atmosphere for students and
promotes a biblical identity of humanity that is egalitarian. The
Center promotes, raises awareness of, and supports issues that
concern women and men of all backgrounds by networking resources
and practicing equity, leadership, economic independence, health,
education and community.
- A campus quadrangle, which includes a 150-seat amphitheater and
park area, was opened during the 2002-2003 academic year.
- Richardson Hall was opened in August 2001. The 154-bed
residence hall offers students an apartment-style setting while
maintaining the atmosphere and community of a residence hall.
- Lindsey Wilson Park opened in 1998. The European-style soccer
field is the premier soccer park in Kentucky and is home of the
Lindsey Wilson men's and women's soccer teams. The men's soccer
team is seven -time NAIA National Men's Soccer Champions (1995,
1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005) and the women's soccer team won
the NAIA national title in 2004.
- The John B. Begley Chapel opened in 1997. The $2 million
structure was designed by world-renowned architect E. Fay Jones, a
protg of Frank Lloyd Wright and a recipient of the American
Institute of Architects prestigious Gold Medal. The Begley Chapel
is a center for contemplation, services and related programs.
- The renovated W. W. Slider Humanities Center re-opened in 1996.
The center houses a recital hall, visual arts gallery, classrooms,
faculty offices and art studios. It is also the home of the
College's regional cultural affairs series.
- The Roberta D. Cranmer Dining and Conference Center was opened
in 1993. In addition to serving Lindsey Wilson students, faculty,
and staff, the regional center is utilized by thousands of citizens
and groups throughout South Central Kentucky.
- A major addition to the Cralle Student Union Building was added
in 1987; a 3,800-square-foot wing was added to the building in
2000.
- The J. L. Turner Leadership Center was opened in 1987. It
houses the Business/ Computer Information Systems Division, the
Academic Support Center, a computer center, and a conference
center.
- Biggers Sports Center, which seats 1,500 was added to the
campus in 1984. It is the home of the Blue Raiders men's and
women's basketball teams and also the women's volleyball team.
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