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Lindsey Wilson College receives largest grant in its history! $725, 124 Brown Foundation Grant will allow renovation, air conditioning of 50 year old Horton Hall; new grant brings total Brown Foundation gifts to more than $2.5 million By Duane Bonifer, Director of Public Affairs, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY COLUMBIA, KY. -- Lindsey Wilson College has received its largest grant in the college's 103-year history, college officials announced today. The college has received a grant for $725,124 from the James Graham Brown Foundation of Louisville, KY. The grant will be used to help modernize Horton Hall Complex, the college's oldest residence hall for male students, according to Lindsey Wilson President William T. Luckey Jr. "One reason Lindsey Wilson has been among Kentucky's fastest-growing colleges is because we have enjoyed support from good friends such as the James Graham Brown Foundation," Luckey said. "The Brown Foundation's confidence in Lindsey Wilson's mission has been a good investment in Kentucky's young people." In the last 25 years, the Brown Foundation has given more than $2.5 million to Lindsey Wilson -- including $1.63 million over the last four school years. This latest grant from the Brown Foundation will be used to renovate Lindsey Wilson's 50-year-old Horton Hall Complex, which houses 137 male students, most of whom are first-year students. "Because of the Brown Foundation, we will be able to bring Horton Hall Complex into the 21st century," Luckey said. "Our residential student population has exploded over the last 12 years." Since the 1993-94 school year, Lindsey Wilson's residential population has grown by almost 59 percent to its current level of 700. In addition to purchasing new furniture and remodeling bathrooms, the Brown Foundation Grant will allow the college to install a heating, ventilating and air-conditioning system in the 26,144-square-foot Horton Hall Complex. "On move-in day this year, the outside temperature was 92 degrees, but it felt like more than 100 degrees inside Horton Hall Complex," Luckey said. "While students may have been able to tolerate those conditions in the past, it's a challenge for today's students because they have grown up in homes with air-conditioning." The renovation of Horton Hall Complex is part of a $1.68 million facelift Lindsey Wilson has given this year to its oldest residence halls. Earlier this year, the college invested $957,920 to renovate 103-year-old Phillips Hall, a residence hall for 140 female students. The college has built two residence halls in the last 10 years. "These investments are important because studies show that students who study and live on campus are engaged in their education," Luckey said. "These renovations will ensure that all of our residence halls will serve our residential students' needs." Founded in 1903, Lindsey Wilson is a vibrant liberal arts college affiliated with the Kentucky Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. Lindsey Wilson offers a bachelor of arts degree in 20 career areas and a master's degree in counseling and human development. The college's 2006-07 enrollment is 1,790 students and includes students from more than 90 Kentucky counties, 20 states and 30 foreign countries. This story was posted on 2006-12-04 10:02:41
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