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The Board of Trustees building and
ground committee approved the
construction of a $38.6 million Wellness
and Fitness Center during their May
meeting.
Director of Buildings and Grounds
Charles JefFcoat said the $38.6 million
budget will be funded with $32.1 million
in institution funds, $4.36 million in
private funds and $2,135 million in
institutional capital project funds.
The $32.1 million in institution
funds will be paid by USC students.
JefFcoat said this cost will be paid by
students over several years by raising
the student activity fees by a small
amount each year.
The idea of.a new fitness center
was sparked during a meeting to
discuss the over all Master Plan in
1994. The plan states that the
university "fells well below both national
standards and its peers in the Southeast
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The current fitness center was built
in the early 1970's when the university
population was much smaller.
In February 1997, the board
approved a $750,000 budget for the
planing and idea development of a
fitness center for USC's growing
population. Since then, a site has been
determined and a 170,000 square foot
facility has been designed, Jeffcoat
said.
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Senator Strom Thurmond has had
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develop a new fitness center. He also
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and exercise room, indoor and
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indoor track, a climbing wall and
gymnasiums.
Other things the fitness center will
house include administrative offices,
a food facility, an informal lounge area,
locker rooms and pro shop
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center is expected to start next fall
and be completed by August 2001,
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STAFF REPORTS -
Private support for the University
of South Carolina reached a record
$101.3 million in 1997-98, increasing
more than 50 percent from the previous
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The university, which is in the midst
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the increased support is very good news
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a commitment by alumni and
friends to the university's mission and
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"For today's public university,
private giving is both a barometer and
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it over the long term to achieve its destiny
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$33.7 million in 1997-98, while supJR
ports for academic programs en?UD
hancements totaled $58.4 million. Funding
for faculty development, including
ll're a chairs and professorship, reached $3.1
that million.
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vestments, funding management and
private giving, rose fro $ 146 million to
201 million in 1997-87.
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In other fund-raising news,
USC's athletic department, through
the Gamecock Club and USC's premium
sear program, reached its largest
> fimd-raising total in the history of the
department, with $9.18 million in 199798.
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