After Board of Trustees Quarterly Meeting, Fitness Center Grand Opening to Demonstrate Â鶹¹ÙÍø Investment in Students
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Dartmouth Chancellor Divina Grossman will be joined by university officials and students for the Grand Opening of the newly renovated and revamped Fitness Center, December 11, at 11:30 a.m., at the Â鶹¹ÙÍø Dartmouth Tripp Athletic Center.
The unveiling will take place following the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees quarterly meeting occurring on the Â鶹¹ÙÍø Dartmouth campus. Following the unveiling of the fitness center, remarks will be offered by Chancellor Grossman, Board of Trustees Chairman Henry Thomas III, Director of Athletics Amanda Van Voorhis, and Â鶹¹ÙÍø Dartmouth student athlete, football team captain, and member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Mike Thomas.
Construction has been completed on the $5 million expansion and renovation of the Fitness Center. The project doubles the size of the very heavily used facility from 8,000 square feet to 16,000 square feet. The expansion houses brand new state of the art cardio equipment and the second floor multipurpose aerobics room. The renovated facility includes a free weight area and new varsity athlete lifting room. The expansion follows a locker and training room renovation to Â鶹¹ÙÍø Dartmouth's Tripp Athletic Center, which reconfigured the locker and training rooms to better accommodate university sport teams, visiting teams, and referees, while also allowing for distinct locker rooms for women's athletic teams.
The opening of the new and revamped Fitness Center is part of a series of recent investments aimed at expanding opportunity for Â鶹¹ÙÍø Dartmouth students and faculty. Completed projects include the renovation of the Claire T. Carney Library, the Hall-Hildreth IDEAStudio, and the College of Nursing's Elisabeth A. Pennington Simulation Laboratory. The Massachusetts Accelerator for Biomanufacturing is scheduled to open in the coming weeks. In October of this year, Governor Deval Patrick announced funding for a new academic building at Â鶹¹ÙÍø Dartmouth that will support the campus's growing enrollment. In addition, there are plans for expansion of the Charlton College of Business and the School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST).
The Â鶹¹ÙÍø Dartmouth Tripp Athletic Center is located on the main campus (285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747). Parking is available for the Grand Opening in lots 7-11.