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Campus Facilities Enhancements 2012-14


Dickinson has launched the most extensive campus-enhancement effort in its history. Six construction projects aimed at expanding and improving facilities for academics, athletics and student life are under way.

The projects include:

View photos of the progress on the soccer complex, the greenhouse, the Kline and Durden Athletic Training Centers and the Rector Science Complex addition.

Conceptual Images: 


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  • The state-of-the-art athletics-training center at Biddle Field, made possible by a $6 million gift from Samuel G. Rose ’58 and Julie Walters, will be named "The Durden Center" to honor the tenure of President William G. Durden ’71 and his wife, Dr. Elke Durden (architects: Gensler).
    Durden Center
  • Kline Fitness Center: Cherry Street entrance (architects: Cannon Design).
    Kline Center
  • Kline Fitness Center: Corner of High and Cherry streets, nighttime view (architects: Cannon Design).
    Kline Center
  • Kline Fitness Center Lobby (architects: Cannon Design).
  • Kline Fitness Center (architects: Cannon Design).
  • Located at Dickinson Park, the new complex's Phyllis Joan Miller Memorial Field will include bleacher seating, lights and a scoreboard (architects: SGS Architects Engineers, Inc., and Cannon Design).
    Soccer Complex
  • The greenhouse will be located on the grounds of Kaufman Hall (architects: Rhoads Siegel Architects).
    Greenhouse
  • Greenhouse: Alternate view (architects: Rhoads Siegel Architects).
    Greenhouse
  • The additional space will enable the biology department to move into the Rector Science Complex and help accommodate the expansion of other faculty and academic programs (architects: Ewing Cole & Rhoads Siegel Architects).
    Rector Addition
  • Rendering of new residence hall viewed from High Street (architects: Deborah Berke & Partners).
    Residence Hall
  • Rendering of new residence hall viewed from the back (architects: Deborah Berke & Partners).
    Residence Hall
  • Rendering of new residence hall entrance at corner of Mooreland Avenue and High Street (architects: Deborah Berke & Partners).
    Residence Hall
The state-of-the-art athletics-training center at Biddle Field, made possible by a $6 million gift from Samuel G. Rose ’58 and Julie Walters, will be named "The Durden Center" to honor the tenure of President William G. Durden ’71 and his wife, Dr. Elke Durden (architects: Gensler).Prev ImageNext Image


 Dickinson is clearly an institution on the move. During the last decade we’ve reached new heights in applications, fundraising and the endowment. … Now it’s time to give our students and faculty facilities appropriate to a leading liberal-arts college.

—President William G. Durden ’71

*Residence hall completion date is dependent on fundraising efforts.

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