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Article: Wilberforce University to build $6.5M, 190-bed residence hall Building's groundbreaking set for Saturday; should be open in 2007.
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- Dayton Daily News
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- July 21, 2006
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WILBERFORCE -- Wilberforce University will break ground Saturday
on a $6.5 million, 190-bed residence hall on campus to accommodate
rising enrollment, university officials announced Thursday.
Plans call for the new residence hall to open in fall 2007.
The residence hall will be built in the heart of campus off U.S.
42 and North Bickett Road and may allow the university to convert
some double rooms in other dormitories into single rooms, said
Marshall Mitchell, Wilberforce's vice president for institutional
advancement.
The school has launched a fundraising drive to help cover costs,
Marshall said.
Last fall, ...