Article: Wilberforce University to build $6.5M, 190-bed residence hall Building's groundbreaking set for Saturday; should be open in 2007.

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.

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