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7/3/06

ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY AWARDED GRANT BY HEARST FOUNDATION

CANTON - The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has awarded St. Lawrence University a grant of $500,000 for renovations and improvements to arts facilities in the Noble Center on campus. In recognition, the center's new rehearsal and performance studio will be named the William Randolph Hearst Studio.

In 2005, St. Lawrence completed the first of a multi-phase project to transform its arts curriculum, supported by renovation and improvement in facilities for fine arts, music, speech and theatre, and the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery. The $1.2 million first phase also increases opportunities for faculty and students across the arts disciplines to collaborate on work in new ways.

The $500,000 grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation will help the University move forward with the second phase of the project, which includes equipping a state-of-the-art Center for Arts Technology with teaching labs, an open computer lab, audio and video editing studios, and a showcase area.

"We are grateful for the ongoing support provided to St. Lawrence by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation," President Daniel F. Sullivan said, "which will have a profound and long-lasting impact on our students' education. With Hearst Foundation support, the University moves further towards full implementation of a facilities plan that is bringing our arts disciplines together in innovative ways and providing students and faculty with increased and enhanced opportunities to explore the intersection of the arts, creative expression and technology."

Previous grants to St. Lawrence by the Foundation in 1991 and 1996 established and enhanced the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship Fund for Native American and North Country Students.

The charitable goals of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation reflect the philanthropic interests of founder William Randolph Hearst: education, health, social service and culture. Within these four areas, the Foundation assists institutions in providing opportunities to underserved and underrepresented populations.

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More information: The Arts at St. Lawrence

The Arts Facilities Project