{"id":6659,"date":"2015-09-24T10:37:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T14:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=6659"},"modified":"2022-03-23T13:33:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T17:33:21","slug":"college-breaks-ground-on-new-wellness-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/college-breaks-ground-on-new-wellness-center\/","title":{"rendered":"College Breaks Ground on New Wellness Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/WCStory.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6661 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/WCStory.jpg\" alt=\"Rendering of Fitness and Wellness Center\" width=\"600\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/WCStory.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/WCStory-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/WCStory-500x220.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Kalamazoo College celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony the beginning of construction of its new fitness and wellness center. The ceremony took place at the building site at 4 p.m. (September 24). The approximately $9 million project is funded by gifts made to K\u2019s recently completed fundraising drive, The Campaign for Kalamazoo College.<\/p>\n<p>President <strong>Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran<\/strong> said that the center is germane to the College\u2019s liberal arts mission. &#8220;We focus on the whole student; we focus on the balance of mind, spirit and body.&#8221; The center, she added, would be &#8220;a common space in which the entire campus community&#8211;faculty, staff, students and retirees&#8211;can develop healthy life styles through participation in fitness and wellness programs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6667\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/raceSmith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6667 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/raceSmith.jpg\" alt=\"Grace Smith at a podium\" width=\"275\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/raceSmith.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/raceSmith-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grace Smith \u201917 explains what the fitness and wellness center will mean to students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 30,000 square foot, two-story center will house the following:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; a weight room and cardio fitness area of sufficient capacity to meet the needs of all students and employees;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; five multi-purpose rooms, as flexible in function as the liberal arts to which they are dedicated;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; two racquetball courts;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; expanded lockers for both the Hornet tennis teams and for general use;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; an office and health assessment room for the campus wellness director; and<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; space for the George Acker Tennis Hall of Champions.<\/p>\n<p>The building provides an example of excellence in sustainability. &#8220;Our building is designed and will be constructed to the high standards of energy efficiency and resource conservation explicit in a LEED silver rating,&#8221; said Wilson-Oyelaran. &#8220;And our efforts in this area will be audited by two students who have been hired and trained in LEED certification.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(<em>Photo by Jessie Fales \u201918<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalamazoo College celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony the beginning of construction of its new fitness and wellness center. 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The ceremony took place at the building site at 4 p.m. (September 24). The approximately $9 million project is funded by gifts made to K\u2019s recently completed fundraising drive, The Campaign for Kalamazoo College.<\/p>\n<p>President <strong>Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran<\/strong> said that the center is germane to the College\u2019s liberal arts mission. &#8220;We focus on the whole student; we focus on the balance of mind, spirit and body.&#8221; The center, she added, would be &#8220;a common space in which the entire campus community&#8211;faculty, staff, students and retirees&#8211;can develop healthy life styles through participation in fitness and wellness programs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6667\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/raceSmith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6667 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/raceSmith.jpg\" alt=\"Grace Smith at a podium\" width=\"275\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grace Smith \u201917 explains what the fitness and wellness center will mean to students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 30,000 square foot, two-story center will house the following:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; a weight room and cardio fitness area of sufficient capacity to meet the needs of all students and employees;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; five multi-purpose rooms, as flexible in function as the liberal arts to which they are dedicated;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; two racquetball courts;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; expanded lockers for both the Hornet tennis teams and for general use;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; an office and health assessment room for the campus wellness director; and<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; space for the George Acker Tennis Hall of Champions.<\/p>\n<p>The building provides an example of excellence in sustainability. &#8220;Our building is designed and will be constructed to the high standards of energy efficiency and resource conservation explicit in a LEED silver rating,&#8221; said Wilson-Oyelaran. &#8220;And our efforts in this area will be audited by two students who have been hired and trained in LEED certification.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(<em>Photo by Jessie Fales \u201918<\/em>)<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6659"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9984,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6659\/revisions\/9984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6659"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=6659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}