(Credit: Gwynedd Mercy University)
The project retains 28 jobs and creates three more in the process.
Gwynedd Mercy University recently announced that it will received a $1 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant. The funds will be used to support the Academic Facilities Renovation Project, an infrastructure redevelopment of The Griffin Complex/Waldron Center.
Interior renovations of The Griffin Complex include new restrooms on the first floor in compliance with ADA regulations. Other upgrades include new multi-space flooring to accommodate large-scale activities that include new training health/wellness facilities to expand the University’s ability to offer academic and extra-curricular programming and upgraded technology infrastructure. Renovations to the Waldron Center include new HVAC. The project will also allow Gwynedd Mercy University to expand its ability to increase outreach activities and Career Readiness Programs to help ninth through twelfth grade high school students explore future careers.
“We are excited that this grant will provide a vibrant student center that offers inclusive community programming for GMercyU students, school-aged students in the region and community at large, providing access to address the health and wellness needs of today and in the future,” shared Deanne H. D’Emilio, JD, President of Gwynedd Mercy University.
The Academic Facilities Renovation Project is in support of GMercyU’s mission by meeting the market demand to prepare trained and qualified professionals’ post-graduation through the use of improved and innovative student spaces. The project will retain 28 jobs and create three new jobs while meeting GMercyU’s goals of increasing student recruitment, retention, and learning outcomes.
The grant was made possible through the support of state Senator Maria Collett, Representative Lis Hanbidge, and Representative Mary Jo Daley (a GMercyU alumna herself, of the Class of 1969). It is the third RACP grant that GMercyU received to support campus transformations geared towards improving the student experience.
