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NEW RECREATION CENTER HONORS PHILANTHROPIST
EDWARD DUNLAP'S LEGACY WHILE SUPPORTING THE WELLNESS OF THE SAINT VINCENT COMMUNITY
When students return to campus in Fall 2024, they’ll be among the first to enjoy the amenities of the Dunlap Family Athletic and Recreation Center, a state-of-the-art, multipurpose indoor complex with abundant space for an array of athletic, fitness, and recreational activities. The new facility is under construction on a site just south of the Fred M. Rogers Center.
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The facility’s name honors the generosity of the late Edward Dunlap, businessman and founder of CentiMark Corp.; his wife, Anna; their son, Tim; daughter-in-law, Teri; and other members of the Dunlap family.
The Dunlap Family Athletic and Recreation Center enhances the College’s current recreation and exercise offerings and supports the physical and mental wellbeing of Saint Vincent students and community members. It will feature a fitness room with cardio and circuit training equipment; a recreational track; and instruction rooms for yoga, Pilates, and other fitness classes. The Center will house intramural athletic competition and varsity athletic practice and includes meeting rooms, visiting spaces, and a healthy café. There will also be an athletic training center for medical therapy and treatment.
According to Father Paul Taylor, the Dunlap Family Athletic and Recreation Center “was designed carefully with input from students and with attention to the latest technology and kinesiologic science. The Dunlaps’ investment in Saint Vincent College and in the lives of our students will bear much fruit today and in the generations ahead.”
The building will also help to support the educational, cultural, civic, and recreational programming that Saint Vincent provides for its community and guests.
While fundraising efforts are ongoing, funding for the project came primarily from private donors. The College also received a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Construction of The Dunlap Family Athletic and Recreation Center is expected to be completed by Summer 2024.
