Crowder receives $150K donation toward building project
Above, construction is progressing on the new addition to the Cassville Crowder College Campus. Steel beams show the frame work of the new $2.1 million expansion expected to be complete in 2020.
The Sunderland Foundation presented a check to the Crowder College Foundation for $150,000 to help the school cover the cost of the $2.1 million expansion project on the Cassville campus. From left to right, Angela Seymour, Cassville Crowder College director; Dr. Glenn Coltharp, Crowder College president; and Jim Cullumber, director of institutional advancement at Crowder College.
June 5, 2019
Charlea Estes-Jones
Cassville’s Crowder College campus recently received a large donation to aid the school in a $2.1 million building expansion project. A representative of the Sunderland Foundation presented a check to the Crowder College Foundation on Tuesday, June 4, in the amount of $150,000 to help supplement the project.
Kent Sunderland, president of the Sunderland Foundation, said the foundation provides grants within a geographic area served by the Ash Grove Cement Company.
The Cassville Crowder expansion project overall will build a new approximately 5,000 square foot addition to the administrative building and will also connect the second building so that there will be one centralized entrance to administration and classrooms. The additional space will allow for the expansion of the campus bookstore, new classroom space and an improved facade that will give the campus a facelift.
In total, the project will cost over $2.1 million with construction and engineering costs.
Of the total $2.1 million price tag on the project, $1.33 million is coming from the State of Missouri and Crowder College has also dedicated some of its reserves to the project. The actual construction will cost around $1.87 million and the remainder is engineering costs and similar expenses. Donations, like the one from the Sunderland Foundation, helps in that overall cost.
Ground breaking for the project was held in March, and it is expected to be completed in 2020. The addition will allow the college to have a dedicated book store, a more fluid, integrated campus, as well as study rooms, staff workrooms and a reception area. Eventually, campus director Angela Seymour said they plan to add a similar addition onto the other side as a dedicated nursing program wing.
Looking at the campus, the construction crew has numerous steel beams installed, showing a framework of where the addition will be when it is completed.
Jim Cullumber, director of institutional advancement at Crowder College, said, “The investment in the Cassville center by the Overland Park-based Sunderland Foundation demonstrates the Sunderland commitment to education. Just as important, this grant shows that others outside of the immediate area recognize Crowder College’s vital role in educating and training students for today’s workforce.”
He continued, “The fact that a foundation outside southwest Missouri is so committed to this project, I hope, serves as an inspiration and motivation to others in Cassville and Barry County to also invest in this expansion. We have several opportunities for donors to secure naming rights for classrooms, the bookstore and other areas.”
For more information about making a donation, contact the Crowder College Foundation at (417) 455-5646.
Charlea Estes-Jones
Cassville’s Crowder College campus recently received a large donation to aid the school in a $2.1 million building expansion project. A representative of the Sunderland Foundation presented a check to the Crowder College Foundation on Tuesday, June 4, in the amount of $150,000 to help supplement the project.
Kent Sunderland, president of the Sunderland Foundation, said the foundation provides grants within a geographic area served by the Ash Grove Cement Company.
The Cassville Crowder expansion project overall will build a new approximately 5,000 square foot addition to the administrative building and will also connect the second building so that there will be one centralized entrance to administration and classrooms. The additional space will allow for the expansion of the campus bookstore, new classroom space and an improved facade that will give the campus a facelift.
In total, the project will cost over $2.1 million with construction and engineering costs.
Of the total $2.1 million price tag on the project, $1.33 million is coming from the State of Missouri and Crowder College has also dedicated some of its reserves to the project. The actual construction will cost around $1.87 million and the remainder is engineering costs and similar expenses. Donations, like the one from the Sunderland Foundation, helps in that overall cost.
Ground breaking for the project was held in March, and it is expected to be completed in 2020. The addition will allow the college to have a dedicated book store, a more fluid, integrated campus, as well as study rooms, staff workrooms and a reception area. Eventually, campus director Angela Seymour said they plan to add a similar addition onto the other side as a dedicated nursing program wing.
Looking at the campus, the construction crew has numerous steel beams installed, showing a framework of where the addition will be when it is completed.
Jim Cullumber, director of institutional advancement at Crowder College, said, “The investment in the Cassville center by the Overland Park-based Sunderland Foundation demonstrates the Sunderland commitment to education. Just as important, this grant shows that others outside of the immediate area recognize Crowder College’s vital role in educating and training students for today’s workforce.”
He continued, “The fact that a foundation outside southwest Missouri is so committed to this project, I hope, serves as an inspiration and motivation to others in Cassville and Barry County to also invest in this expansion. We have several opportunities for donors to secure naming rights for classrooms, the bookstore and other areas.”
For more information about making a donation, contact the Crowder College Foundation at (417) 455-5646.