Groundbreaking

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 25, 2008
Curt Betebenner
Director, Missouri Southern Foundation
(417) 625-9354

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - A ceremony to officially mark groundbreaking for the George Beimdiek Student Recreation Center will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, March 28 adjacent to Billingsly Student Center on the campus of Missouri Southern State University.

Curt Betebenner, Director of the Missouri Southern Foundation, says a large number of invited guests including members of the MSSU Board of Governors, donors, legislators and officials from the University and community will take part.

 

The late George S. Beimdiek, a leading businessman and insurance professional in Southwest Missouri, last year presented Southern with a $1 million gift to support the construction of the new Student Recreation Center.

 

The building will include the Willcoxon Student Health Center, named in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Willcoxon of Joplin.

 

The 65,000 sq. ft. facility will feature a new Student Health Center, three-court gymnasium, elevated jogging track, two 4,000 sq. ft. fitness areas with cardiovascular weight machines and free weights, two fitness class studios, a fitness testing center, locker rooms and showers and a 150-seat theatre-auditorium.

 

Betebenner says the building is expected to be completed before the fall 2009 semester.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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