The Duke Endowment of Charlotte on Monday gave Duke University $80 million, the largest donation in school history.
With the donation, Duke will renovate West Union and Page Auditorium on the West Campus and Baldwin Auditorium on the East Campus. All three buildings are part of the original campus construction that began with benefactor James B. Duke’s creation of both the endowment and the university in 1924, according to a news release.
West Union served as the principal student gathering and eating space for more than 50 years, until the opening of the Bryan Center in 1982. The union will be completely remade on the interior to create new student social space and dining opportunities.
With its location at the center of Duke’s main quadrangle, the new West Union will serve as a “Main Street” for students, faculty and visitors to campus, the university says.
Located between West Union and the Duke Chapel, Page Auditorium is Duke’s largest theater, with a capacity of 1,200 seats. It has been the site of thousands of performances and lectures since its opening in 1930. On Nov. 13, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech in Page on the progress of the civil rights movement.
The planned renovation will update the interior, seating, acoustics, backstage and lobby spaces.
Known for its white dome, Baldwin Auditorium is a focal point of Duke’s East Campus and the primary rehearsal and performance venue for student ensembles. The renovations to the structure will include acoustical improvements, new seats and other patron amenities.
In recent years, the Duke Endowment has contributed $75 million toward Duke’s Financial Aid Initiative, $50 million toward the construction of the new Learning Center for the School of Medicine and a new pediatric inpatient facility, and $15 million to create DukeEngage, which enables hundreds of Duke undergraduates to participate in what the university calls immersive civic engagement opportunities over the course of a summer or semester away from Duke.
Construction work is expected to take place in phases beginning later in 2011 with Baldwin Auditorium. In the meantime, Duke officials are developing plans to provide dining services and relocate existing programs and activities during the renovations, which are expected to take several years.
Duke University has received more than $1.2 billion from The Duke Endowment since 1924.
With the donation, Duke will renovate West Union and Page Auditorium on the West Campus and Baldwin Auditorium on the East Campus. All three buildings are part of the original campus construction that began with benefactor James B. Duke’s creation of both the endowment and the university in 1924, according to a news release.
West Union served as the principal student gathering and eating space for more than 50 years, until the opening of the Bryan Center in 1982. The union will be completely remade on the interior to create new student social space and dining opportunities.
With its location at the center of Duke’s main quadrangle, the new West Union will serve as a “Main Street” for students, faculty and visitors to campus, the university says.
Located between West Union and the Duke Chapel, Page Auditorium is Duke’s largest theater, with a capacity of 1,200 seats. It has been the site of thousands of performances and lectures since its opening in 1930. On Nov. 13, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech in Page on the progress of the civil rights movement.
The planned renovation will update the interior, seating, acoustics, backstage and lobby spaces.
Known for its white dome, Baldwin Auditorium is a focal point of Duke’s East Campus and the primary rehearsal and performance venue for student ensembles. The renovations to the structure will include acoustical improvements, new seats and other patron amenities.
In recent years, the Duke Endowment has contributed $75 million toward Duke’s Financial Aid Initiative, $50 million toward the construction of the new Learning Center for the School of Medicine and a new pediatric inpatient facility, and $15 million to create DukeEngage, which enables hundreds of Duke undergraduates to participate in what the university calls immersive civic engagement opportunities over the course of a summer or semester away from Duke.
Construction work is expected to take place in phases beginning later in 2011 with Baldwin Auditorium. In the meantime, Duke officials are developing plans to provide dining services and relocate existing programs and activities during the renovations, which are expected to take several years.
Duke University has received more than $1.2 billion from The Duke Endowment since 1924.
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