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JANUARY 19,1979
NEW
UNIVERSITY
CENTER
PRESENTED
TO
TRUSTEES
Mr. J. Bertram King of J. Bert
ram King Associates F.A.LA. pre
sented the Board of Trustees of
UNC-Asheville with a schematic
design of a 4.828 million dollar
new University Center on Thurs
day, Jan. 18, 1979. The money
has been included in Gov. Jim
Hunt’s proposed budget for
1979.
Mr.
Board
Center
King explained to the
the layout of both the
and the Dorm buflding.
The new student center in
cludes facilities for a new cam
pus bookstore, snack shop, cafe
teria, S. G. office, Ridgerunner
office. Summit office, radio
station phis recreational and
study rooms.
Right next to the student
center will be a seven-storey
building with room for 300 new
dorm students occupying 24
rooms on each floor. There will
be one kitchen on the first floor
along with a laundry room with
six to eight washers for the 300
students.
Also included in the plans will
be a new access road leading from
Weaver Boulevard to the campus.
It is expected that the new road
will relieve some of the current
traffic flow.
Assuming that the General As
sembly approves the allocation,
the earliest possible projected
completion date wiU be sometime
in 1981.
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1. Floor plan of the Dorm.
2. Floor plan of the Student Cen
ter.
3. View of the buildings in rela
tion to the rest of the campus.
4. Model of the buildings.
PICTURES BY JOHN PUTNAM AND KONG