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THE COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE
RECEIVES $50,000 GRANT FROM NEW YORK STATE

Assemblyman Latimer recently toured the Wellness Center construction site. Pictured with the Assemblyman are CNR Executive Vice President Dr. Ellen Curry Damato (l.) and Director of Government Relations Terri Eberle (r.).

NEW ROCHELLE, NY, October 10, 2007 – State Assemblyman George Latimer has presented The College of New Rochelle (CNR) with a $50,000 capital construction grant from New York State.  The funds will be used toward the construction of multi-media “smart” classrooms in the College’s new state-of-the-art Wellness Center, scheduled to be completed this December. In addition to the smart classrooms, the Wellness Center will include areas for conferences and seminars, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a gymnasium equipped with arena-style bleachers, competition-size basketball and volleyball courts, an interior running track suspended above the gym floor and a six-lane NCAA competition swimming pool. Other highlights include a meditation room and contemplation roof garden. The ecological design of the building as a metaphor for wellness will be eligible for certification by the U.S. Green Building Council under its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System®.