North Carolina Wesleyan College

we have a timeline. Right now, we’re currently working on the city permits. We anticipate that this will be a multi-year process, as it will be the future campus sports stadium, with a field house, bleachers, and lights. By the time it’s complete, it will probably be around a $7 million project. We’re trying to be very smart with our finances and build it without taking out any loans. We want this project to be completely donor-funded. We see it as a five-phase process: the turf field is phase one, and we’re closing in on, potentially, having the resources to start phase two. We’re actually designing the field house to have classrooms in it as well, so that it’s not just for student athletes - it will be something that all students and faculty will have access to.” At an academic level, 2020 marks an important expansion in the program offerings for the college, as well. “This year, we’re starting a new Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, which is our second health science program,” says Dr. Duff. “The program exercise science and health promotion programs, where we’ll have new classrooms, office space, as well as an exercise science lab with brand new equipment. Our exercise science program is probably one of the top three programs on our traditional campus and all of these upgrades will allow us to do more with our students. It’s the biggest development we’ve had in years. The project is nearly completed and, right now, we’re testing the inflation and deflation of the bubble portion to prepare for its final expansion Then we’ll finish building the interior. We anticipate this being completed by early November 2020, so that we can use it full- time in the Spring of 2021.” The college is also laying the groundwork for the development of a turf field, something it sees as a catalyst for even more development. “The turf field was also financed by a number of donors who provided us with more than $1 million to start the construction,” Dr. Duff reports. “We have the architectural portion done, and