New Campus Center
UPDATE: Topping-out ceremony photos
Lyon College is close to making its new campus center a reality. College officials broke ground on the new campus center Oct. 21.
Architects from Roark Perkins Perry Yelvington Architects in Little Rock met with students, faculty and staff to find out what they would like to see incorporated into the new building. From those ideas, architects put together drawings of a new 43,427-square-foot campus center.
The two-story student center includes a 352-seat dining hall, kitchen, deck, The Scot Shop, gaming center, health and wellness facilities, counseling offices, career development center, meeting spaces, student mailboxes, a bistro and more.
If everything stays on schedule, the building will be completed by the fall of 2012. The project is expected to cost approximately $9.6 million. Funding for the new student center will come from insurance proceeds from the Edwards Commons fire and from donations. The College's dining hall and student union was destroyed in a fire in October. Students are currently being fed in a 270-seat temporary facility.
To make a donation toward the new student center, please contact the president's office at (870) 307-7201 or donate by using our secure site below.
Topping-out photo
Buy A Brick
To provide funds for the $9.6 million building, Lyon College is selling bricks for the new campus center.
For $125 you can purchase a commemorative brick, which can be personalized with your own message. Honor a professor or student. Celebrate your Greek organization. Remember a special event in your life at Lyon. Proceeds will benefit the campus center construction fund. These bricks will create a walkway outside the campus center. More important, these bricks will create a lasting testament to the legacy of loyal alumni and a path for generations of future students to follow in pursuit of their dreams for top quality liberal arts education.
To purchase a brick, visit the Buy A Brick website.
New Student Center Fund
On Oct. 26, 2010, a fire destroyed Edwards Commons on the Lyon College campus.Now, the College is rebuilding the heart of its campus with a 44,000-square-foot, two-story student center, which will house a dining hall, kitchen, game room, bookstore, student life center and conference rooms. The $11 million project is expected to be complete by the fall of 2012. Please donate today and help us create a desperately needed center and dining hall for our students.
