电子游戏软件’s new recreational facility will be named the 玛格特·康奈尔娱乐中心 in honor of one of BC’s most generous benefactors, whose civic and philanthropic endeavors have made her a role model for BC students, 大学今天宣布.
玛戈特康奈尔大学
受托人, 荣誉学位获得者, mother of six—all of whom are BC graduates—and the grandmother of 17, 包括四名校友孙辈, 康奈尔大学校长威廉. 莱希,年代.J., 作为“BC社区的女族长”,” whose $50 million leadership gift—one of the largest in University history—enabled the recreation center to shift from a longstanding campus need to a gleaming reality that will open on the Lower 校园 this summer.
唯一没有解决的问题是如何称呼244,000平方英尺, four-story facility that stands on the former site of Edmond’s Hall on Thomas More Road.
的 six Connell children—Monica Healey '88, Lisa McNamara '89, Courtenay '91, William C. (Bill) '94, Terence '02 and Timothy '03, J.D. 12年，他们都想用母亲的名字来命名这个设施. 玛戈特, 然而, preferred that it be called the Connell Family Recreation Center to honor the whole family and complement the Connell School of Nursing, 以她已故丈夫的名字命名, 前BC受托人William F. 康奈尔大学的59.
最后，康奈尔兄弟姐妹胜出.
2016年，康奈尔一家在哈佛大学.
“Mom attributes a lot of our family’s good fortune to our time at 电子游戏软件,比尔·康奈尔说, a partner at High Road Capital Partners in New York City and a member of the BC Board of Trustees. “Having witnessed firsthand the impact the BC experience has had on our entire family, she wanted to do something to further enhance the student experience, 我觉得娱乐中心是一个很好的方式. 作为家长, 运动员, 和体育迷, she was thrilled to help BC enhance its recreational offerings through this new facility. 她应该让这栋楼以她的名字命名. 我们为她感到无比骄傲.”
“It is a perfect fit to have our mother’s name on something that epitomizes fitness, 健康, 和健康,丽莎·麦克纳马拉说. “我们的妈妈喜欢不列颠哥伦比亚省和它的一切. She tailgates with us, and sits in the stands at every football game. 她孙子的朋友们都叫她“奶奶”,’ because she takes such an interest in them and their experience as students. It is a wonderful tribute to have her name on a recreational facility that will serve the entire campus. 我想不出还有谁比你更值得.”
Monica Healey补充道, "的 玛格特·康奈尔娱乐中心 is a testament to a family’s fierce loyalty for all that is 电子游戏软件. I love that my mother will share with my father the distinction of having her name grace something so important to BC. Having parents who regularly demonstrated the significance of family, 信仰, 教育是一种礼物, one that will sustain a legacy for the Connell family well into the future.”
的 玛格特·康奈尔娱乐中心 will feature an aquatics center with lap and instructional pools; a gymnasium for basketball, 排球, 羽毛球, 击剑, and general recreation; an indoor jogging track; tennis courts; a spin studio; a climbing wall; a mind-body studio, and fitness neighborhoods w在这里 guests can pursue their own workout routines.
它的面积是拥有47年历史的弗林娱乐中心的两倍, 并将提供额外的60,000平方英尺的可用程序空间.
“Mom attributes a lot of our family’s good fortune to our time at 电子游戏软件...作为家长, 运动员, 和体育迷, she was thrilled to help BC enhance its recreational offerings through this new facility. 她应该让这栋楼以她的名字命名. 我们为她感到无比骄傲.” ”
An avid golfer and sports enthusiast who has observed many of BC’s most memorable sports moments alongside her family, Connell said she chose to fund the recreation center to provide an outlet for today’s students engaged in the rigorous demands of a BC education.
“我真的相信体育和学术是密不可分的, 健身和娱乐带来更健康的生活方式,康奈尔说。. “我生长在一个热爱运动的家庭，那里的每个人都喜欢运动, 观看体育运动, 谈论体育. 这个习俗一直延续到今天我的直系亲属. This beautiful facility will enhance the sense of community and camaraderie that is ever present on the 电子游戏软件 campus. This recreation center is so much more than just a workout facility. It's a place to meet up with friends; join a team; be a part of something; have fun. I have 信仰 that this recreation center will be a place to enhance the body, mind and spirit.”
Director of 校园 Recreation Catriona Taylor said that the recreation center will have a transformative effect on the 电子游戏软件 campus, 为学生提供最先进的设施, 教师和管理人员, 以及不列颠哥伦比亚省的27个体育俱乐部和997个校内球队.
“的 玛格特·康奈尔娱乐中心 will be a key gathering space for students and the entire BC community,泰勒说。. “这是一个我们关心身体健康的地方, 也为彼此, reinforcing the values of teamwork and collaboration that are at the heart of the BC experience.”
In a university w在这里 many buildings bear the surname of past Jesuit presidents, the 玛格特·康奈尔娱乐中心 is the first major building constructed on campus to be named after a female benefactor.
“It is a strong and nurturing building, which epitomizes 玛戈特康奈尔大学,泰勒说。. “That it will help to cultivate a commitment to 健康 和健康 and an active lifestyle among BC students is a fitting symbol and appropriate tribute to its namesake.”
奥西宁人, NY, Connell attended Michigan State University and taught math and science in New York and California. 最近, she served as chair of the advisory board of Connell Limited Partnerships, 她已故丈夫创立的公司, 作为电子游戏软件的联合主席 照亮世界 资本运动. 除了她对电子游戏软件的支持, she established the Connell Nursing 电子游戏正规平台 Scholars Program and the Connell Ethics Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Institute for Patient Care and, 和她丈夫一起, funded the Connell and O’Reilly Families Cell Manipulation Core Facility and the Connell Family Fund for Melanoma Vaccine Development at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
"玛戈特康奈尔大学 is such an inspiration to all of us at 电子游戏软件,负责大学发展的高级副校长吉姆·胡森说. "她作为受托人所做的一切, 志愿者, 慈善家, 公元前父, 和祖父母, 玛戈特最关心的一直是我们的学生. 所以不列颠哥伦比亚省的新娱乐中心特别合适, a building made possible thanks to 玛戈特's generosity and perhaps the most student-oriented space on our campus, 将以她的名字命名."
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杰克·邓恩|大学通讯| 2019年1月17日