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McKean and Smith halls ribbon-cutting set Sept. 16
1:37 p.m., Sept. 13, 2006--A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the University's two newest residence halls, Thomas McKean Hall and James Smith Hall, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 16, Constitution Day. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. between the two buildings on the Laird Campus. A light reception will be held afterward. UD President David P. Roselle will preside at the ceremony, which also will include remarks by Jonathan Russ, assistant professor of history at UD. Russ will discuss the buildings' namesakes, who were both students of the Rev. Francis Alison, founder of the institution that is now the University of Delaware. Both men went on to sign the Declaration of Independence. Nearby George Read Hall, which opened last fall, is named after another of Alison's students, who signed both the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. McKean and Smith halls, which opened with the fall semester, each can accommodate 250 students. McKean has a 60/40 percent ratio of freshmen to upperclassmen, and Smith Hall houses upperclassmen. Photo by Duane Perry |
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