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December 29, 2004 Gift boosts UWGB sports-center financing Donor triggers state aid for facility project By Cynthia Hodnett The donation enables the university to meet its goal of raising $7.5
million in private funds by Friday to support the facility, which the
university has named the Kress Events Center.
Steve Swan, assistant chancellor for university advancement at UWGB,
wouldn't provide the exact amount of the donation but called it "sizable."
Because UWGB met the goal of raising private donations by Friday, it
will also receive another $7.5 million from the state. Overall, the university
wants to raise $10 million in private donations. Students are providing
$15 million in segregated fees for the new center.
Kress, founder of Green Bay Packaging Inc., was a longtime supporter
of education and other local causes.
"This donation from the Kress family is a Christmas present to UWGB
and we appreciate their commitment to the university," said Chancellor
Bruce Shepard.
The $32.5 million center will be a renovation and expansion of UW-Green
Bay's Phoenix Sports Center, which opened in 1976.
UWGB officials have said the new center would seat 3,000 to 4,000 people.
"Students have been on board since day one and now they are going to
start seeing where their money is going," said Jonathan Virant, president
of UWGB Student Government Association.
Earlier this month, UWGB announced it will name the multipurpose playing
court at the new center after Robert and Carol Bush in honor of a donation
made by the couple to the project.
University officials said the university needed a new building to accommodate
the increasing number of students and to host student events and activities
such as commencement and Phoenix women's basketball games.
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