Onyx Fall-Winter 2019

Enhancing Life at The Woods Continued

LEAVE YOUR MARK You are called to leave your mark at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Your generous gifts to the campaign will further enhance life at The Woods and support the following anticipated projects: • Increasing parking availability on-campus. • Improving traffic flow and way-finding signage around Le Fer Hall and throughout campus. • Refreshing student rooms with new windows and doors, fresh paint, LED lighting and new furniture. • Updating private and community bathrooms to address plumbing, ventilation, fixtures and windows. • Updating the Formal Parlor by restoring its hardwood floors and Inglenook fireplace, refinishing antique furniture, painting, adding LED lighting and new furniture. • Creating landscaped, co-curricular outdoor seating spaces.

Computer Bar

The capital project, known as the I Love Le Fer initiative, so far, has made possible other significant updates to student and community spaces to the first floor of Le Fer. In addition to Sullivan Parlor and the Sacred Heart Chapel, they include: • A new proximity card system installed in Le Fer Hall providing students a safe environment and more modern access to the building and living spaces. • New public, ADA accessible restrooms added to the first floor. • A modern prep kitchen added for food service partner and campaign contributor, Sodexo, Inc. • A computer bar and LED lighting added to Le Fer’s first floor academic hallway. • Modesty walls built at community bathroom entrances. • New hardwood floors installed in McMahon Ballroom. In addition, gifts made to the Aspire Higher Campaign made way for other improvements such as the construction of the Le Fer Lake walking trail, the return of the crosses atop Le Fer Hall, Guerin Hall and the Conservatory of Music, new front doors for Rooney Library, the re-sealing of The Avenue and parking lots, and the establishment of numerous endowments for scholarship and academic programs. But these positive changes at SMWC have only just begun. Continued gifts to the campaign made by the College’s alumni and friends are directing more campus improvements this fall and winter. Among other projects, further exciting enhancements to residential life at The Woods will include: • New front doors for Le Fer Hall. • Carpet installation on all hallways of the resident floors. • A renovation of the community spaces known as “Centers” on all resident floors. This renovation involves increasing and improving lighting in these spaces, a com- plete remodel of kitchens with new appliances, cabinets, lighting and floors, and the addition of new furniture in all community areas. • Free laundry facilities on the resident floors. • Water bottle filling stations on all wings replacing existing water fountains.

$7 Million "I Love Le Fer" Initiative Goal

YOU CAN ENHANCE LIFE AT THE WOODS THROUGH YOUR GIFT.

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