{"id":84500,"date":"2017-09-13T13:28:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T17:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84500"},"modified":"2017-09-12T20:50:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T00:50:40","slug":"chun-academic-services-center-freds-place-rca-meeting-room-dedicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84500","title":{"rendered":"Chun Academic Services Center, Fred\u2019s Place, RCA Meeting Room dedicated"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>New facilities considered game-changers inside Reid Athletic Center<\/em><\/p>\n

Colgate Athletics kicked off a big day of Homecoming events Saturday morning with the official dedication of three new spaces located within Reid Athletic Center.<\/p>\n

These spaces \u2013 Fred\u2019s Place, the Colgate football locker room, The RCA Meeting Room and The Victoria M. Chun \u201991, MA\u201994 and Susan Chun Academic Services Center \u2013 were made possible thanks to the support of Brion \u201976 and Sabrina Applegate, Frederick \u201cTiger\u201d \u201981 and Andrea Dunlap P\u201918, Robert \u201978 and Deirdre Relph P\u201909, and Gordon \u201962 and Mary Watson P\u201998,\u201901.<\/p>\n

Fred\u2019s Place is the new name given to the Colgate Football locker room, which during the summer received a complete makeover. The renovated space was dedicated in honor of Fred Dunlap \u201950, football coach and athletics director who served the University from 1976-98.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese investments are signals of Colgate\u2019s commitment to compete at the very highest level both academically and athletically,\u201d said Colgate President Brian W. Casey. \u201cWe will not accept anything less than that. We are going to be the premier academic institution that is going to compete at the highest level athletically. That is what Colgate represents for this nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The locker room is completely custom with 91 state-of-the-art lockers, a new audio\/visual system, and new carpeting and branding.<\/p>\n

Adjacent to the locker room is The RCA Meeting Room, named for Ruth Cline Applegate and all Colgate football moms. This new space provides flexibility to meet as a full team and also divide into four smaller rooms for position meetings. Each room is equipped with audio and video equipment with custom branding throughout.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a facility that is as good as it gets,\u201d said Fred \u201950 and Marilyn Dunlap Head Football Coach Dan Hunt. \u201cIt\u2019s better than our competition and puts us in the forefront on many levels. When our student-athletes walked in and saw it for the first time they were absolutely blown away.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom\u00a0day-to-day operations, the meeting room is not only beautiful, but it\u2019s extremely functional,\u201d Hunt continued. \u201cIt makes us much more efficient as coaches and a team. The locker room is absolutely amazing. It truly brings us together as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colgate also officially unveiled the Victoria M. Chun \u201991, MA\u201994 and Susan Chun Academic Services Center. The beautiful new facility is named in honor of the Colgate Vice President and Director of Athletics, who before her administrative career was a Patriot League Player and Coach of the Year for Colgate\u2019s volleyball team; and her mother, who lives in\u00a0<\/a>Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Chun is Colgate\u2019s winningest volleyball coach and is the only person to be named both Player and Coach of the Year in the same conference.<\/p>\n

Housed at the former location of the bowling alley in the heart of Reid Athletic Center, the new academic center is three times larger than the old academic center and provides Colgate\u2019s student-athletes with a state-of-the-art study space. Images and artifacts from each of Colgate\u2019s 25 sports are incorporated into the design of this new space.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe space is truly unique in that it captures the spirit of our student-athletes by combining their athletic and academic identities as one,\u201d said Angela Marathakis, Assistant Athletics Director and Director of Student-Athlete Academic Enhancement. \u201cOur student-athletes take pride in thriving in both areas. This space is unlike any other space on any other college campus. With the Chun Academic Services Center, our student-athletes will know, feel, and now see how supported and committed we are to providing them a top-notch Division I athletic experience and an unparalleled academic experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colgate student-athletes have made tremendous strides athletically and academically under Chun. Colgate placed 193 student-athletes on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for 2013-14. This academic year that number was 285 \u2013 a 47.7 percent increase in just three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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