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Walker Foundation Supports Theater Work
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APRIL 12, 2004--The L. C. and Margaret Walker Foundation has donated $20,000 to Michigan Tech to update and replace outdated components in McArdle Theater, located in the Walker Arts and Humanities Center.
This is the latest in a number of gifts from the Walker Foundation that underwrite programs in Michigan Tech's College of Sciences and Arts. The foundation's support has made it possible to install new carpeting, upgrade classrooms and create multimedia rooms, as well as to develop a costume workshop and a 3-D sculpture studio within the Department of Fine Arts.
In addition, these donations allowed the department to replace old projectors, computers and other media-support accessories. Also, the Department of Humanities has sent several undergraduates to a national conference with foundation support.
"We are very grateful for the support the L. C. and Margaret Walker Foundation has provided over the years to Michigan Tech and the College," Dean of Sciences and Arts Max Seel said. "The Walker Arts and Humanities Center is a wonderful facility, one that we are all proud to work in and be part of."
In 1982, the foundation's $1.5 million gift launched a fund drive, supported by hundreds of Tech graduates and friends, that resulted in the dedication of the Walker Arts and Humanities Center in August 1985.
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