Photo Courtesy Group Two ArchitectsSouthwestern University received a $1.15 million grant from The Brown Foundation Inc. of Houston that will help fund the construction of the university's new science center.
According to a news release from the university issued June 17, $1 million of the grant will go toward the center's construction and will allow the university to claim a $1 million challenge grant that was awarded in January from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Okla.
"We are very grateful that The Brown Foundation Inc. continues to believe in Southwestern's aspirations," Southwestern President Jake B. Schrum said in a statement. "It was their support that allowed Southwestern to envision itself as a national liberal arts college in the 1980s, and their very generous support of our new science facility encourages us to compete nationally in the sciences."
The foundation had previously given a $1 million grant for the science center in 2012, according to the news release.
