Currents--University of Rochester

March 20
2000

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Currents--University of Rochester newspaper

Edmund A. Hajim Gymnasium opens

ow open to students, faculty, and staff is the dramatically changed and renovated Edmund A. Hajim Gymnasium with a state-of-the-art fitness area in a newly configured athletic center. While formal dedications--and some additional work to the basketball court and pool--lie ahead, students can now enjoy improved equipment and an enhanced environment, whether they want to compete, relax, or stay fit. Those students include the one out of every three undergraduates on the River Campus who play for the 22 varsity sports teams, compete in intramurals, or are members of the 25 club sports teams.

The gym, which is named for Hajim '58, a member of the Board of Trustees, is the principal component of the renovation of the entire complex of more than 200,000 square feet. "I believe that the University now has an athletic facility that compares favorably with any university of its size," he said.

Total cost of the renovation and expansion of the Robert B. Goergen Athletic Center, which will be completed by early fall, is $14 million. It's the most significant construction project on campus since the mid-1980s. Goergen '60 is chairman of the Board of Trustees.

When completed, Rochester's athletic complex will include a new, inviting entrance; a fitness center and new multi-use rooms; enlargement of the basketball court to meet NCAA Division III standards; renovation of the spectator area of the pool; relocation of the coaches' offices; and installation of air-conditioning in the gym, the pool area, and squash courts.

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