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If the initial student reaction to Abilene Christian University’s newest building could be summed up in two words, they would be: “Cool!” and “Wow!”

Beginning with Chapel and culminating with a massive community lunch that spread over the campus mall, the grand opening Friday of the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center ended years of waiting for students, faculty and staff and began a new era focused on whole wellness for the student body.

The 116,000-square-foot renovation and expansion of the Gibson Health and P.E. Center features a bouldering wall, eighth-mile jogging track, leisure pool featuring a lazy river, wet classroom, two large exercise classrooms, a large dividable classroom with demonstration kitchen, new basketball court, cardio floor and suite of offices for the Medical and Counseling Care Center.

A visual look at the grand opening follows the jump.

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The Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center officially was dedicated Saturday, with members of the Abilene Christian University Board of Trustees and Alumni Advisory Board touring the facility and recognizing the major donors who contributed a significant portion of the building’s $21 million cost.

Board members and donors stood in the Bullock and Anthony Lobby while the facility’s student workers watched from the balconies overhead as Phil Boone, vice president of Advancement, thanked those who played a role in funding and constructing the Money Center.

The grand opening is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday.

More photos of the dedication ceremony after the jump.

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Abilene Christian University is officially authorized to occupy the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center – more than a week later than expected, but with enough time to keep Saturday’s dedication ceremony and the Sept. 2 grand opening on track.

Only one piece of major work is left to do: laying tile in the leisure pool, saved for the end because the surface must immediately be covered with water to avoid drying and cracking. Below the jump are photos that indicate just how close the facility is to completion. More »

Walking through the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center was chaotic last week; this week, the atmosphere was much calmer.

With crews set to work through the weekend to finish the facility in time, most major jobs were complete or nearing completion, leaving touch-up and cleaning work before the Aug. 27 dedication ceremony.

A few photos from today’s tour:

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Things are chaotic inside the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center as crews scramble to finish the facility before the Aug. 27 donor ceremony and Sept. 2 grand opening.

Nevertheless, progress is occurring, as evidenced by the delivery and installation of TechnoGym cardio and weight equipment, the filling of the Aquatic Center’s two pools (for testing only) and the installation of flooring and ceiling tiles all over the facility. Here is a quick photographic tour of the building as it stands this week: More »

The changes are becoming increasingly noticeable as the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center speeds toward completion, now less than a month away.

As plans take shape for a Sept. 2 grand opening, crews race to complete the 116,000-square-foot renovation and expansion of Abilene Christian University’s Gibson Health and Wellness Center. The Medical and Counseling Care Center is essentially complete, exterior brick is nearly finished, and the courts and floors of the basketball courts and lobby are in place.

Meanwhile, work has begun in earnest on the outdoor basketball court east of the facility and resurfacing the adjacent parking lot (a familiar site in recent years for the notoriously troublesome patch of asphalt). Photos and details after the jump. More »

A blogger with an iPhone can only do so much, which is why, every so often, we ask a professional photographer to capture the state of the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center as it speeds toward completion at the end of August. Here are some pictures taken by Abilene photographer Steve Buttman:

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Crews this week began installing the maple basketball court inside the newly renovated single gym on the facility's northeast corner.

It’s not the outside but the inside that counts.

That’s true at least for the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center, where progress on the interior has made great strides in recent weeks, while crews slowly but surely come closer to completing brick installation on the facility’s exterior walls.

Photos and details after the jump.

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Framing hung in the SRWC lobby gives a glimpse of the curves and circles students will see when they first enter the facility.

The projected date for sealing in the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center has come and gone with brick and windows still needing to be installed, but crews believe they remain on pace to hand over the keys to Abilene Christian University around Aug. 15, two weeks before the start of classes.

In several places, including the Medical and Counseling Care Center, work is all but complete, with flooring the only step left. Others, such as the aquatic center, are awaiting crews to return from a brief foray spent renovating the athletics and Exercise Science and Health offices. Here’s what’s happening and what’s about to happen:

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Brian Devost, executive director of the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center, began work yesterday in his temporary office on the second floor of the Hunter Welcome Center. Meanwhile, crews working on the center are nearly finished applying brick to the building’s exterior. We’ll have more on both these developments in the coming days.