Class Project: South Campus Plaza

The South Campus Plaza, adjacent to the new Pao Center for Visual and Performing Arts and just west of the Dauch Alumni Center, will feature two distinct areas with multi-level platforms for seating and displays, and unique landscaping that will extend to the Dauch Alumni Center, creating a thoroughfare of greenery from the Ag Mall area to Grant Street at the Alumni Center. The plaza will be a heavily traveled route from the Village area and will be a perfect gathering place for students, staff, and alumni, and an ideal atmosphere for outdoor classes and meetings. A full city block of Wood Street between Marsteller and Sheetz streets has been permanently closed to accommodate this beautiful oasis—the first extensive green-space developed for the south campus area. A permanent
plaque acknowledging our class gift will be prominently placed in the plaza.

As a University priority, construction has already begun and is scheduled for completion sometime this summer. The Classes of 1956 and 1957 plan to gather during Homecoming 2007, when we hope many ’56 and ’57 alums will be on campus, to officially dedicate our historic class legacy.

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In the true tradition of class gifts, our classes have undertaken an
ambitious project that will be a magnificent legacy for our great
classes. Our goal is to raise $500,000 — $250,000 per class — to
construct the South Campus Plaza. Take the Class Challenge and help us create this wonderful plaza to commemeorate our time at Purdue.

Class of 1956 Campaign Committee

Class of 1957 Campaign Committee