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Crawford Campus Center The Crawford Campus Center is home to the arts, administrative offices, The Roger Annenberg Library, the Ridgway Blackbox and main stage theaters, the Tierney and Lower School Dining Halls, and a host of meeting spaces and classrooms for student and faculty use — in short, it is the hub of school life. Occupying one entire side of the campus green and covered in grey Pennsylvania fieldstone, the imposing facility, designed by Graham Gund, provides the resources and services essential to quality of life on campus. Whether they seek nourishment of the mind at the Roger Annenberg Library, of the body in the Tierney Dining Hall, or of the soul in the Rugart Fine Arts Wing, students and faculty can find it all here. The Roger Annenberg Library affords students and faculty a double-height, wood-paneled, and light-filled space in which to grow the mind. Here students and their teachers find the latest in research technology, 15,000 videos and DVDs, 8,000 reference works, 33,500 other volumes, and 36 computer stations. Tierney Hall provides a comfortable and spacious dining room for the Middle and Upper Schools, utilizing walls of windows and round tables to provide ambience and create community. A smaller dining room is located next door and accommodates the Lower School students and teachers. The Rugart Fine Arts Wing of the Crawford Campus Center houses the visual arts. Specific and appropriate spaces are dedicated to drawing, painting, and ceramics. Photography laboratories, studios, and galleries complete the wing. The music area claims ample practice space for both choral and instrumental music. All of these venues are outfitted with state-of-the-art technology, appropriate lighting, and excellent acoustics. The Ridgway Blackbox Theater is located near the 600-seat main stage theater and provides a 100-seat intimate venue for smaller, student-written, or one-act performances, lectures, and movie screenings. Seating is located just steps from the stage, enhancing the relationship between cast and audience. All of these facilities are surrounded by communal space, including student lounges, faculty commons, and small meeting rooms, serving the needs of every community group. The Campus Center is named in honor of Jay ’57 and Rosemary Crawford, beloved members of the Episcopal community. Jay was the 9th Headmaster at Episcopal, serving from 1973 until 2002. While Headmaster he led Episcopal through its transition to coeducation, strengthened the arts program, increased diversity, and oversaw the strategic plan of 2000. His leadership brought the community to the decision to purchase the Newtown Square site. It is especially fitting to attach the Crawford name to the Campus Center because it houses the offices of Admission, College Guidance, and the Head of School, all of which Jay occupied and grew during his long tenure as a teacher, coach, administrator, and Headmaster at Episcopal. 10
“The energy and excitement that emanates from this building is truly invigorating.” —Gina Buggy, Director of Athletics Dixon Athletic Center The light-filled Dixon Athletic Center, designed by architect Bernie Cywinski of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, sets a new standard for competition and practice venues. A visitor to the complex enters under the signature Cywinski wooden canopy and immediately finds the pool and basketball gymnasium. A cat-walk above the pool and gym allows visitors to view competitions on both levels of the building simultaneously, providing a stimulating environment for the spectator. Student-athletes frequently use this area to watch their peers compete during breaks in or after their own athletic practices. Steel and glass further create an open, communal atmosphere. Not immediately visible on the first level is a full complement of changing rooms, trainers’ areas, locker rooms, and support spaces. The Dixon Athletic Center’s second level can be accessed by elevator and two generous stairways. Both stairways lead to the The Sarah C. Madeira Squash Pavilion, which houses ten squash courts, and The Class of 1940 Daniel J. Dougherty Fieldhouse, which can accommodate a number of events or practice sessions simultaneously. The Center has unparalleled training and competition venues for Episcopal’s student-athletes. The O’Neill Competition Gym provides a dramatic space not only for basketball but also for community gatherings and schoolwide events. The Burke Natatorium boasts a 35-meter pool, which can be divided to accommodate two water polo matches or swimming and diving practices simultaneously. A fully equipped fitness center, dance and aerobics studio, and wrestling room are also housed in the complex. The Center honors the late Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr. ’42 and his wife Edie, who have given so generously of themselves to Episcopal for so many years as leaders, benefactors, and friends. 11
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