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Rocky Mount, N.C.—North Carolina Wesleyan College has been awarded $100,000 by the Cannon Foundation to assist with renovation and expansion of its science laboratories. The grant follows an anonymous gift of $1 million to Wesleyan’s science program a year ago, which has initiated plans for major improvements in laboratory equipment and science facilities.

"We are indeed grateful for this generous gift," said Wesleyan President Ian Newbould. "In the past five years, the number of science majors at Wesleyan has more than doubled. We have an excellent faculty with the knowledge and desire to make a difference in the lives of their students. It is exciting to imagine what we will be able to offer our students, both science majors and non-majors alike, with state-of-the-art equipment in our biology and chemistry labs."

The Cannon Foundation was created in 1943 by Charles A. Cannon, one of North Carolina’s most noted industrialists. Over the past decade, the foundation has supported Wesleyan with generous gifts for its Dunn Center for the Performing Arts, Quality of Life Campaign, and for flood relief after Hurricane Floyd.

"The Cannon Foundation’s support of Wesleyan over the last decade clearly demonstrates their commitment to higher education in our state," said Newbould, "and for that we are very grateful."

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