Rocky Mount, N.C.—North Carolina Wesleyan College recently received a grant of $10,000 from the DeLeon Carter Foundation to support the expansion and renovation of the college’s Elizabeth Braswell Pearsall Library. The $4 million project, which is expected to be completed during Wesleyan’s spring semester, will nearly double the size of the existing library.

The addition will provide increased seating, a new high-tech instructional lab, a media and special collections area, an Internet café, and various other areas for study and research. Wireless computer connectivity also will be an attraction.

“Wesleyan is greatly appreciative of this generous gift from the DeLeon Carter Foundation,” said Malcolm W. Woodall, the college’s Vice President of Development.
“The gift demonstrates the foundation’s dedication to higher education and to the betterment of our community and region. We sincerely appreciate the DeLeon Carter Foundation’s interest in helping Wesleyan improve the College’s learning environment. Expansion of the library will benefit our campus as well as our community.”

The DeLeon Carter Foundation was established in 1988 by the late Myrtle Carter Henry, daughter of prominent Nash County farmer DeLeon Carter and heir to the family business, Carter Farms.

PHOTO (by Garry Hodges): Gus Tulloss, Chairman of the DeLeon Carter Foundation, second from right, presented a check for $10,000 from the foundation to Wesleyan Interim President Dr. Stanley Caine. Also present were, left to right, George Whitaker, trustee of the foundation; Mayo Boddie, vice chairman; Malcolm Woodall, Wesleyan’s vice president of development; and at right, Billy Baker, DeLeon Carter Foundation board member.