Southern Bank donates $100,000 to University of Mount Olive
By Staff Reports
Published in News on October 21, 2014 1:46 PM
MOUNT OLIVE -- The Southern Bank Foundation has made donations totaling $100,000 donation to the University of Mount Olive.
The total includes $20,000 to the university's fine arts facility and $80,000 to its annual fund.
"The Southern Bank Foundation has been and continues to be a wonderful friend and collaborative partner to the University of Mount Olive," university President Dr. Philip P. Kerstetter said. "We look forward to further collaboration with the Southern Bank Foundation as together we build a brighter future for the students of eastern North Carolina and beyond."
Gifts directed to the Fine Arts facility are being used for the current renovations to the Historic Assembly Hall -- the old Mount Olive High School building.
The area behind and below the auditorium is being converted into classrooms, rehearsal spaces, offices and storage facilities for the Music Department.
Once completed, the music department will grow from one classroom and one rehearsal hall to two classrooms, a large ensemble room, a small ensemble room, a computer lab, a piano lab, five practice rooms of various sizes, four full-time instructors' offices as well as one shared office for all adjunct faculty, a music library, storage facilities, a green room for performing student and visiting artists and an additional set of restrooms.
The university is a private institution sponsored by the Convention of Original Free Will Baptists.
The Southern Bank Foundation makes charitable gifts to support a large number and variety of charitable programs in communities served by Southern Bank and Trust Co.