University Of Maryland Dedicates New Pyon-Chen Residence Hall

2 years ago 286

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WJZ) — The University of Maryland celebrated the dedication of its newest residence hall.

The state-of-the-art Pyon Chen hallway is 131,000 quadrate feet and houses 450 students.

“What’s truthful peculiar astir this building, successful particular, is the sanction of the hallway and the community; Heritage. For years to come, Terps volition recognize the value of these influential names, who helped pave the mode for students to person an accidental to marque their people connected our campus,” said Scott Cronin, Residence Hall Association President. “It besides makes maine truthful blessed to accidental that the Residence Hall Association students had the accidental to collaborate with the University connected this residence hallway to assistance guarantee it met students’ needs.”

It is named aft the 2 who are credited to diversifying the school, Pyon Su, the archetypal Korean pupil to person a grade from immoderate American assemblage oregon university, and Chunjen Constant Chen, the archetypal Chinese pupil to enroll astatine Maryland Agricultural College successful 1915. Officials said this is the archetypal clip since 1914 that a residence hallway has been named for a person.

“My great-great-great-uncle, Pyon Su, was a changemaker, and his bequest astatine the University of Maryland is simply a shining illustration of that. He was the archetypal Korean to postgraduate from immoderate U.S. assemblage oregon adjacent immoderate occidental university. He was a trailblazer for not lone Koreans but besides for each Asians successful this country. We are honored for our household sanction to beryllium ingrained successful this university’s past and to beryllium portion of thing overmuch greater than 1 man’s journey,” said Harold Pyon, Pyon Su’s great-great-great-nephew.

MORE NEWS: Ravens Fans Turn Up For Purple Friday Ahead Of Denver Game