[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 162 (Thursday, December 9, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2100]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY JACK AND JO WILLA MORTON FITNESS 
                                 CENTER

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 9, 2010

  Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the 
opening and dedication of Texas Wesleyan University's Jack and Jo Willa 
Morton Fitness Center. The new fitness center will serve to enhance the 
quality of student life on campus by providing a place where students 
can gather and meet friends, while achieving their own personal fitness 
goals.
  Initial support provided by Texas Wesleyan University alumnus, Jack 
and Jo Willa Morton, was used to leverage additional private funds 
necessary for construction of the $3 million, 9,900 sq. ft. fitness 
center. The facility will include a 2,317 sq. ft. Weights and Cardio 
Room with free weights, weight machines, cardio machines, treadmills, 
recumbent bikes, and other resistance machines; two aerobics/dance 
classrooms that can be used as clinical spaces for the Athletic 
Training Education Program (ATEP); a front lobby lounge area for 
student socialization/relaxation; student and staff locker rooms; 
offices for the Center's staff and faculty of the Athletic Training 
Education Program as well as a front desk check-in area and various 
storage and facility management areas.
  The new Center will serve the 2,800 undergraduate and graduate 
students as well as services for employees and alumni. Additionally, 
the facility will serve over 300 school-age children who visit the 
campus each summer for Wesleyan's Summer Chemistry Camp and Tex-PREP 
programs and additional community organizations such as the Boys and 
Girls Club.
  In addition to the improved health and quality of life for the campus 
students and other communities the Center will serve, the new facility 
will also be a new resource in recruitment of students to Texas 
Wesleyan University, retention of current students and as a resource 
for improved athletic training and preparation for student athletes. 
The facility will also serve as a significant benefit in enrollment for 
the Department of Kinesiology and the ATEP and further accreditation by 
the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).
  It is a great honor to recognize the contributions of the visionaries 
whose commitment has made the Jack and Jo Willa Morton Fitness Center a 
reality for the Texas Wesleyan University community. I am proud to 
represent these visionaries and Texas Wesleyan University in the House 
of Representatives.

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