Ohio’s Central State University Receives $500,000 Grant for Conversion of Power Plant into Student Center

WILBERFORCE, OHIO — Central State University has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior for the conversion of the university’s historic campus power plant into a student career services facility. The grant agreement will fund a portion of the planned $3 million project. The new center will be named the Frank Murphy Student Success Center. The project will provide classrooms, meeting spaces and technology to support academic programs and events. The federal grant is part of $7.7 million in grants given to 18 projects in 12 states for the preservation of historic structures on campuses of historically black colleges and universities. It is administered by the National Park Service. Central State University is located in Wilberforce, which is between Columbus and Cincinnati.