Photo Gallery: Texas Wesleyan Breaks Ground On Football, Track And Field, Soccer Facility

Arlington TX

04 May, 2022

7:31 PM

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By Cristian ArguetaSoto, Fort Worth Report May 4, 2022 Trustee Karen Cramer donated $5 million for the construction of a new athletic stadium at her alma mater Texas Wesleyan University. A majority of her family attended Texas Wesleyan University — and Texas Woman's College, before it was renamed. "Don't look down the road five years. Look down the road 15 years when you have a family. Look down the road 25 years when that family has a family," Cramer said. "You're not going to affect one generation. You're going to affect 510 generations, hopefully." Cramer's parents attended Texas Wesleyan University. The $16.5 million Karen Cramer Athletic Stadium is part of the Engage, Inspire, Invest campaign goal of $40 million. The campaign plans to modernize campus facilities, increase endowment support for student scholarships and help provide funding for important programmatic initiatives that aid in student retention, Texas Wesleyan University President Frederick G. Slabach said. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.