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				GROUNDBREAKING FOR CECIL PICARD CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT
				Event: Groundbreaking in University Research Center Date: Friday, Dec. 14 Time: 10 a.m. Location: LITE Center (for program), next door for groundbreaking Information: Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco will join faculty, staff and distinguished guests in officially breaking ground for the Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development on Friday. The Picard Center is the latest addition to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Research Park and will be located beside the LITE Center on East Devalcourt Street. Named in honor of former State Superintendent of Education Cecil J. Picard, the 40,000 square foot building is expected to be completed within 2 years at a cost of approximately $7.2 million dollars. The state-of-the art complex will include the Lloyd J. Rockhold Distance Education Conference Center, an archive of Superintendent Picard's memorabilia, a research library and a data and technology analysis unit. In addition, the Center will house the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Educational Counseling unit, the Center for Innovative Learning and Assessment Technologies, the Educational Foundation and Leadership Department, the Center for Gifted Education, and the Department of Psychology. Contact: Meg Casper with the Cecil Picard Center for Child Development at 225-978-6686 or see her at the groundbreaking. Media coverage is invited.

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