<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2024/0221-emerson-grant.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>Emerson Foundation pledges $450,000 challenge grant for McCaffery-Wagman Tennis and Wellness Center</title><author/><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>02/26/2024 10:58:34 AM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>The 1:1 challenge grant will support Skidmore’s commitment to fostering a campuswide wellness culture and enhance facilities and programming for student health and fitness.</description><category>News</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2024/images/0221-tennis-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Outdoor tennis courts at McCaffery-Wagman Tennis and Wellness Center "/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2024/images/McCaffery-Wagman-Tennis-and-Wellness-Center.jpg" alt="McCaffery-Wagman Tennis and Wellness Center "/></image><caption>A $450,000 challenge grant from the Fred L. Emerson Foundation will support the McCaffery-Wagman Tennis and Wellness Center, currently under construction and expected to be completed next academic year. Its eight new outdoor tennis courts opened last fall.</caption></item>