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title: "Alums Commit $1M to Support Renovation, Expansion of College of Education’s Home"
date: 2025-04-07T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
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# Alums Commit $1M to Support Renovation, Expansion of College of Education’s Home

*April 7, 2025* — by [Emily Schuster](/author/emily-schuster)


> Renovated Benjamin Building Will Include State-of-the-Art Facilities, Spaces for Collaboration

*Benjamin Building JC 10192015 2335 1920x1080 1 — The lead gift from Ellen F. Gaske ’75 and T. Paul Gaske ’76 (shown below with College of Education Dean Kimberly Griffin) will support the expansion of the Benjamin Building to better prepare future educators, leaders, counselors and researchers and drive meaningful change in the field.*

Two longtime benefactors of the University of Maryland have committed $1 million over five years to support the renovation and expansion of the College of Education’s Benjamin Building.

With their lead gift to the [Education Building Fund](https://giving.umd.edu/campaigns/bespoke?kwodcpreselect=KDC-ED20931&kwodcfilter=KDC-ED20931), Ellen F. Gaske ’75 and T. Paul Gaske ’76 are supporting the college’s [goal](https://education.umd.edu/strategicplan) of creating a more open, light-filled and inviting building with ample room for classrooms, labs and spaces for collaboration. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2030.


*Ellen F. Gaske ’75 and T. Paul Gaske ’76 pose with Dean Kimberly Griffin — From left: Ellen F. Gaske ’75, College of Education Dean Kimberly A. Griffin and T. Paul Gaske ’76.*




**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)


**Tags:** [Alumni](https://today.umd.edu/topic/alumni), [Philanthropy](https://today.umd.edu/topic/philanthropy)


**Units:** [College of Education](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-education)