Case Western Reserve University have been named as a finalist to become a potential host site for one of the 2004 presidential debates, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced.

CWRU President Edward M. Hundert, representatives from the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, Cleveland Convention and Visitors' Bureau and several University officials hosted a site visit team from the commission Thursday, providing information about campus facilities and supplemental information about University Circle, the surrounding community and the local infrastructure that would support such an event.

"The University's trustee leadership and our faculty leadership are very excited about the possibility of having one of the 2004 presidential debates in the city of Cleveland and on the Case Western Reserve University campus. The civic experiences of America are a great lesson to our students and to the community."

Among the civic leaders consulted about the University's initial proposal to host the event include Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell and Dennis Eckart, president and chief executive officer of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association.

The CPD will conduct site surveys during the next several months and plans to announce the final sites in November, 2003. It is the nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that sponsored all the general election presidential and vice presidential debates in 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000.

 

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