Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom Though work has just recently started on the Newbury Family Welcome Center on the Howard Payne University campus, plans for the next project are already in full swing. The impending renovation of HPU’s historic Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom will benefit from a $600,000 challenge grant recently received from the J.E. & L.E. Mabee Foundation. “Since that time we’ve had significant support among our graduates and of that $2 million project we only have about $350,000 left to raise on that building,” said HPU President Dr. Cory Hines. “We’re excited about where we are and feel like this is a great opportunity for some of our local folks who maybe have walked through the building and toured it as students to be a part of this project that will really transform that corner there at Austin and Coggin.”