University of Michigan approves $250 million Center for Innovation
Facility planned in downtown Detroit will support education, workforce development, research and public-facing programs
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St. Paul College moves forward with $30.4 million renovation project
School accepting design proposals to repurpose a theater, demolish a building and reconfigure student learning space
New York budgets $1.4 billion for Southern Tier schools, university
Budget also includes $84.7 million for healthcare capital projects and $7.5 million for improvements at Taughannock Falls State Park
University of Texas System OKs $175 million worth of projects
Plans include renovating a hall at UT Austin, building a sports training facility at UT San Antonio and converting a building at M.D. Anderson Medical Center
UT regents name Stephen F. Austin State president finalist
Neal Weaver, the current president of Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW), was unanimously voted to be the 11th president of Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) in Nacogdoches. Weaver was the sole finalist in the University of Texas System Board of Regents’
Texas A&M regents OK $258 million in construction projects
Plans call for a new engineering building in Galveston, a health sciences building in Laredo, a public health and education building in San Antonio, and an arts and media facility in Corpus Christi
Wichita State University reopens bids for stadium renovations
Despite only receiving a single bid for Phases 1A and 1B in mid-December 2023, WSU is reopening the bidding process to hire a dedicated construction manager
Ole Miss receives $245 million to increase student housing, renovate facilities
University to add almost 1,000 beds, build a softball stadium, renovate women’s athletics facilities, improve arts buildings and renovate a hall
Wisconsin greenlights $589 million in building projects
Most of the approved funding will pay for expansions and renovations that support university system growth
Villanova University to build $150 million structure to house library
150,000-square-foot building will feature five floors dedicated to providing students with technology-enabled spaces
