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07.17.2009 2:29 pm

Why Benton-Stadler and Ellis Fischel were not in UM bond issue

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As promised, I’m returning with an answer as to why the Benton-Stadler science building at UMSL and the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center and MU were not included in the University of Missouri’s $332 million bond issue. Those two buildings are…

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07.16.2009 4:32 pm

UM systems issues $332 million in bonds to finance more than a dozen projects

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The University of Missouri announced today that it has issued $332 million in bonds to finance more than a dozen projects at its four campuses, including new residence halls, a new patient tower in Columbia, and upgrading safety components such…

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07.07.2009 5:09 pm

SEMO gets $2 million federal grant to renovate science labs

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Southeast Missouri State University officials did not get the $37 million to renovate aging science labs that they had hoped for out of a proposed statewide bond issue that failed in the last legislative session.

But the school is rejoicing over…

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06.25.2009 6:08 pm

UM’s Forsee’s statement on Nixon’s freeze of university projects

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Not surprisingly, the folks at the University of Missouri are none too pleased by Gov. Jay Nixon’s budget announcement this morning. Nixon is vetoing some state funding, and has frozen other funds slated for a variety of projects, including the…

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06.25.2009 2:01 pm

UM projects put on hold — again, and again

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Heres a look at some of the crumbling science labs at UMSLs Benton-Stadler science complex

UMSL has been waiting a decade for state funds to renovate its crumbling labs in the Benton-Stadler science complex. School officials learned today that they will have to wait once more.

The roller coaster ride for UMSL and Mizzou continues.

This morning,…

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06.19.2009 10:59 am

UM curators fight possible Nixon veto of capital projects

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
UM President Gary Forsee

UM President Gary Forsee

In a hastily-called conference call this morning, the University of Missouri Board of Curators unanimously passed a resolution opposing a potential veto of its two highest-priority building projects under consideration by Gov. Jay Nixon.

University President Gary Forsee…

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03.03.2009 11:47 am

Rep. Kelly says UMSL could get piece of $700 million in bonds, too, under his bill

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

You might have read the Associated Press story that ran in today’s Post Dispatch about Rep. Chris Kelly’s bill. The bill, which was filed on Monday, calls for the issuance of up to $700 million in bonds to pay for…

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