Board of Trustees approved all construction projects and university budget in a single vote

Originally Posted on Emerald Media via UWIRE

On the second day of its once-a-term meeting, the University of Oregon Board of Trustees approved every resolution on the meeting agenda in a single vote Friday morning.

Here are the items they approved:

  • Awarding a license to begin construction of a 29,000-square-foot sport performance center for student athletes on the first floor of the Casanova Center. The “Marcus Mariota Sports Performance Center” is fully funded through private donations.
  • Renovations to increase Hayward Field’s capacity to 30,000 seats in 2016.
  • Renovations to Chapman and Klamath Hall.
  • Construction of a new College and Careers building which will house the College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Allowing earlier input from students in the yearly tuition-setting process.
  • The university’s finalized budget for fiscal year 2016.

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