August 1997 Regents Report

There will be more computer work stations and fewer dorm rooms on the Sam Houston State campus as the result of actions taken Friday by the university's board of regents.

Today@Sam reports the Texas State University System board of regents voted in its quarterly meeting to award a $384,600 contract to Prime Contractors, Inc. of Houston for modifications to the computer lab in Academic Building One, and to allow the university to demolish the Malone Apartment Complex and the Agriculture Mechanics Farm Shop.

[SHSU President Bobby K.] Marks said that the Malone Apartment Complex, located on 22nd Street southwest of the main part of the campus, was built in 1958. The complex has exceeded its useful life and the cost to rehabilitate it would exceed reasonable income expectations, he said. The Agriculture Mechanics Farm Shop's roof has collapsed and cannot be repaired. That shop is being replaced with a new metal building.

Marks...also reported that the Estill Building renovation project is behind schedule and will not be open in time for the beginning of the 1997 fall semester. That project, which has delayed moves of the Registrar's Office and Cashier's Office from the Administration Building to Estill, has subsequently caused a delay in beginning the Administration Building renovation.