Governor Recommends $180 Million to Address Deferred Maintenance at all 54 Minnesota State Campuses

$628,000 Recommended for Weld Hall Renovation, Addition Yesterday, Governor Dayton announced his top priority for this year’s legislative session: investments in infrastructure, including $180 million in asset preservation and replacement projects that would touch all 54 campuses within the Minnesota State system. He also recommended $63 million in state funds be combined with $31.5 million in system funds be allocated to […]

Dayton names new state higher ed leader

Gov. Dayton appointed Sheila Wright — dean of Hamline University’s School of Education — the new director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. Wright joined Hamline in July 2009. She has also taught at Carleton College in Northfield and at Minnesota State University, Mankato.