Vol. 19, No. 15

Dec. 16, 1999

Trustees approve new
construction at meeting

At its semiannual meeting Dec. 14, the University's Board of Trustees approved resolutions authorizing the administration to proceed with several construction projects and to make special arrangements with Collegiate Housing Foundation and Ambling Companies, with the Delaware Technology Park and with the Delaware Biotechnology Institute.

Construction projects include

  • the two-story office building and attached three-tier parking garage just south of the Perkins Student Center on Academy Street; and
  • renovations to Squire Hall, East Hall, the Rust Ice Arena roof and the south grandstands in Delaware Stadium.

In support of the new apartment complex being built at the intersection of South Chapel Street and East Delaware Avenue, the trustees authorized the administration to enter into an agreement with Collegiate Housing Foundation and Ambling Companies, whereby the University will be the financial beneficiary of the project.

Trustees also authorized a new affiliation agreement with the Bartol Research Institute, which has been associated with UD since 1976. The new agreement more closely matches that of other research institutes at UD and will allow Bartol to become part of the College of Arts and Science and more integrated with the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

The board approved an interest-free loan of $2.8 million to the Delaware Technology Park for the construction of a 66,000-square-foot office and laboratory facility to be leased for the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, of which UD is a partner.

In other action, the board approved resolutions granting permanent status to:

  • the family nurse practitioner program leading to the master of science in nursing and to the post-master certificate,
  • the women's studies major leading to the bachelor of arts, and
  • the finance management, marketing and operations management major programs leading to the bachelor of science in business administration.

The trustees disestablished the human development and family processes major program, since enrollment has remained low and students interested in studying family dynamics can enroll in the family research concentration in the family and community services major.

Trustees also authorized the University's request to the state for capital funds for F.Y. 2001 and voted that $150,000 in unrestricted gifts be earmarked and permanently invested in the endowment to support the nonprofit capacity building program in the College of Human Resources, Education and Public Policy. The earmarked funds match a $150,000 challenge grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Foundation.