A new library would be built in Duluth and a new science and math center in Morris. Older buildings at Crookston would be modernized to meet expanded program needs. Supplemental state investment proposal for 1998-99 was another topic. Legislature usually considers requests only for capital spending in even-numbered years, but state revenues are strong and supplemental requests have been invited. Capital spending plan is linked to these initiatives.
Initiative involves all campuses and experiment and branch stations.
Classrooms on the mall and the knoll in Minneapolis would be upgraded. Three new vice provosts have been named to the staff of Provost Bruininks. Norma Allewell, professor of biochemistry and previously vice provost for arts, sciences, and engineering, will become vice provost with responsibilities in graduate and professional education. She will also serve as Bruininks's representative during reorganization of the biological sciences. Ann Hill Duin, professor of rhetoric, will assume lead responsibility for relations with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and with state agencies and committees with responsibility for higher education.