Now under consideration by the Governor's Office of Financial Management is WSU's construction budget for the 1997-99 biennium, a proposal dominated by projects to renovate existing buildings and improve infrastructure. The recommendations of Governors Lowry and Locke will each be forwarded to the 1997 Legislature. The facility will include a center for developing and assessing new teaching techniques. The building, now more than 100 years old, could be assured to serve students for another 50 years if this proposal is adopted. This project renovates much of the existing Kimbrough Hall music building, creates a 180-seat lecture auditorium for a variety of general university courses, and adds two floors to the existing north wing.
Music professors are anxious to upgrade the quality of music building.
But many are particularly encouraged that music classes will be taught in a building where many general university courses are taught, exposing a broader number of the student body to WSU music program. All projects were recommended by the HEC Board except for the Plant Molecular Science Facilities building, which is part of an addition and renovation of Johnson Hall.