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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Construction
will start soon in northwest Sioux Falls on a permanent location
for the state's public university system, where students can take
classes offered by the six South Dakota public universities. Two
bills signed March 9 by Gov. Mike Rounds contained emergency language
that immediately enacted them into law. One of the new laws allows
the Board of Regents to spend a $5.8 million grant from Great Plains
Education Foundation to buy a 263-acre tract of land near Interstate
29. The second law provides $8 million in state funds for construction
of a classroom building on the site.
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Gov. Rounds says more classroom space is needed to meet
education demand in the state's largest city.
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Sioux Falls Mayor Dave Munson congratulates
Regents' President Harvey Jewett and Gov. Rounds. |
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Gov. Rounds signs
two bills creating a permanent location for public higher
education in Sioux Falls.
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Regents' President Harvey Jewett looks on as Gov. Rounds
signs the bills.
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Board of Regents' members join Gov. Rounds at the bill signing.
Back row, from left: James Hansen, Terry Baloun, Dean Krogman,
Carole Pagones, Tony Venhuizen, and Richard Belatti. Front
row, from left: Harvey Jewett, Gov. Rounds.
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| Representatives of Board of Regents' institutions join
Gov. Rounds at the bill signing. From left: BHSU President
Tom Flickema, Regents Executive Director Tad Perry, SDSU Vice
President Mike Reger, DSU President Doug Knowlton, SDSM&T
Vice President Pat Mahon, NSU President Pat Schloss,
SDSD Supt. Maureen Schloss, and USD President Jim Abbott.
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Representatives of the Sioux Falls business and development
community join Gov. Rounds at the bill signing. From left:
Jim Wilcox, Meredith Larson, Evan Nolte, Dean Buckneberg,
Dan Scott, Tom Van Whye, and Mayor Dave Munson.
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| Legislators joining Gov. Rounds for the bill signing were
(from left): Rep. Mark Willadsen, Rep. Deb Peters and son,
Sen. Dick Kelly, Sen. Bill Earley, and Rep. Elaine Roberts. |
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Faculty, staff, and students at USDSU join Gov. Rounds for
the bill signing ceremony.
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