Board of Trustees to establish 2013-14 tuition rates, approve funding for biosciences building at Thursday meeting
The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees will set tuition rates and vote on a room and board rate increase at their Thursday meeting.
According to the agenda, released on Tuesday, undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and Global Campus tuition rates will be set by the board for the 2013-14 academic year.
Last year, the board voted to raise tuition rates by 1.96 percent, which equated to $7 per academic credit hour, or $362 per credit hour. Following the trend of tuition increases over the past five years, it can be expected that in-state students might pay more than $370 per credit hour after rates are set.
The board will also vote on a proposed two-percent increase in room and board rates for the academic year.
As previously reported by Central Michigan Life, CMU has been in the process of developing a new biosciences building for more than 10 years. The now $95.2 million project will be voted on regarding authorization for design, construction and related service contracts.
“While there are additional reviews and a need to grant the State Building Authority legislative approval to generate their $30 million, the Design Development approval is the final green light for state funding,” Vice President for Facilities Management Steve Lawrence previously told CM Life.
The board will look at approving a five-year lease for 6,000 square feet in the Mount Pleasant Commerce Center for a CMU Bookstore Global Campus Course Materials Distribution Center. The center, which will be located next to The Morning Sun, 711 W. Pickard St., will become a warehouse for storing and distributing text books to the Global Campus.
"Last year, Global Campus began working with the bookstore as its sole provider of books for its more than 50 locations across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. This additional business created the need for storage of books and shipping," Director of Public Relations Steve Smith said via email.
The board will also decide whether Le Tour de Mont Pleasant, a community and university bicycle racing event, will be approved.
This omnium, being presented by the Mount Pleasant Area Chamber of Commerce and the Mid-Michigan Cycling Club, includes a time trial, a criterium and a road race.
Also included in the agenda is a motion to authorize prefunding of deferred maintenance projects to ensure completion before the beginning of the fall semester. It is unclear at this time what those specific projects will entail.
The board will meet for various committee meetings today in preparation for a formal session beginning Thursday. Several proposals by the Finance and Facilities Committee are requesting action at the meeting.
The meeting will take place in the President’s Conference Room of the Bovee UC at 9 a.m. and will also touch on spending authorizations, CMED East, facility master planning and other university operations.
