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Shepherd University is preparing for a slate of campus improvement projects, backed by $30 million in state funds.
The university plans to renovate several residence halls, according to a Dec. 10 press release. It will also build a new dining hall, multipurpose building and maintenance facility.
The West Virginia Legislature approved $15 million in supplemental funding for the projects during its October special legislative session.
The additional $15 million comes from the Governor’s Civil Contingent Fund, according to a funding agreement shared with West Virginia Public Broadcasting by CJ Harvey, director of communications for Gov. Jim Justice.
The contingency fund is a pool of discretionary funding that the governor can allocate to state projects and emergency response efforts. In an email, Harvey wrote that the money comes from a part of the fund “specifically used for deferred maintenance” on West Virginia colleges and universities.
Shepherd officials say the new funding will help improve campus facilities in ways that particularly benefit students.
“This dining facility will expand our capacity for serving students and enhance our ability to bring programs and events for students and visitors to campus,” said Scott Barton, Shepherd vice president for finance and administration, in the press release.
Shepherd President Mary Hendrix said in the press release that enhancing campus will help “keep Shepherd University a vibrant school of choice for students in West Virginia and beyond.”
Shepherd has not announced a timeline for when the projects will be completed, but Executive Director of University Communications Hans Fogle told West Virginia Public Broadcasting that the additional funding will expedite campus improvements at large.
“Many of the projects that we design come based on feedback from our students telling us that they want to have more options for dining, that they want to have things located closer to the residence halls,” he said. “We hear that feedback, and we are happy to be able to work toward the goals that they have helped us set.”
