4/17/17
Branch: Executive Branch
Cabinet/Function: Cabinet for Postsecondary Education
Agency/Institution: KY State University
Cabinet Agency Project Title/Description Total Budget
Priority
1 Construct Health Sciences Center
$18,008,000
The School of Nursing at Kentucky State University is poised to grow exponentially with the further development of present academic programs and the addition of new academic programs, such as the Doctor of Nursing Practice (BSN-DNP) program. Addition of nursing and allied health programs are planned in the near future. A new facility is required for this program to achieve its potential.
A multipurpose and functional space is needed that includes laboratory space, learning laboratory configured as a virtual hospital with high-fidelity simulators, debriefing rooms, student study spaces, classrooms and teaching space in addition to a suite of offices that can be utilized for student advisement, conference space, and faculty work space. (C-O)
$41,796,000
This project would construct a new building for the School of Business, the University's largest academic program, and one that will play a key role in the University's Strategic Plan. Proposed to be located on the Main Campus south of US60, adjacent to the proposed pedestrian bridge tower which will connect to Hathaway Hall, this facility will provide a highly visible, state-of-the-art home for the Business school that is currently housed in Bradford Hall. The project will permit the development of educational technologies not now available to the school and enable it to meet its mission of providing professional development classes to the entire Frankfort community. This initiative would be the first step in addressing the programmatic and structural issues related to Bradford Hall, current home of the School of Business. The VFA Condition Assessment and Space Study found Bradford Hall to be substandard space for the Business Program and suggested that both the Business School and the Music/Theater programs, also located in Bradford Hall, would be better served in new facilities. The School, with its new MBA program, hopes to grow 5% each year, but is in a competitive disadvantage at its present location. (C-O)
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