us a way of knowing who is on our campus. It will also afford us a way to quickly lock down the campus in an emergency.

The primary reason for this construction addition is not for security at this time, because it cannot be staffed 24/7 due to budget concerns. Let me say to the students in this audience and to faculty and staff across the entire campus: No financial aid or tuition money was used to fund this project. The project began in 2010, and the money was sent down to the state. A very small amount of money, primarily for planning, came from lapsed money left from other capital projects. Title III monies funded some of the security used in the construction, and auxiliary money funded the remaining costs.

Every campus has different pockets of money to use for capital projects. When you hear talk that education and general-fund money was used, stop and correct that person because you now have the facts.

To make certain that I leave no stone unturned with respect to funding of these capital projects, let me also say that we have not used educational and general-fund money to fund the other facelift projects around the campus. Most of those have been funded by auxiliary funds. The Russell Court Apartments will get a new roof later this fall, and then construction will begin as we redo the apartments. Initially, only a one-bedroom unit and a two-bedroom unit will be redone. The tenants will then have an opportunity to pick their finishes and choose what they want as we proceed to renovate, apartment by apartment, with auxiliary funds.

Students, we have used a portion of our tuition increases to raise financial aid and need-based assistance by more than $300,000 this past year. Those funds were used specifically and directly to help you afford to stay in school and to provide more transfer scholarships for students from community colleges. Our tuition continues to be the lowest of the comprehensive institutions.

This year we also completed the implementation of our Banner System. While we still need to bring online a few remaining non-core units and do training on a consistent basis, the basic system is up and operating. While it may not seem like it to those who use it every day, actually it has been a conversion with fewer problems than most other schools have experienced.

been a conversion with fewer problems than most other schools have experienced.

We also completed the restoration of the historic Old Federal Building. This was done with a $1 million grant written by Dr. Anne Butler and funded by the federal government's historic preservation funds. We need to raise an additional $2.5 million to $4 million to complete the interior restoration and add more restrooms. Our aquatic vessel is finally under construction, with an expected delivery date of May 2013. We are also working on the construction of a discovery center, which will cost $1.5 million. Visitors to the center will have hands-on experience related to water and Kentucky history before they go on the boat for the research they will be conducting. We will have to do fundraising for that project.

the restoration of the historic Old Federal Building. This was done with a $1 million grant written by Dr. Anne Butler and funded by the federal government's historic preservation funds. We need to raise an additional $2.5 million to $4 million to complete the interior restoration and add more restrooms. Our aquatic vessel is finally under construction, with an expected delivery date of May 2013. We are also working on the construction of a discovery center, which will cost $1.5 million. Visitors to the center will have hands-on experience related to water and Kentucky history before they go on the boat for the research they will be conducting. We will have to do fundraising for that project.

The Rosenwald Center for Families and Children, which will be the first Leeds-certified building on our campus, is finally completed. We are currently searching for a child care center director, and we plan to open the in January 2013. The center will be open year-round with services for children six weeks to 12 or 13 years old. Extracurricular activities will be built into the program to provide activities for adults, like how to prepare nutritious meals for a family, to activities for the students like dance, music and art. Additionally, the Aquaculture Research Technology Laboratory construction was also completed, and the building is being fully utilized by both our faculty and student researchers. We also updated the road leading into our research farm. These projects were funded with money from our federal construction allocation.

We also added a very simple project, the Thorobred Mile, a mile-long walking pathway around campus that will help us keep fit and hopefully help keep some of our insurance costs down. Today, we are starting the work to make the classrooms in Hathaway, Carver and Bradford halls keyless. This work should be concluded over the next week to 10 business days. This work is funded by Title III money. Perhaps, one of our most significant undertakings has been to begin the first capital campaign that we know of at Kentucky State University. With a goal of 12.5 million to fund scholarships in the STEM areas, endow professorships and update our athletic complex, we have raised a little more than $4 million to date, and we hope to be at the halfway point, $6 million by the end of this fiscal year. Some construction will begin on some of these projects next year.

Today, we are starting the work to make the classrooms in Hathaway, Carver and Bradford halls keyless. This work should be concluded over the next week to 10 business days. This work is funded by Title III money.

Perhaps, one of our most significant undertakings has been to begin the first capital campaign that we know of at Kentucky State University. With a goal of 12.5 million to fund scholarships in the STEM areas, endow professorships and update our athletic complex, we have raised a little more than $4 million to date, and we hope to be at the halfway point, $6 million by the end of this fiscal year. Some construction will begin on some of these projects next year.