June 30, 2012
During fiscal year 2012, the Kentucky State University completed the work on the Rosenwald Center for Families and Children and the Aquaculture Production Technology Lab.
The Rosenwald Center for Families and Children consists of a new child care facility. The 15,180 square foot, 1-story building consists of six classrooms (an Infant room, two Toddler rooms, one Preschool, one Afterschool and another classroom that can be assigned as enrollment changes), three Observation rooms for KSU student education purposes, three offices, a conference room, Sick Bay, a Multipurpose Room, a demonstration teaching kitchen, serving kitchen, and support spaces. The grounds consist of three separate playground areas with play structures for Toddler, Preschool and Afterschool age children. The entire playground plus lawn space is fenced for child protection.
The Aquaculture Production Technology Lab was constructed for educational instruction and research facility. The building area is 6,953 gross square feet of floor space on one floor. Building height is 19 feet 2 inches. Spaces include 6 offices, one administration/reception, and open office grad student offices, one Lab Classroom, one Seminar Classroom, one video control room, one library, video storage, one Disease Diagnostic Lab, one Certified Processing Room, a Loading Dock, Mechanical Space, and circulation space. The building is located on KSU's main campus in proximity to existing research ponds and hatchery. The building is a one story, wood framed and metal panel exterior wall and roof system.
In April 2011, the University submitted its Six Year Capital Plan to the Kentucky General Assembly to be acted upon during the 2012 regular session of the General Assembly. This plan included projects separated into three biennia beginning in 2012 and ending 2018. The execution of the University's capital plan is contingent upon sufficient funding from the Commonwealth.
The $487.1 million request for the first biennium (2012-2014) is comprised of new construction projects, maintenance projects and information technology projects. The University primarily funds its projects from four sources: state general fund appropriations, federal USDA funds, agency funds, and private funding. University-issued bond funding is also available.
New construction projects proposed include: $9,028,000 to expand or build a new Betty White Nursing Building, which will provide 24,000 square feet of new classroom space to accommodate enrollment into the nursing program; $46,382,000 to construct a centralized boiler plant to replace the existing seventy year old plant; $2,206,000 to construct a pedestrian bridge across U.S. 60 to allow students, faculty and staff safe passage across a heavily traveled highway which bisects campus; $31,528,000 to construct a Business & Technology Center to house the business school and the computer science program; $96,034,000 to build a Performing Arts Center to replace antiquated Bradford Hall. Maintenance projects include but are not limited to: Roof Repair & Maintenance Pool $6.5 million and a $2.1M Capital Renewal & Maintenance Pool. Information Technology projects include but are not limited to: Integrated Digital Campus $11.4 million; Expand Emergency Notification System $4.5 million; Upgrade Information Technology Infrastructure $6.2 million.