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Crumbling Ohio University campus needs $2.5 billion fix
By Encarnacion Pyle
The Columbus Dispatch
Friday November 18, 2011 7:58 AM

ATHENS, Ohio — Ohio University should invest more than $2.5 billion over the next 20 years to keep its campus from falling apart, campus officials told the board of trustees yesterday.

“The bottom line is our deferred maintenance continues to grow, and it is being noticed by students, parents, faculty and staff,” said Harry Wyatt, associate vice president of facilities. “We’re embarrassed by it.”

READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/11/18/nothing-2-5b-cant-fix.html

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NEOBuckeye
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OU just announced that they are building a medical college in Dublin. Seems to me that maybe that money would be better invested in campus improvements back home in Athens.

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futureman
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NEOBuckeye said:
OU just announced that they are building a medical college in Dublin. Seems to me that maybe that money would be better invested in campus improvements back home in Athens.

OU received a $105 million donation from Osteopathic Heritage Foundations to build this medical college -

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/04/30/ohio-university-to-receive-$105-million-donation.html

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NEOBuckeye
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I guess they can't move the money if it is a donation for a specific cause. Still, it doesn't do much to challenge the perception that OU has severely misallocated its resources and priorities.

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What difference a day makes ...

Trustees OK pair of OU projects
Work will total nearly $1 billion over next 6 years, improve facilities
By Alex Stuckey
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Saturday November 19, 2011 7:06 AM

Ohio University’s proposal to spend $977.5 million on capital improvements over the next six years was one of two plans to win unanimous approval from the school’s trustees yesterday.

Trustees also gave school officials the authority to buy property in Dublin that will become home to a medical college.

On the facilities front, the board reviewed a plan to spend a little more than $2.5 billion through 2032.

READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/11/19/trustees-ok-pair-of-ou-projects.html

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Ohio U. is growing in popularity
By Encarnacion Pyle
The Columbus Dispatch
Friday January 20, 2012 7:42 AM

LANCASTER, Ohio — Three years ago, Ohio University received a record 14,000 applications. This year, the school already has surpassed that number — and there’s about four months to go before the final deadline. “To say that we’re excited is an understatement,” President Roderick J. McDavis told The Dispatch after trustee committee meetings yesterday at Ohio University’s Lancaster campus. “It’s nice to see that our efforts are beginning to pay off.”

READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/01/20/ohio-u--is-growing-in-popularity.html

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OU Trustees To Vote On Construction Totaling More Than $21 Million
By Taylor Mirfendereski
Published Thu, Nov 15, 2012 5:29 pm

Members of the Ohio University administration have asked the OU board of trustees to give the university the green-light to pursue four new construction projects totaling more than $21 million.

READ MORE: http://woub.org/2012/11/15/ou-trustees-vote-construction-totaling-more-21-million

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