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Delaware State seeks $45 million this year; proposes athletic, academic and workforce projects and highlights HBCU role
Summary
Delaware State University leaders asked the Joint Capital Improvement Committee to restore and expand state capital support, outlining academic and athletics projects and arguing that stronger facilities would improve student recruitment, workforce pipelines and community economic activity.
Delaware State University President Tony Allen told the Joint Capital Improvement Committee the university seeks significant capital support to expand academic, research and athletics infrastructure and to continue the campus turnaround following the Wesley campus acquisition.
Allen described the university's progress since acquiring the Wesley campus, cited recent projects (a new agriculture building, a $15 million Early Childhood Innovation Center) and said DSU has increased research activity and enrollment while growing workforce programs such as nursing. "We are now the number 1 choice for students of color in Delaware," Allen said, noting…
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