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Mayville State seeks completion funding for Old Main, requests campus security upgrade and highlights CFI recovery
Summary
Mayville State University officials told the House appropriations committee they need state funds to finish the Old Main renovation and to install card access, cameras and lighting for campus safety, even as the university reported recent enrollment growth and improved financial health.
Mayville State University President Brian Vanhorn and Vice President for Business Affairs Amber Hill told the House Appropriations — Education and Environment Division that the university has recovered from earlier financial strains, posted enrollment gains and needs the Legislature’s help to finish a longstanding Old Main renovation and to fund a campus security upgrade.
Vanhorn described Mayville State as an institution focused on workforce development and small‑campus, high‑service education. He told the committee the university has improved enrollment in recent years — reporting an 8.2% overall headcount increase from fall 2023 to fall 2024 and an all‑time record FTE this spring — and said the institution had raised private funds and used prior appropriations to start the Old Main renovation.
Vice President Amber Hill provided project status and…
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