Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Indiana State Capital Enrollment topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Indiana State requests renovation funding for Homestead and Root halls; president highlights enrollment recovery efforts
Summary
Indiana State University President Mike Goudard (Goddard in transcript) outlined capital priorities — Homestead Hall ($47M) and Root Hall ($47.5M) renovations — and described a focus on enrollment growth, employer partnerships, and fundraising successes tied to prior capital investments.
Indiana State University President Mike Goudard presented capital needs and enrollment efforts. ISU requested $47 million to renovate Homestead Hall (no net new square footage) to update aging mechanical systems and modernize classrooms used by programs including criminology, the high‑tech crime lab and the local IU School of Medicine Terre Haute campus. He emphasized experiential learning provided by the high‑tech crime lab and the building’s original 1966 infrastructure.
A second prioritized renovation request, Root Hall, was estimated at about $47.5 million to modernize classrooms, STEM teacher‑education space, mathematics tutoring, and the psychology clinic that serves community needs and provides experiential training for students.
Goudard described the university’s Be So Bold capital campaign, recent philanthropic gifts tied to completed facility projects, and a strategic goal of increasing degree‑seeking enrollment and business partnerships. He also asked that two longstanding line items (degree link and nursing support) be rolled into the institution’s base operating appropriation and requested the Indiana Principal Leadership Institute remain a standalone line item at current funding.
