Grand Valley State University
DETROIT (AP) -- Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a bill investing more than $300 million in infrastructure projects at Michigan's colleges and universities.
The signing ceremony took place Monday at Wayne State University. The Detroit school is planning a biomedical research building.
The legislation includes a commitment of $304 million to fund 18 construction projects statewide.
Other projects include a science lab, classroom and office building at Grand Valley State University; an engineering center at Oakland University; and an electrical power technology and training center at Alpena Community College.
Snyder says "these investments allow higher education in Michigan to stay on the cutting edge."
Mich. higher ed construction projects at a glance
Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill Monday that calls for investment in infrastructure projects at Michigan's colleges and universities. The legislation includes a commitment of $304 million to fund 18 construction projects statewide. The approved projects are:
-- Alpena Community College: $2.5 million for an electrical power technology and training center
-- Bay de Noc Community College: $750,000 for remodeling of the Nursing Lab/Lecture Hall
-- Central Michigan University: $30 million for a bio-sciences building
-- Delta College: $10 million for renovations to the Health and Wellness F-Wing
-- Gogebic Community College: $750,000 for building renovations
-- Grand Rapids Community College: $5 million for a renovation to Cook Academic Hall
-- Grand Valley State University: $30 million for a science lab, classroom and office building
-- Jackson Community College: $9.8 million for renovations to Bert Walker Hall
-- Lansing Community College: $10 million for renovations to the Arts and Sciences Building
-- Mid-Michigan Community College: $8.9 million for the Mount Pleasant campus unification
-- Michigan State University: $30 million for a bio-engineering facility
-- North Central Michigan College: $5.2 million for a health education and science center
-- Northern Michigan University $25 million to replace Jamrich Hall
-- Oakland University: $30 million for an engineering center
-- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: $30 million for renovations to the G.G. Brown Memorial Laboratory
-- University of Michigan, Dearborn: $30 million for renovations to the Science and Computer Information Building
-- University of Michigan, Flint: $16.6 million for renovations to the Murchie Science Laboratory Building
-- Wayne State University: $30 million for a multi-disciplinary biomedical research building
From the Associated Press