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Study says Haskell University buildings need up to $123M

Haskell Campus-courtesy photo
Haskell Campus-courtesy photo

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A recently released report says that Haskell Indian Nations University needs between $111 million and $123 million to get its aging facilities up to par.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Haskell’s National Board of Regents reviewed a report Thursday from the university’s first comprehensive facilities study in nearly 20 years. The board passed resolutions to support pursuing ways to implement an improvement plan.

Restoration work needed to reopen the closed, nearly 120-year-old Hiawatha Hall would put the price tag on the higher end.

Haskell President Venida Chenault says that a team led by Albuquerque-based Dyron Murphy Architects spent time on campus last fall to conduct evaluations.

Chenault says the university hopes to receive investments from some tribes in order to make the restoration possible over the next 10 years.

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