Students enjoying nearly $4M in upgrades at Lawrence college

Dr. Venida Chenault, President, and Barbara Stumblingbear, Director of Food Services, with food services staff held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially re-open Curtis Hall to students after all construction was completed.-Photo Haskell Univ.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Haskell Indian Nations University students and staff were greeted this fall semester with an updated dining hall and new furniture in dormitories as part of nearly $4 million worth of improvements to campus facilities.

A large portion of the federal funding the school received was used specifically for technology. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that all residence halls now offer Internet access in the rooms.

Workers also are putting the finishing touches on a new 75-student lecture classroom in Parker Hall that’s expected to be completed this month.

Meanwhile, the school is completing a batch of needed maintenance projects. They include installing a new heating and cooling system in the Stidham Union, which will be closed until spring for the work.