By Kim Anderson | Observer Reporter
President Daniel Asquino announced on Oct. 10 at the Board of Trustees meeting that MWCC will receive a $43 million grant for repairs and renovations. The meeting took place in the Murphy Conference room at 5:30 p.m.
Asquino said this is one of the largest grants that MWCC has ever received and it is one of the largest grants given to a college in the past 25 years.
The government grant will cover over a 5 to 10 year period. The money will be used to create a new Student Life Center, parking lots, and paved walkways. The College also wants to renovate the theatre by installing a new sound system and lighting.
Five million of the grant is awarded just for the school’s parking lots, which have already been worked on.
Construction to the Automotive Tech labs is the first thing on the drawing board, said Asquino. The Automotive Tech construction was previously number eight on their list of plans but recently the College pushed it to number one. Ed Terceiro, Executive Vice-President and Resident Engineer, said it was the only change in their plans.
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