State awards money for KSU Trumbull campus

COLUMBUS — The state Controlling Board OK’d a Kent State University request to use previously released funding to renovate existing class and laboratories at its Trumbull Campus, instead of adding new lab space.

The board, without comment, approved the “change of intent” for $10,660, to be used at the Trumbull Classroom Building

at the campus in Champion Township.

Originally, the funds were slated for a science laboratory addition, but a program review determined that renovating

existing space “would be the most cost effective and provide the best learning and teaching environment,”

according to documents.

The project will involve updates to about 5,600 square feet of biology, chemistry and general science laboratories,

with “only minor reconfigurations to the existing labs and adjoining support areas,” according to documents.

The funds released Monday will be used to hire a firm to monitor asbestos removal from the site.