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WEB EXCLUSIVE: SIU Board of Trustees to meet Thursday

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Issue date: 7/9/08 Section: News
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The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees will hold their next meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday at the SIU School of Medicine auditorium in Springfield.

The BOT will vote on the proposed contracts, a total of $503,483, for the building of a secondary computing center at SIUE.

The center, approved in June 2007 with a budget of $800,000, will provide workspace for the Computer Refresh Program, give secure storage for the library's special collections and add back up storage facilities for the main computing center of SIUE.

It is approximated to be 3,200 square feet in size.

The BOT will also discuss the approval of the proposed increase in the pharmacy student technology fee, raising it by $8.

Other business includes the ratification of payroll changes for certain faculty and staff at SIUE and the approval of a tuition rate of $6,150 for students participating in a dual diploma program with Istanbul Technical University.
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