{"id":1267,"date":"2016-01-08T22:01:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T22:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2019-06-12T10:23:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T15:23:14","slug":"university-receives-4-8-million-in-capital-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/2016\/01\/08\/university-receives-4-8-million-in-capital-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"University Receives $4.8 Million in Capital Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1268\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2016\/01\/Gov-Press-Conf-4.8-mill-008.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1268\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2016\/01\/Gov-Press-Conf-4.8-mill-008-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Jay Nixon\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2016\/01\/Gov-Press-Conf-4.8-mill-008-200x295.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2016\/01\/Gov-Press-Conf-4.8-mill-008-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2016\/01\/Gov-Press-Conf-4.8-mill-008-400x589.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2016\/01\/Gov-Press-Conf-4.8-mill-008-600x884.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2016\/01\/Gov-Press-Conf-4.8-mill-008-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2016\/01\/Gov-Press-Conf-4.8-mill-008-768x1131.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2016\/01\/Gov-Press-Conf-4.8-mill-008-800x1178.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2016\/01\/Gov-Press-Conf-4.8-mill-008-1200x1768.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Jay Nixon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gov. Jay Nixon visited campus in August to announce $4.8 million in improvements and renovations made possible through\u00a0Building Affordability, an initiative proposed by the Governor in collaboration with public colleges and universities and passed in the General Assembly in the 2015 session.<\/p>\n<p>At Missouri Western, the funded improvements will include remodeling projects in Popplewell Hall, Wilson Hall, the Hearnes Center library, Eder Hall, Potter Hall and the Looney Complex.<\/p>\n<p>Work will include replacing entryways, flooring, and drop ceilings and renovating restrooms with ADA accessible stalls and fixtures.\u00a0In addition, the initiative will allow the University to install new fiber-optic cable to support faster internet connection speeds, upgrade to digital HVAC controls, and replace old air-cooled rooftop chillers. The renovations began last summer and be completed by early 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Jay Nixon visited campus in August to announce $4.8 million in improvements and renovations made possible through\u00a0Building Affordability, an initiative proposed by the Governor in collaboration with public colleges and universities and passed in the General Assembly in the 2015 session. At Missouri Western, the funded improvements will include [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4238,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267\/revisions\/4238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}