Campus Renovation Back up for Vote at Kent State

Kent State University President Lester Lefton is not giving up on a grand renovation of the university's more than 100-year-old main campus.

Lefton is expected to ask the university's board of trustees to approve a $170 million bond measure at this afternoon's meeting to pay for campus upgrades, the Record-Courier reported this morning.

This latest version of the proposal, scaled back from from $250 million and again from a $210 million plan, does not include a new student fee to pay back the bonds, Lefton told the Record-Courier.

Lefton has tried unsuccessfully over the past few years to get state officials to sign off on a proposal for a new student fee to pay for the renovations, but with no new student fee attached the renovation plan could be approved by the trustees today without the state weighing in.

Scroll down for past coverage of the campus renovation proposal:

• Kent State and the Fingerhut Factor

Look for coverage of today's trustees meeting, including and room and board, on Kent Patch.