September 23-24, 2004

ITEM 124-2007-R0904    Authorization to Expend Equipment Fees; Montana State University-Bozeman

THAT: The Board of Regents of Higher Education hereby authorizes Montana State University-Bozeman to expend Student Equipment Fee funds for upgrading University equipment. Total cost of the equipment purchases is $527,649.

 

EXPLANATION: In accordance with Board of Regents Equipment Fee Policy 940.26, expenditure of Equipment Fees for projects in excess of $25,000 requires authorization by the Board of Regents. The proposed purchases include the following:

 

College/Dept.ProjectAmount

Vet Molec Bio Biotech lab equip. 26,000

Architecture 3D modeling technology 32,900

Art Art equipment package 29,285

KUSM Digital comm. matrix 30,000

Education Tech ed. lab equip. 40,280

Civil Engineering Traffic control simulation 76,429

Elec/Comp Eng High freq./microwave equip. 26,436

ITC Smart podiums maint. 88,802

ITC Replacement smart podiums 25,058

Earth Science Trimble GPS units 38,250

Chem/Biochem Biochemistry lab upgrade 45,915

Registrar Classroom equip. maint. 30,000

BTC EPS classroom equip. maint. 38,294

TOTAL    $527,649

 

Allocations were based on unanimous recommendations by the Equipment Allocation Committee. The committee is comprised of faculty, students, and administrators.