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USD Lists Funding Priorities

USD Lists Funding Priorities

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The South Dakota Board of Regents heard budget requests from the six state universities at their meeting in Madison this week.
University of South Dakota President Sheila Gestring says their priority is remodeling a building at the Community College of Sioux Falls….

Gestring says expanding the GEAR center has been on their list for a while..

Gestring says they also want to continue the Coyote Business Center they started during the pandemic last year to help students find internships….

Regents heard requests totaling almost one hundred ninety million dollars from the six universities.

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