PFW music expansion receives state OK

Purdue University Fort Wayne’s proposed $22 million music center addition struck the right note with the state’s higher education leaders.

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education – which by law must review construction projects exceeding $2 million – recommended approval Thursday to the State Budget Agency and the State Budget Committee.

The 26,000-square-foot addition is needed because existing on- and off-campus music facilities are operating at maximum capacity, and enrollment is expected to grow, Christopher Ruhl, Purdue’s chief financial officer, said in a Feb. 15 letter provided to the commission.

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