MARYVILLE, Mo. – State-funded deferred maintenance projects have been approved for Northwest Missouri State University.

The Board of regents approved a scheduled Thursday for projects that the university will be reimbursed for by the state’s Board of Public Building Bond Proceeds.

Passed by the General Assembly in May and approved by Gov. Jay Nixon in June, House Bill 19 awarded Northwest about $6.9 million in appropriations to plan and carry out capital improvements.

“We’re so thankful for Gov. Nixon and the General Assembly in terms of their support,” Jasinski said. “This will be a significant upgrade of derferred maintenance projects at Northwest. From an economic impact and job creation perspective, it’s a great package.”

Northwest’s two focal points for the funds are life safety and energy efficiency upgrades. The University will invest the funds in electrical system repairs at the B.D. Owens Library, Everett Brown Education Hall, Martindale Hall, the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building and the Jon T. Rickman Electronic Campus Support Center as well as energy efficiency upgrades to its chillers and plant controls.

Northwest also will replace all windows in the Administration Building (280), Brown Hall (150), Colden Hall (340) and the Thomas Gaunt House (40). The Administration Building, opened in 1910, and the Thomas Gaunt House, completed in 1870, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the University will follow requirements of the U.S. Department of the Interior and Missouri Department of Natural Resources during the upgrades to those buildings.

The upgrades are scheduled to begin during fiscal year 2016 and end in fiscal year 2019.