July 10-11, 2003

ITEM 120-2003-R0703  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 $631,066.

 

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

Chemistry Spectrometer/spectrophotometer:  $85,000

Land Res/Environ. Sci GPS receiver:  45,000

Art/Architecture Digital conversation project:  29,801

Media/Theatre Arts 5-year equipment replacement plan:  40,000

Education 4 multimedia smart carts:  25,679

Mechanical/Ind. Eng. Materials testing system:  68,525

Electrical/Comp Eng. Motor drives lab equipment:  33,080

Earth Science Paleontology/snow science equip.:  47,571

Chemistry Balances, interfaces, lasers:  54,660

ITC 4 smart podiums & maintenance:  135,000

Registrar Classroom equipment maintenance:  30,000

BTC EPS classroom equip. maintenance:   36,750

TOTAL$631,066

 

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