Nearly $140 million in funding for a wide variety of facility projects at the main Albuquerque campus of the University of New Mexico and its sister campuses may be approved by state lawmakers this coming spring. The New Mexico Education Department has given the OK to a list of projects that it would like to see the legislators approve as capital outlays, beginning with the largest, at $60.5 million, to plan, design, and build phase one of a new humanities and social sciences complex on the main Albuquerque campus. That main campus is also up for $5.1 million to demolish the Humanities and Ortega Hall buildings, Brutalist structures which date to 1971. Up to $45 million is being requested for the building of a new College of Pharmacy structure, along with $15 million to put up a cancer center, both of which will be a part of UNM's Health Sciences Center. The school's Gallup campus is in line for a combination of nearly $5 million for renovations and updates to the Gurley Hall, which is regarded as the "front door to the campus," and houses administrative assistance offices, among other services. Around $4.6 million will target general facility improvements on UNM's Los Alamos campus, along with $1 million to renovate the Student Success Center. The Taos campus is up for $1.5 million for the phase one construction of its Space STEM Center, and another $1.1 million for renovation work on the Fred Peralta Hall, which was built in 1996 and houses a series of woodworking, sculpture, and drawing studio space. A final $1 million is being requested for the phase one improvements to the nursing and health sciences facility on the school's Valencia campus. State lawmakers will review these requests in a one-month 2024 legislative session scheduled to begin on January 16 and end on February 15. By Garry Boulard
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