Rowan University recently was awarded more than $70 million in grants, the state Office of the Secretary of Higher Education said Tuesday. The money was part of nearly $400 million awarded by the office in capital facilities grant funding to 54 projects at colleges across the state.
Rowan received five grants total, including $50 million for the construction of a translational engineering and biomedical sciences research tower, a clinical learning center, offices for the nursing school and infrastructure to support those facilities, according to the project synopsis. The other four grants are for various technological updates: remote service improvements, card access and surveillance improvements, core network and data center telecommunications infrastructure, and business continuity and disaster recovery improvement.
Stockton University received more than $20 million in state grants. Over $19 million will be used for developing learning spaces and improving technology. Atlantic Cape Community College received a $434,087 grant for improving information technology infrastructure.And Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland received $250,000 to purchase and install intelligent learning technology in five classrooms in its Alampi Science Building.