{"id":65527,"date":"2022-06-13T08:08:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T13:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=65527"},"modified":"2022-06-13T08:08:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T13:08:34","slug":"sen-moran-presents-17-million-renovation-grant-for-fhsu-forsyth-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=65527","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Moran presents $17 million renovation grant for FHSU Forsyth Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BY ALICIA FEYERHERM<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FHSU announced a $17 million renovation grant for the Forsyth Library on Friday.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe nature and the role of a university library has undergone significant changes in the last few decades,\u201d FHSU President Tisa Mason said.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mason reminisced about her time spent in the university library, back when the library was a quiet, dark place.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cClearly, libraries have come a very long way,\u201d Mason said.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Mason says that at its core, libraries have stayed the same. Librarians continue to provide resources and improve the lives of students.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Forsyth renovations will include infrastructure improvements as well as improvements recommended by students and faculty.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn short, we\u2019ll reinvent this space and transform it into a modern library, suited to our students and the way they study,\u201d Dean of Forsyth Library Ginger Williams said.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams thanked U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran for his work in securing funding through the National Institute of Standards and Technologies Construction of Research Facilities appropriations.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of all of us, I want to thank Sen. Moran and his staff for their dedicated work in making this happen for Fort Hays State University,\u201d Williams said.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, Moran has delivered on four grants for the university. Two grants were for the de-escalation center project, <a href=\"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=64863\">a grant for the College of Education for STEM rural teachers<\/a> and then this grant for the library.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moran recognized representatives at the state level for their work in higher education funding.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMuch of the decisions about higher education spending are made in Topeka, not in Washington, D.C.,\u201d Moran said.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state legislature awarded $5 million in allocations for air conditioning in Gross Memorial Coliseum. He also helped with additional funding for deferred maintenance and raises for employees.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Moran chaired an NISC subcommittee and utilized that opportunity to encourage them to look favorably upon the university\u2019s library renovation.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLibraries have been an important part of my life from early days and we\u2019re glad to be able to be of assistance to Fort Hays in a project that needs to be accomplished for the benefit of our students, for the future of the university,\u201d Moran said.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moran emphasized the role of taxpayers in this grant.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI always recognize that the dollars that are being provided to support this project come from the taxpayers,\u201d Moran said.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mason concluded by thanking everyone involved in the project.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe work tirelessly, as do all of the volunteers and all of the people who serve the university and the community so thank you very much,\u201d Mason said. <br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY ALICIA FEYERHERM FHSU announced a $17 million renovation grant for the Forsyth Library on Friday.&nbsp; \u201cThe nature and the role of a university library&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":65528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3397,3398,11],"tags":[14480,69,14264,12453,1607,9482],"class_list":["post-65527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-area-news","category-campus-news","category-news","tag-alicia-feyerherm","tag-fhsu","tag-fhsu-forsyth-library","tag-jerry-moran","tag-library","tag-u-s-senator-jerry-moran"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0523.jpg?fit=6000%2C4000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65529,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65527\/revisions\/65529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/65528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}