MTU Board of Trustees Approves Plans for New Residence Hall, Nursing Program

A rendering of the new residence hall from above US 41 looking east. It will be located at the east side of campus on Highway 41, just east of the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, and is slated to offer suites with both single- and double-occupancy bedrooms and semiprivate baths. (Image courtesy Michigan Technological University)

HOUGHTON --On Friday Apr. 28, the Board of Trustees for Michigan Technological University voted to approve a number of new initiatives on campus, including a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and plans to build a new residence hall for undergraduate students.

The new residence hall will house more than 500 second-year and upper-division students, tentatively beginning in fall 2025. 

"With enrollment expanding at the University, access to contemporary, affordable housing is a high priority for Michigan Tech," said Michigan Tech President Rick Koubek. "This vote by the Board of Trustees supports an exciting era of growth for the University and enables us to meet the needs of future Tech students through our campus master planning efforts."

Pending approval from Michigan Tech’s institutional accreditor and the Michigan Board of Nursing, the University will begin admitting students to the nursing program this fall.

"Support for adding the nursing program at Michigan Tech has been universal," said Andrew Storer, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. "Everyone involved understood the importance of a four-year nursing program remaining in the local area, and also that Michigan Tech is the perfect university to offer such a program."

For more information read the full story by Rick White on Michigan Tech News