Building Fund

The State Commitment

The State of Idaho has provided funding of $7 million that will help with the cost of replacing the building’s exterior, asbestos abatement and renovation.

The University Commitment

With this rare state funding commitment, the University of Idaho has moved quickly to line up $7.5 million in bonds to be serviced by the University. This combined $14.5 million will allow the University to remove the asbestos and renovate the building with upgrades to ensure proper wiring for a 21st Century facility and to ensure the building meets current building codes. This $14.5 million project will replace the basics that provide a building that is safe for students, but certainly not the caliber of facility we strive for – or that our students deserve.

Desired Features of the Enhanced Building will Include:

• Classrooms with state-of-the-art technology that has been demonstrated to improve student learning;

• Larger classroom spaces that allow for student collaboration;

• Classroom furniture and informal meeting spaces that facilitate collaboration among students and faculty;

• Upgrades to finishing details that project an image of professionalism and value;

• A foyer that celebrates teachers and teaching; and

• Collaboration spaces throughout that unite the building and our vision for the future of education in Idaho and beyond.

With Your Help We Can Do More

We seek your help to ensure that the building does not just meet safety requirements – the minimum – for our College of Education, but that we create a space for which our University and those seeking to make a difference in the lives of children can take pride. Our goal is to create a sense of respect for, and excitement around, those who choose to become school and health/wellness educators.

Please join the many generous donors who are contributing to the new building. We need your help.

$5 M Private Support

($2.6 M of private support already raised)

$7.5 M Bonding

$7 M State Funding (Asbestos abatement and renovation)

For more information on giving to the College of Education, contact Tammey Boston at (208) 885-7476 or boston@uidaho.edu

Gifts to the College of Education Building Renovation Project of any amount are appreciated and may be made online at uidaho.edu/inspire-edbuilding or by mail to University of Idaho Foundation, Inc. 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 3427, Moscow, ID 83844-3147