Contact: Jennifer Hollingshead
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Dr. Gordon H. Lamb, Interim President of the University of ÉäÒùʪ, on Friday issued the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed in Cole County Circuit Court against the ÉäÒùʪ Higher Education Loan Authority and its members.
“The University is monitoring this litigation because the issues it raises are obviously important to the University and to ÉäÒùʪ’s other public institutions of higher education. To fulfill the University of ÉäÒùʪ’s unique missions of teaching, research, service and economic development, we must confront critical needs for updated facilities to support our students and those missions. The University deeply appreciates the efforts of ÉäÒùʪ officials who provide leadership and resources to address these needs.”
Reviewed 2010-06-15