DORMS PLANNED FOR SPENCER AND ESTHERVILLE
AT IOWA LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE

The Board of Trustees of Iowa Lakes Community College took action at their meeting Tuesday afternoon to add dormitories in Estherville and Spencer. The Trustees approved plans to build two, four-plex dorms in Spencer and add two additional four-plex dorms to the housing complex in Estherville. The space is needed in Estherville due to high occupancy rates at the campus. In Spencer, surveys indicate additional students would attend the Spencer Campus of Iowa Lakes if dorms were available.

Also during the meeting (which was held by telephone due to the inclement weather) Dr. Rick Underbakke, Chief Academic Officer, was released from his contract early so he could accept a presidency with another college. (See News Release.)

In other business, an early retirement plan for the coming college year was endorsed. And, the Trustees approved a change order for miscellaneous upgrades on the second floor of the Technology Education Center in Emmetsburg amounting to just over $2,500.

The next meeting of the Iowa Lakes Board of Trustees will be Tuesday, Dec. 13 in Estherville.