OSU-Okmulgee to expand housing

OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) -- Ground has been broken on a $15 million project to increase student housing facilities at the Oklahoma State University at Okmulgee campus.

The housing project at the vocational and technical school will add 316 single-student rooms and 48 two-bedroom apartments -- 133,356 square feet in all -- to the campus, Bob Klabenes, OSU-Okmulgee president, said Wednesday.

This is the largest facilities project ever undertaken by the college. It is being funded through private bonds.

Deadline for construction of single-student facilities is Aug.

20, just before the fall semester. Apartments are to be ready a week later, officials said.

The new facilities will replace 30-year-old dormitories. Each living unit will include telephone, Internet and cable television connections.