MEMO: POLYTECHNIC CONSTRUCTION EXPECTED DONE BY MAY

The $8.8 million Otto and Della Seabaugh Polytechnic Building, being constructed on the north campus of Southeast Missouri State University, is expected to be complete by May 2001 in time for fall classes.

The new building will house the School of Polytechnic Studies, which includes the university's Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology. The new facility will provide training space for industries and the latest advanced manufacturing technology for students.

It is named after the Seabaughs, who, in 1998, made provisions for a gift of more than $1 million to help fund construction.