College authorizes bond sales for sites

POPLARBLUFF, Mo. -- The Board of Trustees for Three Rivers College has authorized the sale of $5.4 million in bonds to fund development in Sikeston, Mo., and Poplar Bluff. Bonds were authorized Dec. 19, at the board's monthly meeting.

The sale is part of the Changing Lives, Building Futures major gifts campaign organized by the Three Rivers Endowment Trust. Funds raised will go toward financing construction of a full campus in the Sikeston area, with ground-breaking expected in March, along with the construction of a classroom building on the Poplar Bluff campus.

The first building on the proposed 38-acre Eastern Campus in Sikeston will include classrooms, computer and science labs, LPN to RN program facilities, a learning resource center and an auditorium.

The Poplar Bluff building primarily will house humanities and social science classes in 17 classrooms, supported by a computer lab and faculty offices.

Enrollment at Three Rivers has increased by 50 percent since 2008, with more than 4,500 students enrolled for the fall 2012 semester.

Pertinent address:

Poplar Bluff, MO

Sikeston, MO