This means we need to invest more in high tech classrooms and research labs, as well as other kinds of infrastructure and people to support learning and excellence. Now, Over the last 20 years, with the help of both the state and our donors, and with the support of the system, we've invested a little over half a billion dollars in facilities projects that impact or enable our STEM programs. And this includes new facilities for chemistry, like what many of you saw last night, as well as the School for Veterinary Medicine where the project is in progress and we're on track. (13:31–13:46)
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