What nature is the Rowlet ? I have a Modest one and I ' m looking for an Adamant one . <| sep |> This is the kind of question that really should be directed toward your student senators because they are elected to represent you to Student Government and advocate on your behalf , but also engage in dialogue that helps communicate these types of decisions back to the student body . That said , here ' s what I was able to find so farRevenue generated by the COE Program Enhancement Fee would allow us to offer innovative educationexperiences to a significantly greater number of our students , both undergraduate and graduate . Programs to beexpanded would include Research Experiences for Undergraduates , our Engineering Entrepreneurs Program , ourGrand Challenges Scholars Program , International Internships , Study Abroad and Women In Engineering WIEand Minority Engineering Programs MEP . We also would be able to add new offerings such as professionaldevelopment programs for graduate and undergraduate students designed to improve their competitive edge asthey move into the workforce . Additionally , these funds would provide increased , reliable and continued support forgraduate research assistantships at competitive levels . We would invest in new and existing infrastructure and critical upgrades to laboratories and equipment to ensurewe have stateoftheart research facilities , which are critical to the undergraduate and graduate researchexperience and to the worldclass faculty who mentor these students . Engineering innovation driven by top facultyresearchers provides an enormous benefit to our students , as new knowledge generated through the researchprograms in the College filters into the classroom , assuring that our students have the most technologically advancedengineering education possible . If you look at the table linked below , it appears that of the increase , almost all of it goes to supplies and materials and capital outlay , which refers to money spent to maintain and purchase assets including new lab machinery and possibly the new engineering building . I think a good bit of the money is used at the discretion of each department , but in my conversations with many of the MAE faculty , I have been assured that a large portion aka as much as they could advocate for has been earmarked for improvements to undergraduate lab facilities . I worked a good bit with our last couple lab coordinators and I can say that they were in desperate need of new equipment and money for maintenance and have made significant upgrades from my time as a freshman through graduation . I still think it ' s ridiculous to tack on a $ 1500 fee , but hopefully this helps shed a little light on where that money might be going . source boardmaterialspublic . pdf pg . 330331