President Gary Ransdell fields questions and concerns regarding the funding and construction of a new Confucius Institute building during a Student Government Association meeting held in the Student Senate Chambers on Tuesday. Ransdell said in a January 2015 Board of Regents meeting that the university received $1.5 million in funding from the Chinese Education Ministry. WKU will provide an additional $1.5 million from private funds to finance the project. William Kolb/HERALD