Murfreesboro, TN (WOKI) University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd delivered his annual ‘State of the University’ address Thursday.

Boyd says that after 230 years, the state of the university is stronger than it’s ever been.

“I’m happy to report that after 230 years, the state of the university is stronger than it’s ever been in our entire history,” Boyd said.

Multiple topics were discussed including a record-breaking enrollment rate for the entire UT system.

Currently, the school serves over 62,000 students, an over 18% increase since the start of this decade and while the higher number of students is great, Boyd says they are in need of more places to put them.

Boyd says they have 1,020 buildings that are on average 67 years old and need to be replaced.

“We need to build more infrastructure, we’re always asked to our friends in the legislature and the governor, where they gonna sit, you know, so it’s great to bring all these kids in, but we’ve got aging plant, our facilities are on average 67 years,” Boyd said. “We got 1,020 buildings on average 67 years old, so we’ve got buildings that we need to replace, we need to build new buildings to help support this growth.”

Additionally, Boyd said this week, Gov. Bill Lee and other legislators offered a record quarter of a billion dollars put toward the university’s infrastructure.