Guidelines
The defined vision of the Board of Trustees and giving direction on long range campus development up to 10 years.
Preserve academic core – Future building plans will locate academic buildings at the center or hub of the campus, respecting and enhancing the working relationships of academic colleges and disciplines.
Facilities condition rating – Every effort will be made to improve all general fund buildings to a B or better rating, and auxiliary buildings to a grade C or higher rating by 2005 as established in the 2001 Facilities Condition Assessment Report and deemed to have long-term value to the university.
Preservation of existing buildings – Retain and enhance campus buildings that are deemed by the university to have architectural and historical significance. Preservation work in the short term is defined through capital and plant renewal initiatives. Long-term planning requires the development of an academic model to overlay on the existing facility to understand the benefits and drawbacks of the project.
Open, pedestrian friendly spaces – Encourage the development of greening the campus with more park-like settings conducive with the theme of a pedestrian encouraged atmosphere. Ingredients of open space planning would include a safe, secure environment, ADA accessibility, convenient perimeter vehicle parking, bike path routing adjacent to the interior core, and appropriate campus signage.
Maximize facility utilization – Utilize comparison standards of peer institutions to establish appropriate allocation of building spaces and to assist in identifying facility space and use deficiencies. Secondary use of space will also be identified and incorporated into future planning.
Auxiliary service facilities – Ensure the integration of auxiliary service operations in support of the university's mission through planning that ties residence life to academic programs (residential colleges) by locating these facilities relatively near the academic programs.
Future growth – Provide facilities commensurate in size and in acceptable condition to meet the needs of the university for possible enrollments of as many as 21,000 students by 2005, and 25,000 students by 2010.
Facilities Adaptation Standards – To incorporate technological systems university-wide that allows for the digital/internet use of a virtual campus community. To upgrade facilities to address emerging environmental health and safety standards, energy conservation/alternate energy means and evolving user change needs of the institution.
Preserve academic core – Future building plans will locate academic buildings at the center or hub of the campus, respecting and enhancing the working relationships of academic colleges and disciplines.
Facilities condition rating – Every effort will be made to improve all general fund buildings to a B or better rating, and auxiliary buildings to a grade C or higher rating by 2005 as established in the 2001 Facilities Condition Assessment Report and deemed to have long-term value to the university.
Preservation of existing buildings – Retain and enhance campus buildings that are deemed by the university to have architectural and historical significance. Preservation work in the short term is defined through capital and plant renewal initiatives. Long-term planning requires the development of an academic model to overlay on the existing facility to understand the benefits and drawbacks of the project.
Open, pedestrian friendly spaces – Encourage the development of greening the campus with more park-like settings conducive with the theme of a pedestrian encouraged atmosphere. Ingredients of open space planning would include a safe, secure environment, ADA accessibility, convenient perimeter vehicle parking, bike path routing adjacent to the interior core, and appropriate campus signage.
Maximize facility utilization – Utilize comparison standards of peer institutions to establish appropriate allocation of building spaces and to assist in identifying facility space and use deficiencies. Secondary use of space will also be identified and incorporated into future planning.
Auxiliary service facilities – Ensure the integration of auxiliary service operations in support of the university's mission through planning that ties residence life to academic programs (residential colleges) by locating these facilities relatively near the academic programs.
Future growth – Provide facilities commensurate in size and in acceptable condition to meet the needs of the university for possible enrollments of as many as 21,000 students by 2005, and 25,000 students by 2010.
Facilities Adaptation Standards – To incorporate technological systems university-wide that allows for the digital/internet use of a virtual campus community. To upgrade facilities to address emerging environmental health and safety standards, energy conservation/alternate energy means and evolving user change needs of the institution.