| 1. |
Overall Space Deficiencies:
A. Available facilities and infrastructure are not adequate to
support the current research and access goals of the university
as documented and recommended by the Campus Master Plan. The campus
has a current space deficit of nearly 500,000 ASF or approximately
756,000 GSF.
B. Physical deficiencies in campus facilities have been documented
in the Campus Master Plan which prevent academic and support units
from efficiently delivering the full range of programs and activities
currently offered.
C. Approved DIN (decision item narrative) funding has provided
additional positions that require space to support the research
growth initiative and university’s role in providing innovation
that enhances economic development in the region and state. The
campus has a projected space deficit of over 1 million ASF or
approximately 1.5 million GSF
D. Only 159 classrooms are available for classroom assignments.
The classroom demand analysis indicates a need for 183 general
assignment classrooms based on a minimum standard of 35 hours
per week of scheduled use.
E. The number of classrooms equipped with technology is inadequate
to support current and future pedagogies across the curriculum.
F. There is not adequate standby electrical power capacity to
keep core technology and business systems operational in the event
of a power disruption.
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| 2. |
Space Deficiencies Related to Economic Growth Disciplinary Areas
Supported by the UWS Growth Agenda DIN and Proposed Capital Resources
A. The College of Engineering and Applied Science is in the midst
of unprecedented hiring and growth and lacks adequate instructional
labs and dedicated research facilities compared to peer programs.
B. Creation of the new School of Freshwater Sciences and current
growth in the WATER Institute’s scientific research and
training programs can no longer be accommodated in sub-quality
space at the Great Lakes Research Facility.
C. Adequate space does not exist for developing new partnerships
and community connections in health disciplines to address the
needs of the proposed School of Public Health.
D. The laboratories and research spaces for the natural sciences
have inadequate building systems and are not conducive to current
academic activities. The Physics Department especially has experienced
exceptional growth in research and cannot accommodate instructional
and research program growth with its existing limited and substandard
space.
E. There is not adequate Data Center space to house research computing
demands such as shared computer clusters, data storage and backup,
and the expanding needs brought on by increased hiring in Engineering,
Natural Sciences, Public Health and Freshwater Sciences.
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| 3. |
Other Disciplinary Areas with Space Issues:
A. Availability and quality of space have not kept pace with the
increases in extramural support and research generated by the
College of Health Sciences and the College of Nursing during a
period of program and enrollment expansion.
B. Facilities do not exist to address the developing interdisciplinary
curricular and research needs in information resources, technology
and media.
C. The academic programs of Communication, Journalism and Mass
Communication are overcrowded in space that was not designed suitably.
D. Animal care facilities are not adequate for the research demands
in Psychology, Biology and Chemistry.
E. Neuroscience and clinical psychology spaces are inadequate
for current faculty and for expanding programs.
F. Growth in faculty, support staff and student enrollments in
the School of Information Sciences requires considerably more
space than currently available.
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| 4. |
Student Services Deficiencies
A. Access to Success has expanded student support functions without
adequate and appropriate space to service students and provide
a more student-friendly comprehensive “one stop shop”
for student services.
B. As documented in the developing Master Plan, gathering spaces
for students are far too few on campus.
C. The Golda Meir Library is experiencing compaction of space
as it strives to meet its research and instructional goals and
serve the traditional learning functions as well as the emerging
electronic technologies. |
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