Identify Activity That Will Require
Augmentation in FY 2001-02
The Division requests
that non-base funds allocated in 2000-01 in support of faculty
renovation plans be re-authorized and augmented for a total
of $300,000. These funds will be used to support the relocation
of several academic departments.
The Division has been
grappling with the under utilization of faculty office space
in some departments versus the over utilization in other
departments. With the growth of the student population,
the University has experienced a concomitant growth in faculty,
both full time and part-time. In addition, as the number
of students in majors increase or decrease in any given
period, faculty office space has become a luxury for some
departments while others have four (4) faculty members sharing
an office.
The Division of Academic
Affairs has formulated a plan to move several departments
in an effort to maximize available space and in some case
to bring departments closer to their administrative areas.
It is important that these moves occur during the summer
of 2001 to prepare the departments and the campus for the
full implementation of year-round classes. These funds will
support the physical move of furniture, equipment, painting,
and any necessary remodeling as well as the move of all
telecommunications equipment including telephones, fax machines
and the addition of new data/ voice lines if necessary.
These moves will result
in a net gain of 17 faculty offices plus 2 department suites
for the College of Liberal Arts, which has been seriously
impacted for space on south campus. In addition, the added
faculty offices will more closely match college entitlements
to assigned square footage.
