Facilities Master PlanSouthwest Minnesota State University

November, 2006

Outline

• Process

• Campus Profile

• Existing Facilities & Site Analysis

• Framework for Campus Development

• Capital Plan Improvement

Thank you to the following people for their participation, collaborations and contributions.

• Dr. Ray Lou Provost

• Dr. Beth Weatherby Dean – Arts, Letters & Sciences

• Doug Fraunfelder VP Finance & Administration

• Cyndi Holm Director of Facilities

• Dr. Sandy Craner Asst. Professor Biology, faculty representative

• Sandy Hoffbeck Acquisitions Librarian, faculty representative

• Jim Swartz Professor Art, faculty representative

• Bill Mulso Executive Director of the SMSU Foundation,MSUAASF Representative

• Charles Kost GIS Center Director, MMA and MAPERepresentative

• Ron Schoephoerster Scheduling Officer, Council 5 representative

• Erin Kooiker President, Student Association

Purpose…of this Campus Master Plan Update is to:

• provide a valuable tool for future decision making

• support the academic mission• set a logical course for capital

improvements over the next thirty to fifty years

The campus master plan was prepared in 2000. The 2006 master plan updated provides a 5-year incremental update to the 2000 plan.

SMSU is 1 of 52 campuses in theMinnesota State College and University system.

SMSU ContextMarshall High School

Atlantic Hotel

Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport

Historic Farmstead

Marshall High School

Mike’s Cafe

Pond and surrounding area

SMSU Environs

View towards Campus looking Northeast

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Highway 19

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View towards Campus looking Southwest

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SMSU Environs

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Geographic Service Area

• Created by Minnesota legislature 1963 as Southwest Minnesota State College

• Enrolled its charter class late in the fall of 1967 with buildings still under construction

• The University changed from the quarter to the semester system in 1996

• In January of 2002, a fire destroyed the residence hall dining facility. The smoke damage from the fire extended to the Student Center

• The university made a change to its current name in 2003 to Southwest Minnesota State University

• Ranked top of its division since 1998 by U.S. News and World Report’s annual America’s Best Colleges issue—Nine consecutive years

Aerial photograph from A History of Southwest State Universityby Richard H. Jorgensen

Pre-construction photograph from A History of Southwest State University by Richard H. Jorgensen

Campus History

The mission of Southwest Minnesota State University is to:

• Provide high quality education

• Be dedicated to excellence in teaching

• Prepare students to be lifelong learners in a changing global, social

and natural environment.

The vision of Southwest Minnesota State University is to

become a university of choice.

Academic Goals• Sustain renewal of academic base

• Aggressive renewal of facilities

• Substantive transformation of employee base

• Programs of distinction

• Strengthen partnerships with other post-secondary and K-12 institutions

• Increase diversity enrollment 6% per year

• SMSU will address the long-term needs of the following signature programs:

– Hotel and Restaurant Administration

– Culinology

– Environmental Studies

– Education and Business

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Enrollment History

• Library Renovation• Commuter Lounge• Student Center• Conference Center• HRI Lab Remodel• Softball Field Relocation• Football Practice Field Relocation• Science Initiative – Labs Remodeled• Central Chiller Plant• Completion of Chilled Water Loop

Student Center

Library (Circulation Desk)Commuter Lounge Entry

Well Lounge

Recent Facility Improvements

Future Facility Improvements• Residence Hall Pre-design – BKV Group• Science Labs & HRI Remodeling Pre-design – BTR• Hotel and Restaurant Industries Pre-design – Horty Elving• Alumni Plaza – Close Landscape Architecture• Regional Event Center – DLR• Road Improvements• Science Laboratories – Phase II Design• Fire Alarm Upgrades

Regional Event Center

Alumni Plaza

Residence Hall Pre-design

Planning Initiatives • Definition of Campus Core and Edges

• Pedestrian and Vehicular Movement

• Parking and Transit

• Future Land Use

• Hierarchy of Open Space

• Expression of “Campus”

View of Bellows Lounge

Athletics andRecreation

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Wildlife Area

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Future Academic Use

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Child Care

Existing Commercial Development

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View of wildlife area

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View towards Residential Facility

View towards Individualized Learning Building

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Current Land Use

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View toward parking near Mustang Trail

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MTA Transit Stop

MTA Transit Stop

Vehicular Access

• Express surrounding regional ecology & character

• Create clear campus entries

• Create clear vehicular circulation

• Distinguish parking areas & better integrate into campus

• Continue development for exterior & interior way finding system

• Acknowledge current density & maximize existing space

Framework for Campus Development

Short-Term Facility Plan2-5 Years – 2008 - 2011

Mattke Stadium improvements

New Parking

Classroom, laboratory and facility improvements

Develop public-private associations forPublic safety initiativesRoadway infrastructure and

improvements

Landscaping and courtyard restorations

Parking and landscaping improvements

Regional Event Center

New Locker Room Facilities

New parking

Demolition of existing building and construction of new residence halls

New temporary parking

Prairie restoration and wetland improvements

New entry monument

Mid-Term Facility Plan6-15 Years – 2011 - 2017

Wind energy facility

Landscape, access and parking/improvements

Environmental Science facility

Plant Science greenhouse/laboratories

Culinary Arts/Hotel simulation laboratories

Fine and Performing Arts Facility

Demolition of existing and construction of new residence halls

Birch Street Mall

Long-Term Facility Plan15+ Years – 2018+

Construct Classroom Facility

Recreation Athletic (RA) facility extension to Regional Event Center plaza and Bellows Academic Center

Illustrative Campus Facilities Plan

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Athletic field improvements

Wind Energy facility

Environmental Science facility

Regional Event Center

Fine and Performing Arts Center

Campus gateway and signaled intersection

Student Housing

Birch Street mall

Campus gateway and prairie/wetland improvements