Saturday, May 08, 2010
Trustees review teaching theatre design, future academic plan, and 10-year capital improvements
Teaching theatre design unveiled at trustees meeting.
Fifteen new majors leading to baccalaureate degrees are in an academic plan which extends to 2015. Anthropology, arts and heritage management, business economics, environmental science, health informatics, international business, mechanical engineering, and respiratory therapy are listed for approval in the current biennium. Business/engineering, entrepreneurship, and industrial engineering are new programs for consideration in the 2011-2013 biennium, and civil engineering, electrical and computer engineering, forensic science, and geography are on the list for 2013-2015. Master's degrees in the plan for the 2011-2013 biennium are history (MA), human performance, imaging sciences, MSW in administration, medical records and health informatics, and special education/exceptional needs. Environmental science and food and nutrition (dietetics) are listed for 2013-2015. Three doctorate degrees, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and pharmacy, are planned over the same time periods. The teaching theatre design was presented by Malcolm Holzman of Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture. The $16.5 million theatre will have seating for 350 people. It will be an integral second phase of the University Center expansion now underway and will be located east of the construction now in progress. The teaching theatre will replace the off-campus theatre located on Igleheart Avenue, which is in the path of a designed widening of the Lloyd Expressway. Private giving of $2 million and $1.5 million from University resources will add to the $13 million from state funding for the teaching theatre. In other business, the trustees reviewed the 10-year capital improvement plan allocating $15 million for technology center renovation/expansion and renovation/expansion of the Physical Activities Center in 2011-2013 biennium. That part of the capital plan will be submitted to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education in June. Renovation and/or replacement of a student residence building and Phase II of the University Center expansion is planned for 2013-2015 along with a parking facility. Student residence building renovation and/or replacement and continued expansion of the University Center are in the 2015-2021 plan along with more parking facilities, Phase II of the campus roadway system, a general classroom building, and Phase III of the Recreation and Fitness Center expansion. The trustees also approved awarding a posthumous Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology to Jeron M. Lewis, the USI student and member of the men's basketball team who died in January. Dr. Julie Edmister, dean of the Bower Suhrheinrich College of Education and Human Services and the faculty in the Department of Physical Education recommended the degree be conferred. |
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