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Show THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY NO EMBER 7, 1988 PACE 7 SUSC master plan outlines future physical growth BY NATALIE COOMBS At the current rate of growth all buildings on will feel an increasingly greater need to campus expand within the next five years, said Michael D. Richards, vice president for college relations. The SUSC master building plan, developed in 1987, details desired expansion and renovation changes. Annual college masterplanning is required by the state to insure that colleges plan for their future growth needs, said Richards. "Our master plan covers about 10 to 15 years of anticipated expansion and is either updated or revised annually." Top priority, said Richards, is renovation of the old Student Center. The building will be brought up to code and will eventually house continuing education. The second priority is expansion and renovation of the existing Science Center. The plan involves enclosing the patio, adding a second floor and modernizing the space. Of the new buildings included in the plan, a new library will be built where Oak Hall currently stands and will also encompass the southern end of the lower Quad. The new library will free the existing Library to house learning and media centers in the basement, computer centers on the main floor, and the conversion of the upper two floors into faculty office space. Future plans also call for expansion of the new Student Center and Thunderbird Stadium. The cost projection for the new library is $9.1 million; the proposed additions and changes to the Science Center are estimated at $5.9 million; and the renovation of the old Student Center is $3.7 million. Richards said, "The money for these proposed projects will come from the state as it is allocated by the legislature. The state will pay for buildings used to house academic activities, but funds used to build additions to the Student Center and the Stadium will be paid by student fees." Richards said a budget request for the Science Center, Student Center renovation, the new library, and a proposal to acquire two parcels of land adjacent to the newly constructed Randall L. Jones Theatre will be submitted to the legislature this year. "To determine how monies are divided up, a request is lust sent to the Board of Regents which judges needs and priorities. The request is next forwarded to th State Building Board which establishes building prioi ties tor the entire state. Their recommendations are sent to the goemor, and if the governor approves them, the legislature votes to allocate money. We can be rejected anywhere along the line," he said. SUSC's master building plan indicates that all buildings on campus will need to expand within the next five years, points out Michael D. Richards, vice president for college relations. "We have no current plans for building Long term goals for college expansion include additional housing; we prefer to leave housing up ch .nges which involve nearly every building on to the private sector," said Richards. "If more campus. Some of the most extensive changes involve the housing is needed and can't be found in the Shakespearean Festival facilities. According to private sector, we may consider building additional Richards, after the college acquires land next to the single housing near the tennis courts and married Jones Theatre, the outdoor Shakespearean theatre housing near the freeway." will be moved across the street and expanded. "By Other changes include additions to the P.E. and 1997," Richards said, "we will have 1000 seats in Industrial Education Buildings, also the relocation a covered, outdoor theatre and also have a black of the Physical Plant to an area near the freeway box theatre, along with the Jones Theatre, all and the transference of technical education included in one block. In addition, moving the programs to the existing Plant Operations Building. festival w'ill allow more room for summer school The present Technical Education Building w'ill then programs." be torn dowm to make room for an addition to the Expansion plans for the Dixie Leavitt Business Student Center and its automotive facilities would Building will double its present size. The new wing be moved to the vacated Plant Operations space. w'ill cover the northern end of the low'er Quad. Additions to the Student Center will include Following the construction of the new library and enlargement ot Food Services and the Bookstore, Business Building wing, a plaza connecting the two with the addition ot a ballroom. w ill be built Otticials hope, that by using this master plan, to Richards said to make up tor "piav space" iost have campus facilities to accommodate 5,000 when these piojects ate completed, recreational students. Rk hatds said that the college is also spaces will be added behind Manzanita Court and also In the SUSC Stadium. This addition of space using landscaping and architectural design to keep the campus connected and preserve the current helps recreation programs as well as physical cnen space. education programs. Placement program allocates funds for travel, lodging BY LISA HEATON The Graduate Interview Program offers funding to departments and groups of students interested in pursuing career leads. The program funds travel and lodging for students who must travel long distances for job interviews. The money is taken from student fees set aside by the executive council for career placement. In the past, this program has funded student trips to interviews, workshops and other departmental events to assist in career placement. It also aids those students looking into graduate studies. Several criteria must be met in order for groups or departments to receive tunding from the program. A request is evaluated according to its goals in helping students pursue his or her career or graduate studies. Due to limited funds, however, employment is the first criterion. "Our first priority this year is to help students find employment," said Tony Pellegrini, director of student activities. "We have more success trying to place students by sending them to places with available positions than we would by trying to get a school district, for example, to come here and recruit report on their experience including a summary of what the student feels was accomplished, how it benefited his or her career plans and any suggestions on how the program could be improved. These students." reports are then evaluated by the placement and Last year the science department traveled to counseling department to improve the success rate of Phoenix to attend workshops and a teacher the program. "For what we want to accomplish, the program is very effective," said Placement Director Cannon. Jack SUSC's Graduate Interview Program Students must submit an application by Nov. 15 to funds student trips for interviews , be considered by program officials. For more information contact Pellegrini or the SUSC other and departmental workshops , Placement Office. events to assist in career placement. SUSC's Placement Center also provides services to those students and alumni seeking employment or recruitment fair. The theatre department visited a graduate-schoentry information. Listings of local job graduate school in California last spring. In order to openings as well as a weekly placement bulletin are make the program economically available to interested students. Employment funding is interviews with business representatives can be targeted primarily to groupx ot students or to a department rather than to individual students. arranged, and assistance wuth credential preparation is Students participat ng in the program are required to also provided. ol |