Facilities Development Plan - The University of Nebraska Kearney

Facilities Development Plan
The Outcomes We Seek
In the main, we envision that over
approximately the next decade the facilities
development tasks we undertake will produce
the following outcomes.
RESIDENTIAL RENEWAL
We will renew our residential capabilities with
new or refurbished residence halls that offer
a variety of housing choices. These facilities,
along with a multi-faceted, service-oriented
Student Union at the heart of campus, will
provide the main infrastructure supporting
student development outside the classroom
and laboratory. They also enable UNK to
serve as a hub for regional cultural, artistic,
and athletics/recreational activity. Improving
them will be critical to achieving our vision of
excellence among institutions of our kind.
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENHANCEMENT
The residential environment will feature safe
and effi cient pedestrian access and movement
across the entire campus. Landscaping will
promote beauty as well as functionality, will
provide green and open spaces for gatherings,
recreation, and contemplation, and fi nally, will
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foster a sense of campus heritage. Vehicular
traffi c will be moved increasingly to the
campus perimeter, and additional parking
capacity will be added. Building architecture
and grounds development initiatives will
maintain the “academic village” nature of our
main campus and will refl ect the residential
quality of our neighborhood and community.
Working with the City of Kearney and other
offi cials, we will make campus entrances
more prominent, capacious, accessible, and
attractive. We will seek to regulate and reroute
perimeter and internal traffi c to promote safety
and campus integrity. Buffer property, and
currently undeveloped campus land, will be
devoted to uses that serve our students and
community in new ways, including innovative
outreach and partnership initiatives.
ACADEMIC
INFRASTRUCTURAL RENEWAL
We will comprehensively modernize the
infrastructure supporting our academic
mission. Renovation projects, such as Bruner
Hall of Science which has completed initial
phases addressing mechanical, safety, and
accessibility needs, will proceed to phases that
will upgrade the program capabilities they
house. Classrooms and laboratories will be
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