SOCIAL CHALLENGES

• Increase sense of community
• Encourage student/faculty/staff interaction
• Strengthen faculty/staff communication
• Centralize faculty/staff offices
• Enhance diversity programing
• Improve operational efficiency

MULTI-USE COMMUNITY & MEETING SPACES

• Provide community and meeting spaces
• Provide on-site fine arts and assembly venue
• Provide on-site athletics venue for hosting games and tournaments
• Enhance library and resource space

HEALTH & SAFETY

• Strengthen student safety and security
• Provide clean and hygienic facilities
• Become compliant with the City of Urbana fire code
• Promote and encourage personal health and fitness
• Provide modern and hygienic locker room facilities

INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT

• Enhance quality of student life
• Improve facility comfort level
• Improve learning and working environment
• Provide modernized, on-site athletic facilities
• Expand curriculum and academic programs
• Provide state-of-the-art science and technology labs
• Provide more classroom space
• Enhance classroom quality and technology
• Improve accessibility of resources
• Provide comfortable and productive working environment and offices
• Provide students with quiet study spaces
• Develop media-rich environment

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

• Improve energy usage and efficiency
• Improve heating and cooling system
• Utilize natural daylight and solar energy
• Utilize renewable energy sources to heat and power the building
• Achieve U.S. Green Building Council certification
• Recycle construction waste