A safe campus of beauty and function will affirm the intrinsic value of the University's mission and provide the facilities to carry out that mission. The harmony between visual setting and intellectual mission will stimulate the ingenuity and diverse best talents of the entire university community. The community's continuity and uniqueness will be mirrored in the interrelation of lawns, pathways, sculptures and fountain of the campus setting. The campus will promote a culture of participation to guide and stimulate a varied yet cohesive purpose, inspiring our best efforts toward intellectual engagement.

The relation of visual setting and intellectual mission will foster an appreciation of the natural environment and a consciousness of the world around us. It will provide a contemporary, stimulating environment for all aspects of the learning process, especially teaching and research.

University Priority IV

A Purposeful Campus Community
A safe, aesthetically pleasing campus of beauty and function that promotes community, achievement, as well as intellectual and social engagement.

Goals and Strategies

• Recruit and retain an exceptional staff committed to the University's mission.
• Encourage staff retention through an increased quality of campus life.
• Provide opportunities for leadership training and enriched staff development.
• Engage the staff in support of the student-centered mission of the University.
• Foster a staff commitment to a campus community of honor.
• Recognize the staff for outstanding leadership and service.
• Encourage faculty and staff camaraderie and mutual support.

• Embrace the Knight Foundation Commission On Intercollegiate Athletics' "Statement of Principles."
• Facilitate cooperation among faculty, staff and coaches to cultivate student-athletes' academic success.
• Engage community-support groups in the enhancement of athletic programs and the academic success of student-athletes.

• Provide up-to-date technology in support of learning.
• Ensure appropriate training and personnel support for the effective use of state-of-the-art technology across the campus.
• Expand access to computer laboratory facilities.
• Enhance the university information system so as to enable appropriate access to information.

• Create a unified campus.
• Integrate the design of technology, physical space and natural landscape.
• Create functional gathering spaces that promote intellectual and social growth.
• Locate core academic functions at the heart of the campus.
• Provide aesthetically pleasing classrooms and office spaces.
• Provide laboratories and tools appropriate for effective learning.
• Continue to make safety and accessibility campus priorities, while balancing security and maximum access to facilities.

• Establish a campus signature piece.
• Add, maintain and preserve green spaces for diverse and public use.
• Link the campus to neighboring areas of culture and nature.
• Create a "walking" campus.