Trustees Present: President James T. Morris, Vice President Frederick Eichhorn, Stephen A. Backer, Cora Breckenridge, Stephen L. Ferguson, Pete Obremskey, Patrick A. Shoulders, Sue H. Talbot, Sacha I. Willsey.
University Representatives: President Myles Brand, Vice Presidents Gerald Bepko, Sharon Brehm, J. Terry Clapacs, Judith G. Palmer, University Counsel Dorothy Frapwell, Secretary of the Board Robin Roy Gress, and Chancellors David Fulton, Ken Perrin, Ruth Person, F.C. Richardson.
Attendees: Victoria Bridwell, Stewart Cobine, Lynn Coyne, Robert Eno, Paul Galanti, Reece Heltonburg, Norma Holland, Art Lindeman, Sara McNabb, Bob Meadows, John Paflas, Dan Rives, William Stephan, James Tinney, Don Weaver, Jake Oakman, Lisa Shoulders, Edda Callahan, Ken Beckley, Jackie Landess, Andrew Takami, Theresa Thompson, Charles Reafsnyder, Jack Dahl, Ilia C. Smith, David Orensten, Joe Pellicciotti, Virginia Helm, Joni Reed, Jeffrey T. Sedberry, Joshua Bales, Katie Baldwin, Rosa Ayers.
I, Patrick A. Shoulders, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Indiana, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge my duties as a Trustee of Indiana University to the best of my skill and ability, so help me God.
Term of office effective January 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2002.
Trustee Shoulders: Mr. President, I would like to thank all of the members of this board. Everyone has been most gracious in welcoming me. I look forward to carrying on their tradition of outstanding service to the university. In a moment of personal prerogative, if I might, I would like to introduce another member of the Class of 1975, Lisa Shoulders.
Unanimously approved on a motion duly made and seconded.
President Brand: Thank you. I would like to begin with a report from Professor Robert Eno, University Faculty Council and Secretary of Bloomington Faculty Council.
Remarks from Robert Eno, University Faculty Council
Prof. Eno: First of all, I would like to extend the welcome of the faculty to Trustee Shoulders. Welcome. From my experience, the Trustees and the faculty at this university work together extremely well, very productively and are focused on a common goal. So, I think you will find that it is a rewarding experience.
Trustee Shoulders: Thank you.
Prof. Eno: The University Faculty Council has not met since the last Trustees meeting. I thought I would use a few minutes to review with you the progress on the intercampus transfer project since we have several Trustees who really were not involved in this last year and may need a little bit of orientation. This is going to be something that we talk about several times during the course of the year.
There was a problem that existed for a long time in our eight-campus structure. Students moving from campus to campus found it very difficult to take courses with them; to have their classes applied to degree requirements. We also had a problem in that many courses which appeared to be identical from the students’ point view, or were identical in terms of their numbering or course titles, were in a counterintuitive way, not movable from one campus to another for full credit.
The faculty has addressed this issue with a new policy which was passed two years by the University Faculty Council. The UFC is now implementing the principle that comparable courses should count for comparable credit, and be applicable comparably for degree requirements on different campuses. The UFC has also mandated that identically numbered courses on different campuses be automatically fully transferable, fully moveable without any notion of approval or need for appeal. It’s that latter process that we are now in the midst of tracking.
We moved last year to make sure that we had all the groundwork laid to implement that on the 100- and 200-level for our freshman- and sophomore-level courses. We completed that process so that 100- and 200-level courses are, as of last August, automatically transferable from campus to campus, automatically applied equally to degree requirements.
This year we are undertaking this on the 300- and 400-level. We stand in the middle of that process right now. I think it is likely to be a little more complicated than the 100- and 200-level courses. I have noted that faculty in departments are exerting a little more scrutiny in reviewing courses at these levels to check them for comparability. Essentially, we are looking at courses that are identically numbered on various campuses and seeing whether or not there is reason to think that perhaps the courses are different enough that they are not comparable and that, therefore, they should not be automatically transferable. In that case, faculty on different campuses have to negotiate for a solution -- either to bring the courses into comparability by adjusting the syllabi and the teaching, or else changing the numbering of the courses so that students don’t believe that they have had the material, have learned the material that they need for further progress when they move campuses only to discover that they are being left behind from inadequate preparation. That is a tough chore. It has taken a lot of faculty time. We will probably get it done to about 75% of where we really would like to see it as we implement the new policy next August and then we will have to catch up. We will have to see where we have problems, where students are not performing as well as we would want them to because we haven’t caught where there may be problems of articulation.
To do that we have to monitor student progress and student performance through data that we assembled over a year or two. It’s in our plan to keep looking at the way that this transfer process is performing, how students are performing as they move through sequence courses, and adjust our arrangements accordingly. It is something that will need perpetual updating.
Each campus needs also to attend to the matter of how it will consider comparability of courses that are not identically numbered. Campuses are now individually turning to that part of the policy to make sure that where courses are, in fact, comparable in content but are not identically numbered, that we record the comparability and that we have a conversion process in the record. We have it posted on IUCare so that students know that when decisions of comparability have been made -- let’s say course B101 on one campus is comparable to course B102 on another campus -- that that will automatically be counted as a comparable course for all degree requirements even though the numbers are different.
That process involves not only a process of making sure that such comparability decisions are made and recorded, which is something we have traditionally done, but also ensuring that there is an appeals process. The original decisions are made by faculty in the affected departments; in an appeal, an “independent eye” would take a look at the classes. Different campuses are proceeding with this differently. On the Bloomington campus, we’re well along in designing such a procedure and we should have it in place before the end of this term if all sails smoothly.
I might note that in doing this on the Bloomington campus, we have also been trying to fold in other transfer issues, such as transfers from other national institutions, and international students. Trustee Willsey has been very prominent in pointing out certain types of difficulties we have in transfers of international students. We are designing this appeals process in order that it can embrace all of these different types of transfer issues in one simple process with one set of committees rather that multiplying them in many different dimensions.
Trustee Obremskey: Bob, you and your group have done a great job in a difficult area of bringing all this together in what my opinion is light speed for the 100- and 200-level courses, and I appreciate the effort that you are putting into it. It is not an easy task, particularly when you get to the 300-and 400-level.
Prof. Eno: I appreciate it very much.
President Brand: Let me second that.
Trustee Ferguson: I would like to add to that. It is hard for people sometimes to realize how important this is to students, and therefore to the university and the image of the university, and to the legislature, and to the Higher Education Commission. This issue is important because the outside world doesn’t understand why you don’t transfer. There hasn’t been a satisfactory explanation for it, so your work is extremely important in the long run for the institution and for students, and I couldn’t emphasize that enough.
Prof. Eno: I appreciate that. I guess I should add that as all this takes place on an intercampus basis within IU. We are also working on articulation agreements through the State Transfer and Articulation Committee (STAC), which is coordinating us with two-year institutions. Ultimately we will try to coordinate all the four-year institutions as well in transfer agreements. These are extremely tough to work on, and we have gotten through the first round. We have done it successfully on paper. We haven’t yet been able to monitor whether students who follow the articulation agreements succeed or discover gaps in their preparation. We are concerned about that. It is going to take a while for us to gear up the proper data collection to be able to asses whether or not these arrangements are working on that level. We are going forward now with a set of four new programs this year where we are trying to articulate this.
Remarks from Andrew Takami, President, All University Student Assn. (AUSA)
Andrew Takami: Thank you, Mr. President. It’s indeed an honor to be here to represent my fellow students of Indiana University. I would like to thank the president for inviting AUSA to make this report during the Board of Trustees Business meeting.
At today’s AUSA meeting, we heard from four student body presidents. IU East representatives talked about the enrollment growth that they are experiencing, which reflects well on their region. IU Kokomo student leaders talked about needing more students to be involved to strengthen their student government, their other student organizations and the student body. At my campus, IU Southeast, the Chancellor’s Search and Screen Committee is under way. I would like to publicly thank F.C. Richardson for his support of students. IUS students are concerned about the campus budget because the library is something that is important to the growth of our campus.
Finally, I wish to report that the All University Student Association will be working on resolutions for voter registration among the campuses to encourage students to vote, thereby encouraging the state legislators to see what we have to offer and to see that we actually do vote. Also, we are looking at a possible letter-writing campaign to the legislators.
In the future, we would like to call on all of the chancellors of the university to encourage their student body presidents to get involved in AUSA at the very beginning of the fall semester to work for the students that year.
Trustee Shoulders: Andrew, I for one want to encourage you to continue to press forward on that voter-registration initiative. In the last election, the demographic 18-24-year-olds were the lowest voter turnout in this United States of America, and I think that if your voice is going to be heard at every level of government, your generation needs to turn out to vote.
Remarks from Jake Oakman, President IUSA
Jake Oakman: The pace is beginning to pick up since the end of the winter break. One of the big issues for our administration was the ATM situation on campus. The good news is that should be getting some Bank One ATMs back soon; at least one in the IMU and a couple in the academic buildings. In addition, I’m pleased to announce that the student government has a radio show. President Brand has agreed to be a guest.
Good News
President Brand: Now we come to my favorite part of the meeting -- Good News. I have two items.
First, it gives me great pleasure to introduce someone who most, if not all of you, know: Ken Beckley. Ken has agreed to take the presidency of the IU Alumni Association. Ken spent a number of successful years at H.H. Gregg, indeed helped them move from a small company to quite a dominate company in the region. Before that, he was employed at IUPUI, and so it is a rejoining of the family and a welcome home. Please help me welcome our new president of the Alumni Association.
Ken Beckley: Thank you very much. I have volunteered nearly all my adult life for the university and, as President Brand said, spent a short seven years at IUPUI. It is exciting to have the opportunity to return to the official family. I am very grateful for the confidence that the president has placed in me. I very much appreciate the support and all the congratulations that I have received from so many, many people, including members of the Board of Trustees. It is a great feeling. All that we and the Alumni Association do is to support the mission and the goals of Indiana University. We must grow in our service on all eight campuses to the alumni and to the university and I pledge that we will do that. I am excited for February 1, which will be my official start, although I must say that I really got started on Monday morning. It is really going to be a lot of fun and I look forward to the Alumni Association being a great, great service. Thank you.
Trustee Morris: Ken, on behalf of all of us, I don’t know how I can express our gratitude and appreciation that you are willing to do this. I have thought a lot about this, and I think that this is about as perfect a fit for a person and an institution as I have ever known. You are an extraordinary guy, and to have you full time is just the most wonderful thing that could happen. So, I wish you well and I thank you so much.
Ken Beckley: Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
President Brand: Thank you, Ken. I also want to thank Vice President Clapacs for chairing the search committee and others who served on it, Pat Shoulders and Sue Talbot, in particular, thank you.
Earlier in the day we had the pleasure of hearing about our international activities, not just at IU Bloomington, but through the university. For many years Indiana University has been engaged in a leadership role for International Student Affairs, and our various faculty and outreach programs. I would like to call back to the table Patrick O’Meara, Dean of International Affairs, to talk about some exciting new events in which IU is participating in Central Asia.
Patrick O’Meara: Thank you very much. This morning I mentioned that we were working diligently at fulfilling Herman Wells’ dream of bringing the world to Indiana University, to our students, so that they could encounter international things, but we are also out in the world.
Over the last approximately five years, more than $30 million has come either to the Office of International Programs or to other parts of this university. This week alone there were two significant awards made. One came to our office to work with legislative drafting for South Africa. We will work on this with the state legislature in Indianapolis, with law firms and with former Congressman Hamilton’s assistance in Washington.
Then, we received really wonderful news that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is substantially supporting research by Bob Inters of our medical school, and AIDS research in Africa, which will bring in about $1 million.
I have asked my colleague, Charles Reafsnyder, to focus on three projects very quickly. They are important because they are not just monetary contracts. We are involved in making a difference in peace keeping, in building solidarity in Kyrgyzstan for western values and with Burma for training a new generation of people who one day will return when democracy comes to Burma. Charles…
Charles Reafsnyder: Thank you. We were very fortunate this past year to receive a $2.3-million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to assist with the development of a new university in Macedonia. By way of background, this university is being jointly funded to the tune of about $35 million by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and it is really a cornerstone of the peace process that is ongoing in Macedonia between the ethnic Albanian minority, about 35% of the population, and the ethnic Macedonian majority. This institution is really designed to help address the shortage of opportunities for ethnic Albanians and higher education of Macedonia. It will be a multiethnic and multilingual institution, with much of the instruction to be done in English although some of it in Albanian and some of it in Macedonian. Indiana University was awarded this grant in association with the Indiana Consortium for International Programs in addition to faculty from other universities in Indiana.
Faculty from at least three IU campuses are involved. On November 20, the campus was inaugurated, and Michael McRobbie, Chancellor Emerita Emita Hill, Patrick O’Meara and myself were able to attend. The institution now has 800 students; in four years time, it will enroll about 3,000. We received our grant on October 18; by November 5, we had five staff members in place there, organizing the curriculum in English as a Second Language and Computer Literacy, and assisting with the administration. This March we will be sending six or seven faculty to this Southeast European University to begin work on developing the curriculum in various fields. including business, education, law, public administration and communication studies.
Both this institution, and the one I’m going to tell you about next, have boards of trustees, which are relatively new in this part of the world. So, both the board members and the president and other senior administrators of these institutions are learning how these things work. In fact in our second project in Kyrgyzstan we have had some exchange in that area, some of you may have met Natalia from the American University of Kyrgyzstan who was here on an exchange last year. She is the secretary to the board and was learning how to support the president and the board operations.
We have three staff members who are now teaching English as a second language, and training the local staff at Southeast European University. An IU Bloomington computer-literacy instructor is there, and they just got their computers last week, and a $2.5-million IBM server which they are getting up and running and both students.
We have 14 IU faculty and faculty from other campuses who will be going out to assist in the curriculum development. We have 11 SEEU faculty, mainly ethnic Albanians, who will be coming here for semester-long visits. We have two of the faculty who will receive master’s degree fellowships to come to IU to do masters degrees in their chosen fields. We have administrative support to the assists and consulting work of Emita Hill as well as others, and we’re helping to build the library. In fact, we have negotiated an agreement with a foundation to send 30,000 textbooks over the next three years – recent-edition undergraduate textbooks donated by U.S. publishers.
The next major project that we are involved in is in Kyrgyzstan, with the American University of Kyrgyzstan. We received a grant of $1.9 million in 1999 to do many of the same kinds of things for the American University: curriculum development, faculty development, administrative training. In addition, we have money in that grant to bring 14 of the faculty from Kyrgyzstan to the United States for master’s degree programs. Upon completion they will return to the American University of Kyrgyzstan where they will have a minimum four-year commitment to teach in their respective fields. Five of those students are here on the Bloomington campus. Three are in Indianapolis and five or six I believe are at Ball State. They will really bring about a change in the culture of the institution when they go back. Most of their colleagues there at the American University of Kyrgyzstan were trained in the former Soviet Union and have a very different approach to their subject matter and to the way in which they teach. That institution, by the way, is now developing a credit-hour system. If you think credit-transfer issues are difficult, you should try to introduce the idea of the credit hours system in a country where it is completely an alien concept. It has everybody confused. Nevertheless, this program has been very successful. We have developed an excellent reputation with the Bureau of Education of Cultural Affairs, and we have been informed that we are probably going to receive a three-year followup grant to continue that work.
We have a large number of other projects that our office manages, but there are also other projects within the university that other units initiate. In some cases, we assist them in the development of those project proposals and support them in one fashion or another. In other cases, they develop these project proposals on their own initiative.
Here are two projects, for example, that we manage. The Burmese Refugee Scholarship Program we have had since 1995, and we have brought 35 Burmese refugees from refugee camps in Thailand and India to the IU Bloomington campus where we give them English-as-a-second-language instruction, legal assistance and asylum. We place them at institutions that provide them with matching grants for tuition, and we provide support for the first two years of their undergraduate curriculum. We have had some wonderful success stories. It has been a really uplifting program for us to be involved in because these individuals have had to leave their families behind, they really have no resources. Their education was interrupted as a result of pro-democracy protests and the imposition of marshal law in Burma, and now they have been able to reconstruct their lives and prepare themselves to return, hopefully, to a future democratic Burma.
Petronas, the American Top Universities Program, is one we operate with the National Company of Malaysia, and that brings a number of very high quality students here each year. We place them at universities around the United States, including some who remain here at IU Bloomington.
These are just a few of the many, many projects we are involved in all over the world, in places where we’re able to make a really significant difference in the institutions with which we work in these grants. Thank you.
Trustee Morris: Just to put this into context, Indiana University on all nine campuses, that would count the Columbus campus, we have nearly 5,000 international students and international scholars. Extraordinary. significant for the university. Although this is not the most important aspect of this work, the economic impact on our state of this particular enterprise from IU is $275 million a year so this is a huge contribution to the economic well-being of the state of Indiana.
Patrick O’Meara: I might add that Kyrgyzstan is of crucial importance because it is in the region close to the strategic countries of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and so what we are doing will resonate beyond the borders of Kyrgyzstan.
President Brand: I think that point is well worth emphasizing. Yes, we are in Western Europe, and yes, we are in a lot of the countries that traditionally IU has been in, but we are also in countries that are beginning to develop economically. We are in countries in parts of the world that are undergoing significant change.
Trustee Morris: Ladies and Gentlemen, we have our own good news today. One of the remarkably talented members of the Board of Trustees staff, Rosa Ayers, has been given a wonderful honor by the National Association of Social Workers. The area division has named Rosa as one of their “citizens of the year,” for the role she played in founding and leading an organization called “Women in Connection.” In Espanol, it’s called Mujeres en Conexion, and it serves Spanish-speaking women in the region. They provide interpreting assistance. They help get kids in school. They help families with health care. They have a newsletter. They offer a day camp and all sorts of things, and this is a terrific thing that Rosa has done, and it is wonderful for her to be honored this way. As they honor her, they honor all of Indiana University.
This is important for all sorts of reasons, but let me point out that those states and regions that do the best job of making the most of this significant growth in the Hispanic community -- assimilating those folks quickly and making them full participating members of the community -- those are the cities that are really going to benefit from this extraordinarily talented group of people. So, Rosa we are really proud of you and grateful.
Ms. Ayers: This has been a wonderful opportunity. I am proud to do this work, and to represent my country, and do well in this community. My second family is IU, and I am really honored to receive that recognition. I thank you.
Trustee Eichhorn: Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to begin my report by calling upon Vice President Clapacs to give us an update on our Capital Plan.
a. Capital Planning Update
Vice President Clapacs: Thank you. I would like to introduce Theresa Thompson, who is the technical expert for the University Architect’s Office, and who will be assisting me today. She was this year’s winner of the Ray W. Casati award, which the Architect’s Office gives out on an annual basis to the person who has made the greatest contribution.
As you all know, we have the great pleasure and responsibility for overseeing the capital projects for each of the Indiana University campuses except for the Fort Wayne. So, this report will cover the work that is underway, and is in the planning process, at the other seven campuses. I will also try to identify two or three of the main issues that are attendant to the planning going on at each of the campuses.
I would like to begin with a blanket statement, and simply say that at every campus there are issues relevant to parking. So that being said, I won’t go back and visit that as we go from campus to campus. But be assured that every campus would like to do more with parking. That not only is a land-use question, but it is a financial question as well. How to afford the kind parking facilities that are needed?
We will begin with IU Northwest. In terms of the acreage, it is the smallest of all of the IU campuses. There are only 38 acres of ground to work with there, and so one of the real issues is how we continue to expand and buffer the campus. We are looking at an area to the east, and we have been acquiring through Lynn Coyne’s efforts the residential properties as they become available in this neighborhood. The campus is quite handsome, and lives up to the standards that we have set at Indiana University.
There are now approximately 46,000 students at IU Northwest, and it continues to grow. The capital plan there basically includes two projects: the Professional Education Building, and the replacement of the existing Medical Education Building. That’s a total project of about $24 million that Walter Blackburn Associates of Indianapolis is doing. The plan is to first construct the Medical Education Building, then demolish the existing Med. Ed. Building, and build the new Professional Education Building. So it will end up being and looking like one major new facility at IU Northwest, but it actually will be two. Part of that comes to us in cash. There is about $7.5 million in cash that the General Assembly last time around provided for Medical Education in Indiana; the Professional Education Building of $17.5 million is bonding authority. The campus continues to look good. A couple of years ago, we were able to reclad Hawthorne Hall in limestone, enabling it to blend in beautifully with the rest of campus.
I’ll turn next to South Bend, a campus is about 80 acres. More that twice the amount of acreage we have at IU Northwest and the enrollment there this year is 7,417 students. We were very pleased this past year to complete the new Student Activities Center, just south of Wiekamp Hall. The architects did a great job in handling the scale and volume of this building. As you approach the building form the mall, it is a pleasant surprise to enter the building and suddenly there is this expansive space that has been done very well and I might add in crimson, too, rather than red. They did a good job.
We have purchased more than 30 properties that will eventually provide much needed expansion space for IU South Bend. One issue at South Bend is the replacement of the Medical Education Facility. This is a chance to do a project in partnership with Notre Dame. The site for this project is at the entrance to the Notre Dame campus. We are going to do this project in Notre Dame brick, rather than limestone, but the features of the building will certainly represent those gables and other elements that you find on the South Bend campus, particularly in the Schurz Library. It’s $15 million all together. BSA Architects of Indianapolis doing the work. Notre Dame will have some labs and faculty offices to support their department of Biology and Biological Sciences.
Next up is IU Kokomo. This campus is larger than IU Northwest; it is 51 acres and enrollment is 2,741 students. I think many of you were there recently for the dedication of the new Science building, $16.6 million and I think it adds a great deal to the campus.
The main issue here, as in all the regional campuses or most of the regional campuses, is to find ways for the campus to grow and expand. Our opportunities at Kokomo probably lie to the south, where there is a large church and large parking area that we have been quietly pursuing. If the General Assembly provides some help at some point, I think we will get that job done.
Next is IU East over in Richmond. IU East, of course, is bounded by Interstate 70, and the main entry is off Chester. The campus is about 194 acres. The enrollment is about 2,400 students. It has become a real campus with Middlefork and Hayes Hall all being constructed around a very nice quad. Parking sort of surrounds the four main buildings. Ivy Tech, of course, has a presence on the campus, and how a campus that we jointly share with Ivy Tech and the services that are required and how they are provided, provide lots of ongoing issues. No new capital projects planned for IU East anytime soon.
I think you see that at each of the campuses what we try to do is extend the environment that originated in Bloomington and which we all like to credit Herman Wells for.
We could talk all afternoon about IUPUI and the work that is going on there. First the basics. It is 513 acres of ground, which includes land not only on what we think of as the peninsula, which is West Street, but also land that we have up north of the campus. Just an ongoing and continual investment in work here at IUPUI.
Very quickly, just the projects that are ongoing today include Research II, a $26-million project; the Van Nuys building, which is undergoing a $30-million renovation; The Classroom and Informatics Center, which is under construction, and will cost approximately $37 million between the two; and a planned housing project on the west end of the campus, which will cost another $35 million. We are building a biotech research facility, and we have selected an architect for a new campus center that will finally complete what Ed Barnes called Red Square. That’s a $50-million dollar project. We are planning Research III, which could be $105 million or so, plus the conversion of the old law school for the Herron School of Art, at about $22 million.
The investment over the last 20 years has been enormous, and the campus continues to grow. The real issue that we are dealing with at IUPUI is how to provide for growth and expansion over the next 25 years. Looking at it logically, whatever happens will probably happen to the north of the campus across Fall Creek following the White River up to 18th Street, all the way over to include the Methodist facilities.
There are a number of constituencies that have an interest in how things develop, and I am pleased to say that its likely that through the help of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership that John Bell, our master planner, will be employed to bring together ARTI, Clarian, the City of Indianapolis, Indiana University, IUPUI, the School of Medicine -- everyone with an interest in economic development -- to plan this in a way that makes some sense. Clearly IUPUI needs to grow.
The first pressure for land here will probably, over the next 20 years, cause us to relocate the recreational fields that are south of New York Street and bring them up north somewhere. How the Medical School develops will be a key aspect of the discussion.
The Inlow Law School was dedicated last year, about $32 million. We will never buy a facility again at that price, by the way. It’s won several awards and you can see why -- there aren’t any finer interior spaces in the IU family, the terrazzo, the use of materials that will hold up over a long period of time. It is just a great facility.
Work is underway on the Informatics Center and Classroom Center. Wilhelm Construction is already pouring the foundations. And finally, we have a site for the IUPUI Biotechnology Research and Training Center at the corner of 16th and Stadium Drive in Indianapolis. It is not a fancy building but it would be a great research building when completed.
Let us turn next to the Bloomington campus. 1,950 acres of ground, almost 28,000 students, 27,900 this past year. It has been pointed to by many as one of the most beautiful campuses in America and I think that is exactly what it ought to be. The campus is functionally zoned into academic, residential, recreational and intercollegiate athletics, and research spaces, and our challenge is the same as that faced by the other campuses: finding ways for the academic campus to grow.
We had long thought that most of that expansion would occur in a nine-square-block area bounded by 7th,10th, Woodlawn and Indiana Avenue, but with all of the historic designations that have been placed in this area I don’t think we should count on that. So, we have asked John Bell to help us think through how this campus, the academic piece of the campus, can grow.
There are a large number of projects underway on the Bloomington campus. We recently dedicated the Theater/Neal-Marshall Center just east of the Auditorium. It is a $26-million facility, with wonderful interior and common spaces.
The School of Business is undergoing a $50-million addition and renovation in Phases II and III. At the new Graduate School of Business, the bridge that will connect the addition to the existing school turned out much better than any of us hoped. It really has created a new entry to the Bloomington campus from the north, just as the Sample Gates provide the historical entrance from the west.
Close by is the Psychology Building addition, which cost about $9 million. When the Psychology Building is finished, this addition and the School of Business, will create a wonderful courtyard.
There is an Auxiliary Library at $7 million being constructed near the old university school. We bought an extra bay when we designed it, and bid it, so this will provide a place for 2 million volumes of library materials, which should give us many years of peace when we think about how the main library will grow.
Myers Hall has been renovated for $14 million, half of which came from the Department of Agriculture. We will rededicate it in April. It’s a magnificent facility that supports Molecular Biology. This building, with its wonderful Art Deco treatment of the 1930’s, will be one of the partners in the science project, along with Jordan Hall, the Chemistry Building and Rawles.
Incidentally, Chancellor Brehm is extremely interested in the facilities of this campus, and she is participating at every turn with the master planning and the decisions that are necessary for the multi-campus and disciplinary science building. For example, there will be a multi-disciplinary science building connecting Myers, Jordan and the Chemistry Building, and the Chancellor and Dean Subbaswamy are very involved in that, which will help us make good decisions about how much of that is underground, how much of that is above ground and how the college is best served.
It is interesting to see just how these new facilities blend into the fabric of the Bloomington campus. We will keep that in mind as we work with Michael McNeely who is beginning to think about a facility that would bring all of his teams, sports, and departments and programs together. Sometime over the next couple of years I am sure we will begin to talk about where that might go, and how it might fit into the athletic district. We are also talking about how to move a number of playing fields and we continue to think about a plan that will allow athletics to enjoy an area north of 17th Street and Fee Lane and then on over to Dunn Street.
Finally, let me turn to IU Southeast. This is a beautiful campus. If you look at the Johnson, Johnson & Roy master plan that was done in 1970, and you looked at the campus today, you can see that the campus has developed almost exactly as Johnson, Johnson & Roy laid it out almost 32 years ago. The campus covers 177 acres, and has 6,557 students. The new library that Andrew Takami mentioned earlier this afternoon will sit in a very prominent location. It is being designed by Shepley Bulfinch of Boston, and complements the style you see on campus -- red brick and copper roofs.
Trustee Eichhorn: Great job. As you can all see, there is a lot going on and we owe a great debt to Vice President Clapacs, University Architect Bob Meadows, and everybody who’s associated with these wonderful physical facilities.
President Brand: As you were going through that, Terry, what struck me was the enormity of the IU physical facilities. It’s hard work taking it all in. It is just so grand and it is a wonderful set of buildings. You know, the state of Indiana, for all of our budget troubles here and there, has really invested in physical facilities and kept them up well, and the state deserves credit for that. They have done a magnificent job, and Terry I have to say that we would not be where we are right now without your leadership on this. It is just incredible, thank you.
Vice President Clapacs: That is very kind, but as you know, we have a great number of people, Bob Meadows, Ray Casati and so many of the professionals. It is wonderful work to have. I think, President Brand, you said it best: We just looked at probably $700 million worth of work that is either just recently completed or in the real planning stages. The funding is there or will be there. It has been committed, and that represents the confidence in the State of Indiana and Indiana University and the work that you do as president and the work that the Trustees do. The state and everybody else that makes a part of this, knows that it will be done right and knows that there is a need. I think is says a lot about the university that we are able to do this and so we thank you for your leadership.
Trustee Talbot: For those of us who have grown up around this main campus, this is incredible. It has taken real vision to get to this point. Every time I visit the campuses, it gives me a great deal of pride. If we do nothing else when we talk to legislators, we need to say thank you very much for helping us maintain these buildings, and also for investing in the capital so that we can build what we need for education. I think it is just incredible.
Vice President Clapacs: If I may make one more comment, while we have talked about $700 million of new investment, we can’t lose sight of the fact that we need the funds to maintain these buildings, and the current freeze on R and R -- while we will get through it – will have serious ramifications if it continues beyond the biennium. We cannot continue to defer that work that has to be done.
Trustee Ferguson: What is the magnitude of that, Terry? Of the reduction, the 25%?
Vice President Clapacs: Well, as you probably know, Trustee Ferguson, we started out with a reduction in the beginning, and so now from where we should have been at the beginning of the biennium, which was at $32 million for the two-year period when take general R and R and the infrastructure, that $32 million has been reduced to $10 million, and that doesn’t go very far. We are simply doing emergency work. If a roof leaks, we fix it. If a mechanical system breaks down, we fix it. If we have a violation or code violation, we correct it. That is all that we can do at the moment. We are down to less than 33% of where we started out and that is tough.
Trustee Eichhorn: Terry and I were talking recently; he has been associated with 2/3 of the buildings constructed for Indiana University. Pretty amazing.
And the work continues. During three recent days, Cora Breckenridge, Vice President Clapacs, Bob Meadows, Bob’s staff, and representatives from three different campuses, and your’s truly, met to select architects for additional construction that Terry described.
For the Campus Center at IUPUI, we selected the Smith Group, which has offices from coast to coast and was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1853. They’re nationally known for a broad range of work, including Science City at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. Smith Group has received over 100 regional, national and international awards including two design awards for the new Law School at our IUPUI campus.
For the Lecture Hall building in Bloomington, we selected MGA Partners located in Philadelphia. They began in 1958 as architects in Philadelphia. Having designed for clients including Universities of Pennsylvania, Princeton, North Carolina, Temple, Penn State and others. At IU, MGA Partners has just completed our Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center and Theater and Drama Building.
For the Multidisciplinary Science Building in Bloomington, we selected Flat and Associates, founded in Wisconsin in 1927. It has a staff of 350 in seven offices nationwide. They are associated with Affiliated Engineers in Madison and have done extensive work for Lilly throughout the country. Their expertise in a wide range of academic in corporate research environments along with extensive experience with science facilities has resulted in design of more than $2 billion worth of research facilities.
a. Jordan Hall – Air Handling System Replacement
Approval of the Board is requested for the replacement of the existing air handling and controls equipment in the East 5th Floor penthouse at Jordan Hall with new equipment capable of providing adequate outside air to safely operate existing laboratory exhaust hoods. The work also includes cleaning of existing ductwork to eliminate sources of mold. The project is estimated to cost $680,000 and will be funded by Capital Appropriation for Repair and Rehabilitation. Appropriate State approvals will be requested.
Unanimously approved on a motion duly made and seconded.
Trustee Eichhorn: We have one more item for you approval and that relates to the cyclotron development.
a. MPRI Outpatient Proton Therapy Facility
Mr. Meadows: Mr. Chairman, what we present to you today is a very important project to Indiana University. This is an expansion, a reuse of our existing cyclotron for the Midwest Proton Therapy Institute, and what we are presenting to you is the first phase of a $10-million grant by the state of Indiana.
This phase is $2.8 million, and will involve the reconfiguration of the north portion of the existing building, and the construction of a small addition and entrance and vestibule area for patients. This phase includes construction of the infrastructure for the entire waiting area, the office spaces, the shell for two future treatment areas and then the first treatment space. The construction would use materials similar to the existing building – cream-colored panels and exposed steel. This addition will be added to the north side of the existing building. Meadowood is to the north and to the east, creating a new driveway, drop-off area, a shielded fence area and a gate to the existing service area and providing parking spaces for the patients.
Trustee Eichhorn: They are expecting their first patient in April of 2003.
Trustee Obremskey: Interestingly, there are only three or four of these facilities in the United States. One in the east, one in California, one in Houston and this one will be in Indiana.
Trustee Eichhorn: Our committee considered the design for this facility and approved it. We move its approval by the full board.
Unanimously approved on a motion duly made and seconded.
Trustee Backer: Thank you, Mr. President. We had a full meeting today. The first thing we did was review the new financial statement that’s now required by the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB). Vice President Palmer mentioned to us that we are probably one of the first institutions in the country to have this type of report, and we had started on it well over a year ago. It is part of the overall change that we have made to coordinate our financial reporting, and to get more information from it. Vice President Palmer’s office has done a marvelous job in getting these things together and really is a leader in the nation.
We also heard from Norma Holland and Don Hossler about the new student information system and student enrollment system programs, which are part of the new computerization that we are doing with PeopleSoft. President Brand mentioned the magnitude of this program; what we are doing is revising systems that are well over 25 years old throughout the university. We are on track. Some of the systems are up and running, and they will continue to be up and running. More systems will come online in the next year and a half to two years.
As I have mentioned before, we are doing a comprehensive review of the auxiliary services at IU. There are 112 auxiliaries around the university – a staggering number that generate almost a half a billion dollars in revenue. Heretofore, these auxiliaries have all operated independently; they have not been reporting to anyone. So we are reviewing the major auxiliaries and standardizing the accounting reporting formats that they will be using so that we can start keeping track of these auxiliaries. I want to compliment Kathleen McNeely and her staff, who have done a wonderful job.
The next major auxiliary we will looking at is parking operations throughout the system. We are also continuing to look at the issue of whether operations should be outsourced or leased, and that assessment will be ongoing. Once these initial reviews are completed, we will conduct annual reviews.
Next, we ask you to consider a request for a resolution authorizing the transfer of the investment management responsibilities of the IU portion of the Riley Endowment Funds to the Riley Memorial Association. We manage a very small portion, about 4% of the total endowment funds, of the Riley Association. Because of the size of their portfolio and the economics of scale, they can manage these funds more efficiently than we can. There is almost a two-point difference in the amount of money that they can make over and above what we can make. Thus, there is a resolution before you to transfer the investment management of these funds to them. We reviewed the history of the Riley Memorial Foundation; the Board of Trustees and Indiana University has the authority to grant this management. I move for the adoption of this resolution.
Trustee Obremskey: How big is the Riley Fund?
Trustee Backer: The total fund is $173 million of which we have approximately $7 or $8 million, I believe.
Trustee Morris: $6.5 million.
Trustee Backer: Our side of the endowment has been spent down quite a bit. It is a very small portion.
Trustee Obremskey: To what extent is the IU Foundation involved in the management of that fund?
Vice President Palmer: The IU Foundation is not involved in the management of these funds. There is a 1941 resolution of the Board of Trustees that gave authority for the investment decisions and the expenditure recommendations to come from the Riley Memorial Association. One way to look at this is that the Riley Memorial Association actually functions almost like the Foundation for the Riley Hospital Gifts. All we are doing here is recommending that the Riley Memorial Association be able to consolidate their investment portfolio because it is much more efficient and they will be able to invest at a somewhat higher rate as a result of that. We will have oversight and monitoring of this, so you are not relinquishing your fiscal stewardship for these funds.
Trustee Obremskey: If we are doing much better than the Foundation, maybe we ought to move all the Foundation funds over.
Vice President Palmer: No, I am not suggesting that. They are doing better than a university investment that we have.
Trustee Backer: We are under tighter restraints in the way we manage our money than they are.
Trustee Obremskey: Just checking.
Trustee Morris: Colleagues we have a motion on behalf of the Finance Committee. You now have the written resolution before you. Are there questions? The Finance Committee did spend a good amount of time considering this yesterday, and Stu Cobine did a fine job of making a thoughtful presentation.
Resolution to Transfer Investment Management of certain Endowed Funds to the Riley Memorial Association (RMA)
RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN ENDOWED
FUNDS TO THE
RILEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (RMA)
WHEREAS, The Trustees of Indiana University (the “Trustees”) are responsible for the sound management and oversight of the investment of university endowments; and
WHERAS, such endowments include specific endowments for the support of the Riley Children’s Hospital (the “IU Riley Funds”); and
WHEREAS, such IU Riley Funds have been managed by two separate investment management companies, with such investment management companies being National City Bank of Indiana (NCB) and Bank One Trust Company, N.A. (BOTC); and
WHERAS, the Riley Memorial Association (RMA) is responsible for the management of similar funds in support of the Riley Children’s Hospital: and
WHERAS, the Trustees recognize that certain efficiencies can be realized by consolidating the management of the IU Riley Fund assets with RMA assets, for investment purposes:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Trustees authorize the Treasurer of the University, or his delegates, to take such appropriate and timely actions as are necessary, so as to:
Unanimously approved on a motion duly made and seconded.
Trustee Backer: Two more issues very quickly. I am happy to report that all the campuses have been able to reduce their budgets in conjunction with our goal of trying to save $10.4 million. They have chipped in and come up with the solution to cope with the existing budget situation. On the good news, Vice President Palmer reported that the enrollment for spring semester is in record proportions on Bloomington, IUPUI, IU East and Southeast campuses so we are doing something right.
Trustee Morris: The good news is that the Board also has reduced it’s budget in the spirit of this effort so, we are participating like everyone else.
Trustee Breckenridge: We had a wonderful student town meeting today with representatives of about 14 student organizations combing before us. I’m afraid that we ran out of time, but it was absolutely wonderful. The students are so enthused about the organizations that they represent. I can’t repeat all of their comments now, but I do want to highlight a few of the speakers. One was John Moran, vice president of the IU Dance Marathon. He told us how that organization has raised over $405,000 in the past year for Riley Hospital, and how enthusiastic the students have been. Another student, Alana Galati, is working with an outreach program in Kenya. She told us about some of the various projects that students have undertaken during summer trips, including the development of a school. We also heard from four student body presidents.
The speakers included:
Amanda Murray and Kevin Mogyoros, Union Board President and Vice President; Chris Sinclair, Asian American Association President; Rachel Anderson, Graduate and Professional Student Organization Moderator; Leslie Fasone, Panhellenic Association President; Collin Godecke, Interfraternity Council President; James Wiser is a second-year student in the School of Library and Information Science; Jason Jones, OUT President; John Moran, IU Dance Marathon Council Vice President; Kerry Spalding, Board of Aeons, speaking on the concerns of Amnesty International and other smaller, less funded groups; Andy Vetor, Student Recreational Sports Association President; Marshawn Wolley, Black Student Union President; Alanna Galati, Outreach Kenya Development Volunteers; Jeff Wuslich, IUSA; and Ken Minami, Residence Hall Association President
Trustee Obremskey: Thank you, Mr. President. We have two items for your action this afternoon.
One is the approval of the Informatics Research Institute. This institute will target specific projects that exemplify the need and advantages of a formal informatics component, and have maximum potential to increase awareness of the School of Informatics and its faculty and students to raise money and attract funds for Informatics. The primary goal will be to offer programs that bring existing researchers together to discuss common issues and needs. As you know, what’s going on in the field of Informatics is very, very exciting. Indiana University is on the cutting edge and this is another positive step in that direction and the committee recommended to this Board the approval of the Informatics Research Institute.
Trustee Morris: It is just amazing how Informatics touches every piece of this university and really the community and begins to help tie it all together.
Unanimously approved on a motion duly made and seconded.
Unanimously approved on a motion duly made and seconded.
Trustee Obremskey: We also had a presentation with regard to Domestic Partners Benefits, which this board approved in September. The purpose of the discussion today was to review the implementation of the Domestic Partners Benefits and to review the affidavits and supporting documents that are going to be necessary to implement this effort.
It struck me that there is an awful lot that goes on after we pass a resolution such as we did for Benefits for Domestic Partners. Implementation is extremely complicated, and I would like to complement those who are responsible for carrying it out, Dan Rives, in particular, and Terry Clapacs. The idea is to implement the program by April 1 of this year. We are satisfied that the safeguards that are built into the program will, to the greatest degree possible under the circumstances, protect the interests of the university.
Finally, we had a presentation from a great many people concerning the individual institutional financial Conflicts of Interest, which is a concern and becoming more and more of a concern given the amount of federal money that we handle, and the requirements of the federal government for the disclosure and the handling of potential conflicts of interest.
I am happy to report to you that this university is on top of that issue. We have implemented some policies, and are in the process of implementing a policy on a broader scale, that I think will protect us from any undue criticism as a result of conflicts of interest that occur. You will in the future hear more about this, but they are working hard. Ann Gellis in particular gave an excellent presentation, and I am happy to say that I think we are heading in the right direction.
Trustee Ferguson: I was at a national meeting this week where this issue was discussed, and the point was made that the ultimate people responsible in educational institutions are the Board of Trustees, and that we ought to establish Audit Committees to report directly to the Board at some point.
Trustee Morris: The Audit Committee does report directly to the board here.
Trustee Ferguson: The Audit Committee on the Conflict of Interest and especially in the Human Subjects area.
President Brand: You don’t mean the IRP’s to report to the Board do you?
Trustee Ferguson: No, an Audit Committee to make sure, in fact, that we are complying. Whether you have an outside audit or you have an internal audit committee.
Trustee Morris: I think that would be a good subject for you and Steve Backer to have a conversation about between now and our next meeting because the Finance Committee also functions as the Audit Committee, and that’s probably a good point that the Audit Committee ought to play a role in the review of the Conflict of Interest statements.
Trustee Obremskey: AAU has given guidelines to the universities and to a large extent we follow the AAU guidelines with some modifications given the specific circumstances we have here, but I will be happy to work with Steve on it.
President Brand: May I recommend that you involve Mark Brenner and Ann Gellis, who are the two people who have been doing this? Mark, in fact, has been a national player in setting up these…
Trustee Ferguson: The AAU person who was at that meeting, and who, I notice, is the author of the report that was sent to us, recommended that we have the auditors report directly to the Board.
President Brand: Mark Brenner should be involved because he helped write those guidelines.
Trustee Obremskey: I meant to complement Mark on his presentation today, also. He and Ann did a great job.
President Brand: This is very important stuff. We are changing our way of doing business as a university, becoming more integrated with the wider community, and I think we have to track this carefully.
Trustee Obremskey: It was pointed out that there is nothing the matter with conflicts of interest. They occur all day everyday. It is a question of how you manage them, how you report them and how you control them, and that’s what our policies are attempting to do so that whatever the conflicts are, they don’t interfere with the responsibility to the university.
Trustee Morris: You two will work on this? Terry Radke might also be a part of the discussion, but the university’s internal auditor reports to the audit committee, and he reports essentially to the Audit and Finance Committee, and they meet with him at least once a year privately and usually more often than that. How we treat this new addition is an important thing for us to sort out. But, the important thing is Terry Radke does not report to Vice President Palmer, and the audit committee doesn’t report to President Brand, it reports to the Board, so there is that independence. So, you can all be comforted by that.
Trustee Ferguson: Mr. Chairman, Mr. President. We discussed the budget situation, and its ramifications on Indiana University. We also spent some time talking about the new Alliance for Indiana’s Future, and the impact it might have as the legislature debates the restructuring of state taxes and the long-term view of Indiana finances. I hope at the next meeting to return to our broader focus. Right now the current legislative focus is our immediate mission through the next few weeks.
Trustee Morris: Steve, I think on behalf of all of us, we have said it before, but we appreciate the incredible effort and the amount of time you are spending on behalf of IU with the General Assembly.
Trustee Ferguson: I think it is time well spent and a great investment as far as I am concerned both for IU and the future of the state.
Unanimously approved on a motion duly made and seconded.
Unanimously approved on a motion duly made and seconded.
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Unanimously approved on a motion duly made and seconded.
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Unanimously approved on a motion duly made and seconded.
Unanimously approved on a motion duly made and seconded.
Trustee Backer: I want to complement Michael McNeely on the four choices he gave us for football coach, and I encourage all of you to meet the new football coach, Jerry DiNardo. He is a wonderful man. He espouses the philosophy that President Brand has been espousing -- the blend of academics and athletics. His enthusiasm is contagious. I wish him well and think he will do a wonderful job.
Trustee Morris: Thank you, Steve. Just as President thanked Sue Talbot and Pat Shoulders for their participation on the search committee for Alumni Director, we all thank you and Pete Obremskey for representing us on the football coach search.
February 28 – March 1, 2002
IUPUI
Indianapolis, IN
The meeting adjourned to meet again on call of the Secretary on February 28- March 1, 2002, at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
Robin Roy Gress
THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA
UNIVERSITY
| Date of bid opening: | November 20, 2001 | |
| Bidders: | 3 | |
| Contract award: | A-1 Door Specialties, Ltd. | |
| Amount: | Base bid | $50,386 |
| Alternate 2 | 9,132 | |
| Negotiated items | (6,200) | |
| $53,318 | ||
| Estimate: | Base bid | $35,650 |
| Alternate 2 | 10,925 | |
| $56,575 | ||
| Funding: | Riley Memorial Association | |
| Architect: | Indiana University Staff |
This project provides for the installation of automatic door openers and associated hardware at eleven cottages, two dining halls, and the Health Center. An alternate cost was accepted to install new door with frame and two automatic door openers at the Administration Building.
| Date of bid opening: | October 12, 2001 | |
| Bidders: | 4 | |
| Contract award: | F.A. Wilhelm Construction Co., Inc., Indianapolis, IN | |
| Amount: | $1,287,000 | |
| Estimate: | $1,777,492 | |
| Funding: | Academic Facilities Bonds as authorized by the 201 General Assembly and a 1997 Planning A&E appropriation | |
| Architect: | Robert A.M. Stern, NY, NY and Ratio Architects, Inc., Indianapolis, IN |
This project will prepare the site for the Classroom Academic Building that will be constructed next year. Site preparation involves excavation and installation of temporary utilities. Other work includes cast-in-place concrete foundations, footings, basement walls, slab-on-grade, and interior columns. Footing drains, waterproofing, and backfill will be installed. Utilities will be installed below the concrete slab-on-grade. Appropriate State approvals have been received.
| Date of bid opening: | October 18, 2001 | |
| Bidders: | 6 | |
| Contract award: | Nu-Tec Roofing Contractors, LLC, Indianapolis, IN | |
| Amount: | $108,970 | |
| Estimate: | $231,500 | |
| Funding: | 2001-2003 Capital Appropriations for Repair and Rehabilitation | |
| Architect: | Martin Riley Mock, Fort Wayne, IN |
The roof on the Columbus Campus building is badly deteriorated and beyond expedient repair. The existing roof system will be removed down to the deck. A new ballasted, membrane roof system will be installed over extruded roof insulation. Perimeter edge metal and counter flashings will be replaced.
A list of approved change orders appears as an exhibit for information of the Board.
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| Date of bid opening: | October 3, 2001 | |
| Bidders: | 7 | |
| Contract award: | low bidder, Superior Lumber & Building Co., Inc., Bloomington, IN | |
| Amount: | Base bid | $1,500,000 |
| Alternate 1 | 6,900 | |
| Alternate 2 | 6,900 | |
| Alternate 3 | 25,500 | |
| Alternate 4 | 11,700 | |
| Alternate 8 | 24,500 | |
| Alternate 9 | 2,000 | |
| Alternate 10 | no change | |
| Negotiated items | 9,003 | |
| Estimate: | Base bid | $1,750,000 |
| Alternate 1 | 11,700 | |
| Alternate 2 | 10,950 | |
| Alternate 3 | 26,820 | |
| Alternate 4 | 4,250 | |
| Alternate 8 | 28,760 | |
| Alternate 9 | 2,400 | |
| Alternate 10 | 45,000 | |
| $1,879,880 | ||
| Funding: | Capital Projects/Land Acquisition Reserves | |
| Architect: | CSO Architects, Indianapolis, IN |
The building at 901 East Tenth Street will be renovated to house the School of Informatics on the Bloomington campus. New floor, wall, and ceiling finishes will be installed in the 28,173 gross square foot area for faculty offices, student study, and collaboration spaces. New mechanical, electrical, and data communications systems will also be installed.
| Date of bid opening: | October 17, 2001 | |
| Bidders: | 8 | |
| Contract award: | Neidigh Construction Corporation, Bloomington, IN | |
| Amount: | $399,450 | |
| Estimate: | $249,600 | |
| Funding: | 2001-03 Capital Appropriation for Repair and Rehabilitation | |
| Architect: | Odle McGuire & Shook, Bloomington, IN |
This project involves the complete demolition and reconstruction of laboratory space in portions of the first and third floors. New mechanical, electrical, plumbing, cabinetry, and architectural finishes will occur within the various spaces. Approximately 2,161 gross square feet will be affected.
A list of approved change orders appears as an exhibit for information of the Board.
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