The following information is excerpted from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Long-Range Campus Development Plan, February 1996:

Introduction

The Long-Range Campus Development Plan for Indiana University of Pennsylvania is a design by which the physical plant and facilities can be maintained and expanded in support of the university's academic goals and aspirations for its future. This plan will guide the university as it prepares an effective and orderly financial plan for implementing the proposed changes in physical facilities.

The preparation of this plan has been the work of a team composed of the professional consultants Baker and Associates and GWSM, Inc., and university representatives, C. Edward Receski, administrative vice president, and Robert L. Marx, Facilities Engineering and Construction Group director.

Background

Indiana University of Pennsylvania draws its 14,000 plus enrollment from nearly every state and from scores of foreign countries. With three campuses located in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains IUP is the largest of the fourteen universities in the State System of Higher Education and the only one that grants doctoral degrees. With the addition in 1995 of 137 acres of undeveloped land from the former Campbell and County farms, the main campus, originally consisting of 12 acres and one building, is now composed of 341 acres with seventy-five buildings. The university has approximately 2.9 million square feet of space with 1.8 million square feet devoted to academic and support services and the remaining 1.1 million feet allocated to nineteen residence facilities and two dining halls. Two of the buildings, Breezedale (the university's alumni center) and John Sutton Hall (the main administration building), are recorded in the National Register of Historic Places.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Issues and Priority Improvement Projects

The Long-Range Campus Development Plan has been summarized into primary development issues. These issues are a result of careful evaluation of data collection, concept formulation, schematic planning, and final presentation hearings on the resulting long-range plan. These issues, as implemented, will be supported by all other development illustrated and discussed in this report.

Land Acquisition

• Immediately acquire the County and the adjacent Campbell properties. (These properties were purchased in 1995 during the development of this Master Plan.)
• Pursue short-term land acquisitions:
• Land related to the proposed development of the university's west and east entrances
• Land in the university's northern area adjacent to Oakland Avenue--those portions of Grant, Eleventh, and Maple streets within the university's boundaries
• The CSX Railroad right-of-way through the university
• The narrow strip of property that is adjacent to the existing athletic fields
• Continue to acquire land as outlined in the Long-Range Campus Development Plan.

The Mini-Campus Concept

• Group or cluster the existing academic land use so that each college of the university has its own mini-campus. These mini-campuses for the Robert E. Cook Honors College, the Eberly College of Business, and the colleges of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Humanities and Social Sciences, Fine Arts, Education, and Health and Human Services should be integrated with support facilities and campus greenspace to constitute the total academic campus.
• Modify the current buildings and space utilization to accommodate the clustering of each college.

Student Services

• Place all student services such as undergraduate and graduate admissions, financial aid, residence life, the registrar's office, accounts receivable, international services, internship office, transcripts, and student payroll into a single area within the Sutton Hall, Ackerman Hall, and Clark Hall area.
• Move the student services from Pratt Hall and change the building's function so it may become part of the Hadley Union Building.
• Expand the land use of the Hadley Union Building under Co-op ownership.

Greenspace and Pedestrian Corridors

• Revitalize existing pedestrian corridors and create new ones by closing Grant Street, Maple Street, Eleventh Street, Pratt Drive, and a portion of Oakland Avenue to vehicular through traffic.
• Establish open greenspace similar to the Oak Grove to recreate a rural campus.
• Create a people-oriented circulation system while establishing emergency and service vehicle routes.
• Establish a bus route throughout campus.
• Establish special access routes for moving in and out of campus residence halls during the peak times of the year.
• Develop bikeways, walkways, jogging paths, and trails throughout the campus.

Recreation Complex and Varsity Sports Complex

• Design a convocation and multiuse center to be the hub for this new complex. The convocation center will house the School of Continuing Education, the varsity indoor sports, museums, commencements, concerts, and major cultural and performing arts events for the university, the region, and Western Pennsylvania.
• Develop County and Campbell properties to help alleviate the recreation shortage.
• Design a complete varsity sports complex on the newly acquired land to include a stadium for football, a varsity baseball field with bleachers, a varsity soccer field, varsity field hockey fields, practice fields, and parking areas.
• Provide a hotel administration academic program within a privately owned inn located on the Campbell property.
• Develop the vacated land on campus for recreation and intramural sports for the university community (students, faculty, staff, and administration) to include baseball and softball fields, football and soccer fields, basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, a running track, and free play areas. This will also support the academic programs of the College of Health and Human Services.

Vehicular Circulation and Parking

• Establish three main vehicular entrances to the IUP campus.
• Direct traffic and access to the campus entrances to convey a positive image for the university. These entrances will guide traffic to parking facilities on the campus perimeter which will be linked to the proposed pedestrian corridors.
• Provide intermodal parking facilities with access to public transportation for the campus and the surrounding community.
• Create a major outer-campus vehicular loop system with a minor inner-campus vehicular loop system to limit vehicular traffic within the campus.
• Double the present parking capacity by developing a system of deck and on-grade parking areas along both the outer and inner loops.
• Prepare a regional traffic study and master plan as a joint venture with the university, Indiana County, Indiana Borough, White Township, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to guide local and regional comprehensive planning.

Housing

• Move the president's residence from Sutton Hall to the Campbell property.
• Provide areas of housing for traditional students within the existing residence hall land use; additional housing for apartment living; and housing in a Greek Village for fraternities and sororities.
• Expand the existing housing complexes to accommodate new trends in student housing.
• Provide a complex for apartments and townhouses on the Campbell property designed as an independent community, giving consideration to day care, parking, and laundry.
• Relocate the Greek community on campus in accordance with university policies.
• Renovate Sutton Hall into an Administration and Student Services Center.

Infrastructure

• Prepare a comprehensive master utility study and utility master plan to support the land-use concepts. The first consideration should be given to the proposed land acquisition areas.

Academic Support

• Implement Stabley Library renovations.
• Renovate Wilson Hall into a classroom/faculty office facility, including state-of-the-art audio and video capabilities.
• Provide faculty, staff, and administrative office space in construction and renovation projects. For example, Ackerman Hall will convert to office use with implementation of the mini-campus concept for the College of Health and Human Services.
• Coordinate the planning and construction of the Stapleton Library expansion so that the student services in Clark and Sutton balls form an integrated complex for student support.

General Support

• Explore the potential for an inn/hotel facility on the Campbell property. Move the truck driver training program from its present location to the new varsity complex parking lot.
• Relocate Campus Police from Sutton Hall to the Administrative Annex until a permanent facility is constructed.
• Perform life cycle and deferred maintenance projects.
• Continue ADA accessibility improvements. Incorporate ADA accessibility improvements into all new construction or renovation projects.
• Review and update the Long-Range Campus Development Plan annually.

IMPLEMENTATION

Implementation of the Long-Range Campus Development Plan is a major undertaking. The State System of Higher Education's manual on Facilities Master Planning (promulgated about one year after the IUP process was underway) requires a document to address the components and issues for short-term (zero to five years), mid-term (five to ten years), and long-term (ten to twenty years) implementation and an annual update of the plan. The phasing suggested below was developed to reflect the university's academic plans and programs, with sensitivity to the requirements of a financial master plan.

The following phasing recommendations are meant as guidelines:

1996 to 2001 (Zero- to Five-Year Program)

Land Acquisition

• The 1995 purchase of the County and Campbell properties (a result of an early recommendation of this planning process)
• Land at west entrance
• Land at east entrance
• Land at the north campus boundary along Route 286
• Those sections of Grant and Eleventh streets not owned at present by IUP and all of Maple Street
• CSX Railroad right-of-way
• Strip adjacent to the athletic fields

Mini-Campus

• Renovate Uhler Hall to house the Psychology Department
• Renovate McElhaney Hall to house the College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Perform life cycle renovations for Keith Hall and Leonard Hall (these renovations maintain the useful life of the building)
• Develop concept plan for the renovation/expansion of the College of Fine Arts (within planned zone) including Sprowls Hall, Cogswell Hall, Waller Hall, and Fisher Auditorium
• Develop concept plan for the expansion of the College of Health and Human Services (including Pierce Hall)
• Renovate Walsh Hall and Stright Hall to meet mini-campus concept

Student Services

• Renovate Clark Hall to house student services
• Renovate Sutton Hall to house student services and administration
• Expand student center (Hadley Union Building) through Co-op (using vacated Pratt Hall space)

Greenspace and Pedestrian Corridors

• Develop Eleventh and Grant streets into pedestrian malls as a pilot program
• Regulate traffic on Maple Street between Eleventh Street and the driveway to Turnbull Hall, closing only during class hours Develop a Landscape Open Space Plan (include maintenance and site furniture guidelines)
• Implement Phase I of the Landscape Open Space Plan

Recreation Complex and Varsity Sports Complex

• Renovate existing football field and track to synthetic surfaces for twenty-four-hour use to accommodate the entire university community (completed 1995)
• Renovate Memorial Field House (coordinate with mini-campus concept)
• Develop concept plan for new convocation center and new stadium
• Develop concept plan for new varsity sports complex and implement early site preparation development (including new varsity baseball and parking)
• Implement Phase I of varsity complex (including baseball and softball fields)

Vehicular Circulation and Parking

• Begin regional traffic plan
• Initiate a regional public transportation plan
• Develop Eleventh and Grant streets as discussed in "Greenspace and Pedestrian Corridors"
• Design and construct new west entrance at Route 286
• Construct parking deck in conjunction with student center expansion
• Develop concept plan for parking decks for the west side of Grant Street at Paper Mill Alley and at Eleventh and School streets (coordinate with mini-campus concept)
• Construct Phase I of on-grade parking at the new varsity complex on newly acquired County property
• Construct Maple Street entrance in conjunction with PennDOT Wayne Avenue improvements
• Construct north/south bikeway

Housing

• Design and construct a new residence for the president
• Investigate private development apartment housing
• Develop conceptual plan for the Greek Village

Infrastructure

• Begin campuswide utility master plan, concentrating on services to proposed acquisition areas
• Continue electrical distribution upgrades
• Initiate life cycle renovations, including steam distribution systems and tunnel repair and boiler plant renovations

Academic Support

• Renovate Stabley Library
• Renovate Wilson Hall to house general classrooms

General Support

• Investigate private development of Indiana Inn or Hotel Move the truck driver training program to the new varsity complex parking lot
• Provide temporary classroom and office space on County property for the Highway Safety Program
• Convert R & P Building to university day care center
• Move Campus Police from Sutton Hall to the Administrative Annex
• Continue ADA improvements

2001 to 2006 (Five- to Ten-Year Program)

Land Acquisition

• Acquire additional land along western boundary of existing campus

Mini-Campus

• Begin construction or renovation/expansion for the College of Fine Arts
• Begin construction or renovation/expansion for the College of Health and Human Services

Student Services

• Complete the renovation/expansion of Sutton Hall Complete the expansion of the student center

Greenspace and Pedestrian Corridors

• Continue to close streets to vehicular traffic
• Design a new pedestrian mall and walk system
• Implement additional phases of the Landscape Open Space Plan

Recreation Complex and Varsity Sports Complex

• Design and construct the multipurpose convocation center Prepare construction documents for additional miscellaneous practice fields
• Design a new stadium and varsity football field
• Construct remaining planned varsity center facilities

Vehicular Circulation and Parking

• Phase implementation of regional traffic plan and public transportation plan
• Construct the Paper Mill parking deck
• Construct the University Towers parking deck
• Construct the new east campus entrance
• Expand varsity complex site parking

Housing

• Construct apartment housing
• Construct Phase I - Greek Village Housing Community

Infrastructure

• Begin implementation of the utility expansion plan for the County and Campbell properties
• Renovate the Robertshaw Complex

Academic Support

• Construct a new faculty office and general classroom facility Plan Stapleton Library expansion
• Plan renovation of Ackerman Hall to house administration and faculty offices

General Support

• Continue ADA improvements
• Perform life cycle renovation projects
• Perform deferred maintenance projects

2006 to 2016 (Ten- to Twenty-Year Program)

Land Acquisition

• Review twenty-year land acquisition plan
• Complete acquisition goals including the closing of Route 286 (Oakland Avenue) through campus
• Survey/record all legal boundaries
• Update aerial survey

Mini-Campus

• Finalize all mini-campus planning
• Construct all planned projects
• Construct or renovate replacement facilities for Ackerman Hall for the College of Health and Human Services

Student Services

• Finalize Student Service Plan

Greenspace and Pedestrian Corridors

• Develop malls and walkways
• Establish a life cycle renovation maintenance program

Vehicular Circulation and Parking

• Review parking program
• Construct remaining planned lots
• Close Route 286 through campus
• Construct new east entrance to campus

Housing

• Evaluate housing program

Infrastructure

• Complete implementation of utility expansion plan

Academic Support

• Renovate Ackerman Hall for faculty and administration
• Implement Stapleton Library expansion

General Support

• Continue ADA improvements
• Perform life cycle renovation projects
• Perform deferred maintenance
• Prepare a new twenty-year Long-Range Campus Development Plan