May 13, 2004

Space planning discussion is May 17

A meeting open to all members of the Northwestern community will be held at noon Monday (May 17) to discuss a set of “principles” that calls for Northwestern to take measures to maintain and aesthetically improve the physical environment of both campuses.

The brown-bag meeting will be held in the Northwestern Room of Norris University Center.

The meeting is designed to elicit feedback on the draft document prepared by the Advisory Committee on University Space Planning, said Charles Dowding, professor of civil and environmental engineering and chair of the special committee.

The committee also plans to meet with and elicit feedback from a variety of groups, including the General Faculty Committee, NUSAC and the student government.

Among issues being addressed by the committee are space constraints that affect future development, pedestrian-vehicular traffic on the Evanston campus and creation of a permanent Campus Planning Committee.

The long-term principles, with commentary on the current context and issues, and an e-mail address for the committee are available at www.northwestern.edu/provost/committees/spaceplan/index.html.

The committee, which is an advisory group, ultimately will forward its report to the University administration for review, consideration and possible action.