Sam Houston State University students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to voice their opinions on the direction the university should head in terms of construction during a second campus master plan open house on Jan. 22.
The informal session will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Lowman Student Center Mall Area.
Participants will be asked to identify issues regarding parking, vehicular and pedestrian circulation, buildings and facilities, open space, and the surrounding community.
The input received will aid the consultant team in identifying issues important to the university community, according to John McCroskey, associate director for the Physical Plant.
“We’re trying to get a vision so we’re not surprising the (Texas State University Board of) Regents every time we turn around,” he said. “It tells us in ballpark numbers what the budget needs to be for the next 10 years.”
The plan will be submitted by campus planning specialists JJR, which will establish a 10-year plan with a 20-year look ahead, McCroskey said.
The process is anticipated to be completed by July, in time for the TSUS Board of Regents meeting in August.
SHSU’s current master plan was established in 2000.
According to McCroskey, the current plan didn’t anticipate the enrollment surge the university has undergone in the past few years, and everything that could be done with it has already been completed.
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