Proposed Project Descriptions

Student Enrichment

1.Center for English as a Second Language and English for Specific Purposes (ESL/ESP) - $146K (Humanities)

The Center will provide international students, scholars, and members of the corporate world with intensive English language skills acquisitions opportunities. This scope will be to provide intensive English language training for students during the summer and throughout the regular academic year. This will also serve as a base for the teaching of ESL and ESP (Technical and Business English) in the corporate world in the center itself and through distance education.

2.Loret Miller Ruppe Peace Corps Masters International Program Fellowship - $150K (School of Forestry and Wood Products)

Establish an endowment to provide graduate stipends in the Loret Miller Ruppe Peace Corps Masters International Program. The available funds would be divided among the students enrolled in the program based upon the established milestones they have reached within the program.

3.School of Forestry and Wood Products Student Travel Endowment - $100K (School of Forestry and Wood Products)

Establish an endowment to support student travel to professional meetings. This project shows university commitment in developing young professionals and leadership skills.

4.International GTA Instructional Preparation Fellowships - $450K (Center for Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development)

Would support delivery of 4-6 weeks of instruction for 30 International GTA’s in language skills and classroom instruction techniques and procedures.

5.Student Life Initiatives - $1.43M (Student Affairs)

The development is limited to student-initiated activities. The coordination of on-campus social initiatives outlined will involve the establishment of a full-time position. The four elements of this proposal are: 1) Student Life Coordinator; 2) Funding for New Campus Traditions; 3) Programming Workshops; 4) Major Lecture Series Program.

6.Student Leadership Development Initiatives - $4.9M (Student Affairs)

In conjunction with other administrative and academic departments, Student Affairs is involved in a number of student leadership development initiatives which include: 1) a core comprehensive curriculum in the Leadership Institute; 2) the student development transcript; 3) the student leadership banquet. The student leadership initiatives will help MTU produce better graduates.

7.Access & Diversity - Providing Educational Opportunity, Precollege Endowment -$3M (Student Affairs)

Create an endowment fund that will primarily support precollege academic programs that focus on education access issues and supporting underrepresented students in the sciences and engineering fields. The endowment will increase skills and knowledge, provide career exploration, provide exposure to the university for you and educators.

8.The Endowed Fund for International Activities - $2M (International Programs)

Annual income from the fund will be dedicated to three aspects of international programming: 1) faculty activity for research, teaching, institutional linkages, and specific projects; 2) US student mobility in the form of travel stipends to encourage participation in international study and work opportunities; 3) merit-based scholarships to academically superior students transferring from strategically identified international partner schools.

Faculty Enrichment

9.Mathematical Sciences Industrial Partnership Endowment - $1M (Mathematical Sciences))

Bring industrial mathematicians to campus to interact with faculty and students, and to provide the opportunity for faculty and students to visit industrial sites.

10.Fellowships in Educational Innovation - $1M (Center for Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development))

Support for faculty fellowships in instructional/curricular innovation, identified through an extensive RFP process, would allow 12 MTU faculty members per year the opportunity and means to develop, implement, and evaluate a program related to curricular development and/or educational innovation.

11.Funds to Support MTU Master Teacher Program - $250K (Center for Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development)

Program would involve the systematic identification of the excellent teachers at MTU. They would receive support to gain additional expertise in targeted areas of undergraduate instruction through attendance at national meetings or workshops and released time for study and research, and would agree to be available to share their expertise with the MTU community.

12.Establishment of MTU Faculty Center - $1M (Center for Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development)

Proposal would involve the identification and renovation of an existing facility to provide an inviting on-campus location conductive to faculty professional and social interaction.

13.Excellence in Engineering Education Fund - $2M (College of Engineering)

The purpose of this project is to establish an endowment that will promote innovation and excellence in engineering education. Income from the fund would be used for a number of initiatives, including making awards for engineering excellence, funding endowed professorships promoting excellence in engineering education, and providing seed money for educational research. In addition, faculty needing money to develop modern teaching techniques would be able to apply to the fund for seed money.

14.Dean of Engineering Endowments: 1) Dean of Engineering; 2) Named Endowed Interdisciplinary Chairs, Professorships - $4M (College of Engineering)

1) Money is to be raised to endow the deanship which will increase the prestige of the position and make it easier to attract top candidates; 2) This project proposes to endow one or more chairs or professorships that transcend departmental boundaries. The holders of these prestigious positions would be expected to lead the college in developing multidisciplinary programs. It would increase the stature of the faculty and would provide leadership to students and faculty, and it would provide strong linkages with corporations.

Technology and Integrated Learning Environment

15.Process Engineering Laboratories - $2.8M (Chemical Engineering)

Project will expand the existing Process Simulation and Control Center (PSCC), establish the Environmental Process and Simulation Center (EPSC), and build on current collaborations between the departments of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and between Chemical Engineering and the School of Business.

16.Process Analysis and Diagnostic Center - $263K (Chemical Engineering)

The center would capitalize upon several areas of exiting strengths at MTU. A substantial number of process analysis software tools have already been created under the sponsorship of CenCITT. MTU is a recognized leader in the area of Chemical Process Safety and the first university in the USA with a chaired professorship in this area. MTU has also achieved a level of prominence in the area of physical property research and compilation under the sponsorship of the Design Institute for Physical Property Research (DIPPR). MTU’s physical property data in the areas of safety, environment and dilute solutions are becoming particularly important as the area takes on increasing importance to society. The department has a strong capability in process design which is nationally recognized as a result of continuing student success in the annual design competition of the AIChE. The department is a recognized leader for its capabilities in process modeling, treatment technologies and pollution prevention. The center would combine these capabilities into an organization with unique, interdisciplinary capabilities which could be used to support industry in the design of efficient, clean and profitable processes and products as we enter the 21st century.

17.Innovation Laboratory and Resource Center for Chemical Engineering Plant Design and Communication - $250K (Chemical Engineering)

Project is aimed at a major upgrade of our classroom and computing lab environments to improve key student skills in demand by U.S. industry. Our current teaching classroom and facilities are technologically unsophisticated, most having been designed in the 1960s or before. Our classrooms and computer labs are not equipped to handle multimedia presentations, display of computer software, or even simple oral progress reports with audiovisual exhibits.

18.Surface Water Quality Engineering - Watershed Hydrology Lab - $1.1M (Civil and Environmental Engineering)

An engineering approach to river, lake, and reservoir management provides a quantitative framework for integrating basic scientific theory with field and laboratory investigations in solving practical problems of concern to industry, municipalities, and the public at large. We propose to develop leadership as we work to maintain a healthy and balanced water resource by outfitting a state-of-the-art surface water quality laboratory.

19.Drinking Water Treatment Lab - $1.5M (Civil and Environmental Engineering)

The goal is to develop a world-class drinking water treatment laboratory for both undergraduate and graduate education. During the next 20 years, EPA estimates that a minimum of $138 billion will need to be spent in order to supply safe drinking water to the 250 million customers in the U.S. The development of this laboratory is critical in preparing students for meeting these challenges.

20.Air Quality Laboratory - $612K (Civil and Environmental Engineering)

The goal is to develop a world-class air quality laboratory for both undergraduate and graduate education. EPA has proposed recent changes in particulate and ozone ambient air standards which will require engineers to understand control and assessment of hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and particulate emissions. The development of this lab is essential in order to provide MTU’s future engineers and scientists with the capability to effective assess and develop solutions for these types of air quality issues.

21.Laboratory & Facilities Renovation - $3.5M (Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics)

The renovation includes the updating of strategic laboratories and incorporating the latest in instructional technology. We will be gaining three floors of floor space, approximately 19,000 square feet, when the Biological Sciences Department vacates its current location and moves to the new ESEB in Fall 1998.

22.Aquatic Ecosystem Research and Education Facility (ARE) - $300K (Biological Sciences)

Research and Education (Summer) Facility tied to Laser Center Program, RSI Initiative, Summer Teaching Program.

23.Computer Based Data Acquisition Systems for Anatomy and Physiology Laboratories - $123K (Biological Sciences)

This project aims to completely update the physiological data acquisition capability in the laboratories for BL201 & BL202 - Principles of Anatomy and Physiology I & II, by the purchase of new microcomputers, plus a complete line of transducers, amplifiers, and analog-digital conversion hardware to produce a set of modern laboratory data acquisition systems. These are the only courses in the department in which students use the microcomputer for on-line data acquisition rather than just for word processing or data calculations.

24.CLS Teaching Laboratory - $400K (Biological Sciences)

Laboratory/lecture teaching facility for undergraduate CLS clinical core courses which will improve undergraduate education in medical curricula (CLS/preprofessional) attractive to women and minority students.

25.Equipment Purchase for the new Microbiology Teaching Lab Facility - $212K (Biological Sciences)

Purchase of equipment to expand and update (modernize) the new Microbiology Teaching Lab in the new ESE Building. This should greatly expand the capabilities to provide microbiology-related experiences to undergraduate and graduate students in several science and engineering areas of the university, plus offer new courses in areas such as industrial microbiology and molecular microbial ecology.

26.Advanced Analytical Chemistry Laboratory - $320K (Chemistry)

Funding for the renovation of facilities and purchase of chemical instrumentation in order to allow MTU to become leaders in the field of analytical chemistry. The lab will have great impact on teaching and research at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. This modern facility will encourage students to extend their knowledge well beyond the boundaries of conventional academic exposure to analytical chemistry. The lab will play a major role in improving the attractiveness of the department for high quality undergraduate and graduate students.

27.The Center for Molecular and Macromolecular Modeling (CMMM) - $243K (Chemistry)

This project entails the establishment of a center to support research on both small and large molecular systems using modern molecular modeling techniques. This facility will provide a powerful computational facility for performing near-supercomputer level of calculations, and perhaps more importantly, it will provide a modern graphical facility where researchers can, with a short learning curve, visually set up, implement, analyze, and present new computations.

28.Multimedia/Seminar Room - $250K (Chemistry)

Renovation of existing classroom space and construction of a modern sloping seminar classroom with 80+ seats, and equipped with computer projection and associated multimedia capabilities. This room will be scheduled and used for regularly scheduled classes allowing for the use and display of computer output. It will also be used in our weekly external departmental seminar program.

29.CS Graduate Experimental Computation Facility - $500K (Computer Science)

SGI Challenger facility will be used both as a real-time graphics engine and as a multiprocessor. Thus it will be able to support research projects in computational geometry, graphics, and animation as well as distributed processing research and also serve as a compute engine.

30.Center for Scientific and Engineering Computing (SC&EC) Equipment Gift - $500K (Computer Science)

The gift will provide seed money for the purchase of a medium-scale high performance computer to help establish the new Center. The new computer will form the core of the computational facilities of the CS&E Ph.D. program. It will be of a type that will permit other researchers with funding for computing equipment to use those funds to add on to the central facility, and thus receive more for their money than if they were to individually purchase their own computing equipment. This machine will provide faster solutions to researcher’s problems and will allow researchers to solve larger problems than they can on stand-alone computers of their own.

31.Fine Arts Laboratory: Fine Art’s Studies with a Technological Edge - $1.7M (Fine Arts)

This project will help build a program that will merge computer technology and engineering skills with artistic principles by providing an instructional laboratory in the new PAC. The lab will provide students with state of the art computers, software, synthesizers, and video equipment to work on music/sound production, and computer animations. The lab will help extend MTU’s reputation in science and engineering by offering a technological program that demands artistic quality and will help connect engineering with art.

32.Intelligent Lighting System - $104K (Fine Arts)

The goal of this proposal is to create a fully functional intelligent lighting system that will provide a direct hands on link between the fine arts and the science and technology fields of study. This system is the practical use of optics, servo-motors, computer controls, and an infinitely variable dichroic color mixing system to creating lighting effects.

33.Recording Studio/Laboratory Proposal - $345K (Fine Arts)

This studio/laboratory will directly service the Instrumental and Choral Rehearsal Rooms that will be wired to the Control Booths of the PAC Auditorium and the Black Box Theatre. The Fine Arts faculty and staff are convinced that courses in recording will have significant appeal to students in electrical engineering, electrical engineering technology, or computer science, and will be attractive to new students as well.

34.Walker Arts & Humanities Video Studio - $1M (Humanities)

The Center can be used to teach video production courses and will enable the department of Humanities to offer classes in the area of video production in a state-of-the-art studio for students in various departments. It will allow the department to provide a space in which visual literacy courses can be developed and taught to science and non-science majors.

35.Center for Research Excellence in Arts and Technology Education (CREATE) -$510K (Humanities)

Recognizing the importance of new media technologies in education and the arts, we wish to develop a resource facility for providing cross-campus (and off-campus) support to faculty and others wishing to learn about, develop, and test innovative multimedia, Web-based, and distance learning materials.

36.Instructional Computing Fund - $550K (Mathematical Sciences)

Acquire hardware for math majors and students in math classes requiring computing.

37.Equipment Fund for the Math Learning Center - $165K (Mathematical Sciences)

Upgrade Math Learning Center Facilities

38.School of Technology Center - $250K (School of Technology)

Existing teaching laboratories are not adequate for conducting long=term student projects since the labs must be available for instructional purposes. The new degree program in Chemical Engineering Technology will place an additional demand on the teaching laboratory facilities when it comes on-line in 1997. Concurrent with the search for additional laboratory space, a building was donated to MTU. Renovations are needed to bring the facility up to various occupancy codes.

39.Sam B. Tidwell Center for Business Student Excellence - $1M (School of Business and Economics)

The primary goal will be to enhance the personal and professional growth of students enrolled in the School of Business and Economics. There are numerous benefits that will accrue from the establishment of the Tidwell Center. While SBE students will be the primary recipients of these benefits, MTU and the SBE will also be beneficiaries of this initiative.

40.Establishment of an Environmental Science & Technology Education Center - $1M (College of Engineering)

This project seeks to establish and maintain a state-of-the art learning center which offers environmental and science education to area schools, community decision makers, and local businesses. The Center will provide technology transfer services including the interpretation and practical application of engineering research topics which hold promising opportunities for the environment.

41.Raising the CEILing for Lifelong Success: the Center for Education in Information Literacy (CEIL) - $347K (Library)

The CEIL will help achieve three library goals: 1) a multimedia classroom and training center; 2) a multimedia information laboratory; 3) an adjunct to the reference room. The CEIL will support faculty recruitment and development efforts, strengthen graduate research, and facilitate interdisciplinary research.

42.Solid Waste Processing Center - $384K (Institute of Materials Processing)

Our goal is to involve MTU students in establishing a world-class program which emphasizes reduce, reuse, and recycle in order to monitor and control solid waste generated by the campus community. Our target is twofold: 1) reduce landfill waste to the lowest level possible; 2) be self sufficient. The project will carry MTU from a university with no recycling program to an environmentally sensitive engineering university with a world class Solid Waste Processing Center which educates the community in reduce-reuse-recycle and leads the world in products developed by mining the campus waste stream.

43.Audio/Visual Presentation System for Graduate Student Center - $103K (Information Technology)

A facility for 1) MTU graduate students to present research, defend thesis and dissertations; 2) for the faculty and guest speakers to present seminars and lectures.

44.Audio/Visual Presentation System for Alumni, Memorial Union Bldg. - $100K (Information Technology)

For faculty and guest speakers to present seminars and lectures.

45.Advanced Multi-Media Development Computer Lab - $200K (Information Technology)

Implementation of state-of-the-art computational and multimedia design computer laboratory for World Wide Web (WWW) development, instruction, research, and sophisticated multimedia presentations.

46.Center for Materials Characterization (CMC) - $5M (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)

This project is intended to establish a university-wide center for analysis of materials. The center will significantly enhance the education of undergraduate and graduate students, allow MTU to attract and retain outstanding faculty, and enable the university to better serve small and mid-size businesses in Michigan.

47.Innovation Center - $4M (Vice Provost for Instruction)

The Center, in its business of tacit and explicit knowledge creation, will encompass teaching, research, and experimentation with creativity and design leading to innovation and its management in education and industry, as well as foster a student-centered environment for teamwork and create a focus for faculty development and outreach activities. The Center will directly support Michigan’s efforts to make its workforce highly-skilled as well as innovative and to make universities and curricula more responsive to industry’s needs.

48.Support for Learning Center Advancement Efforts - $2M (Center for Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development)

Funding is sought to expand the influence of the learning centers across the campus, to encourage faculty participation and pedagogical research based on the work of the centers, and to provide undergraduate fellowships for learning center coaches.

49.Engineering the Future: An Endowment for Technology - $2.5M (Library)

To support the continued research, development and implementation of technology in the Library. The endowment will secure funding necessary to provide the technology which will support the future expansions and developments in collections, public services, technical services, and outreach. A strong library is reflected in the quality of education and research.

50.From Traditional to Cutting Edge Collections: Assuring the Future Knowledge Base - $2.5M (Library)

Will open up opportunities for the purchase of additional electronic and print materials as well as remote access to information. These additional resources will be targeted to expanding areas of curriculum, research and student enrichment.

51.International Multidisciplinary Center for Field Studies at MTU in the Summer -$1.275M (Geological Engineering & Sciences)

There is a state, national, and international need for multidisciplinary field-based skills and programs in science and engineering fields. We propose to develop a summer field-based multidisciplinary program working on problems of ecosystems, environmental science and engineering, earth system science, forestry, and remote sensing.

52.Remote Sensing Initiative - $2M (Physics)

Will serve as a strong focus for MTU’s numerous nationally acclaimed activities in environmental monitoring, ecosystem, and ecological science, remote sensing physics, and space and planetary sciences.

53.Teal Expansion - $480K (Keweenaw Research Center)

Expand the physical capabilities and infrastructure of The Elastomer Analysis Laboratory (TEAL) to allow additional funded research projects to be conducted along with use as a laboratory for classes. The topics include environmental and fatigue degradation of automotive mounts, NVH, driveline-mount interaction, and recreation vehicle design which are all current areas of active funding.

54.Rapid Prototyping Lab - $340K (Keweenaw Research Center)

To develop a rapid prototyping laboratory around the solid free-form (SFF) technology known as "stereolithography." The purpose is to introduce Michigan Technological University (MTU) to rapid fabrication technology by providing direct access to the technology. Use of rapid prototyping techniques has become a necessary design tool in the automotive and aerospace industries. Applications of the technology span across disciplines including machine design, structural analysis, manufacturing technology, polymer and computer science, lasers, optics and a range of applications which are currently in their infancy. Active research at MTU is currently being perform for issues relating to structural analysis and machine design but additional unexplored areas for research are virtually limitless.

55.Vehicle Size Cold Room with Chassis Dynamometer - $1.96M (Keweenaw Research Center)

Construct a vehicle size cold room (approximately 16' x 36') and install a chassis dynamometer, preferably a 6 wheel dynamometer to enhance the cold temperature and vehicle dynamics infrastructure of MTU/KRC. By adding this capability KRC will be able to attract additional funded research projects in conjunction with the ME and CE departments and it will also be available for laboratory use by students and faculty. This will add the capability of conducting engine cold start tests, emissions tests, driveline component tests and other cold room types of research, development and testing. The chassis dynamometer can be used in the cold environment or in a moderate environment to conduct experimental stress, endurance, fatigue and several other types of tests with standard components and components consisting of new and different materials. In the future this room may also be used for wind/snow making studies as it is a flexible design.

56.Computer Engineering - $15M (Electrical Engineering)

Currently MTU does not have an actual degree program in Computer Engineering. EE is developing a degree program in this area, and because the national need is so great, an undergraduate enrollment of about 600 students is expected to eventuate, half of them anticipated to be new to the MTU campus.

Athletics

57.MTU Sports TV - $136K (Information Technology)

Currently there are 55 channels in use with 1,360 subscribers. This request proposes a MTU Sports TV Channel on the system. Programming would include many MTU athletic events from home and away games, intramural program activities, and a computer bulletin board for general information/advertisements related to the Athletic Department.

58.Rowing Club at MTU - $95K

The objective of this project is to create a rowing program at MTU that will provide the student population the opportunity to challenge the body and the mind, as well as utilize the ideal water conditions surrounding the university. Development of a rowing program would include the construction of an indoor rowing facility, boathouse facility on Portage Lake, and all auxiliary operations essential to maintain the program.

59.Division I Hockey Program - $1M (Athletics)

Nurture the growth of our Division I Hockey Program back to national prominence. It is much easier to retain a quality staff if facilities and operating budgets are at a competitive level with other institutions. It also will help provide a rewarding and challenging work environment in which our staff can meet or exceed student expectations.

60.Hockey Endowment Fund - $1M (Athletics)

An endowment fund is necessary to provide extra funding that will allow Michigan Tech to stay competitive at a national level.

61.Athletic Endowment Fund - $1M (Athletics)

The athletic department has worked hard to attract high quality coaches who provide a very positive image for the university. It also will help provide a rewarding and challenging work environment in which our staff can meet or exceed student expectations. It is much easier to retain a quality staff if facilities and operating budgets are at a competitive level with other institutions. It also will help provide a rewarding and challenging work environment in which our staff can meet or exceed student expectations.

University Enrichment

62.Houghton Firehall Restoration/IA Center - $1M (Social Sciences)

Restoration of MTU’s original home (the old firehall near downtown Houghton) for use as a research, teaching, and public outreach facility for MTU’s Industrial Archaeology (IA) program.

63.Ford Center Historical Endowment - $500K (School of Forestry and Wood Products)

To enhance and preserve the historical aspects of the Ford Center at Alberta, MI, including the development of a sawmilling museum and visitors center. The project will demonstrate the role that Henry Ford played in forest management and sawmilling, and the work MTU has done since Ford donated the Center to MTU. The visitor center will serve as the southern gateway to MTU and will contain information about MTU and its programs.

64.Steinway Piano Proposal - $217K (Fine Arts)

Replace most of the existing pianos with Steinway or Boston (Steinway’s student line) pianos, and furnish the PAC with appropriate Steinway and Boston pianos. The availability of high quality pianos is an important factor in attracting and retaining quality faculty.

65.MTU Child Care Center - $2M (Presidential Commission for Women)

The need for on-campus child care is outlined in the 1997 study entitled "Child Care Needs and Implication for MTU" written by the Child Care Assessment Task Force of the Presidential Commission for Women. The report concludes that many of the child care needs of the MTU community are not being met by the local child care providers. The PCS proposes that Michigan Tech include a project for a Child Care Center on or near the main campus. The establishment of reliable, high quality child care on campus will aid in the recruitment and retention of faculty, students, and staff.

66.Wellness Educator - $138K (Student Affairs)

Person would provide lectures to student groups and classes on a variety of subjects from alternatives to substance abuse to stress management to a healthy diet. The act of educating our students in leading healthier lifestyles can begin to change the university’s culture and lifestyles for generations to come.

67.Endowed Distinguished Lecture Series - $100K (School of Forestry and Wood Products)

A distinguished scientist, scholar, or corporate leader would be invited to MTU each quarter to present a seminar and lecture on various topics in forestry and wood science. This project will provide the exchange of scholarly information, encourage interdisciplinary research and collaboration, and provide students the opportunity to interact with leaders in the forestry and wood science profession.

Buildings

68.Manufacturing Annex to ME-EM Building- $4M (Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics)

The Manufacturing Annex will contain telecommunications equipment to support undergraduate and graduate degree programs being offered and proposed via distance learning. This capability will provide real-time laboratory demonstrations and, by way of data transmission, will provide real-time data acquisition and analysis between the participating sites.

69.New Building Project - School of Business and Economics - $7M (School of Business and Economics)

The nature of this project is the construction of a new 40,000 sq. ft. building. This building would contain approximately 30 faculty offices, five administrative offices, 10 modern (multimedia equipped) classrooms, three computer instruction rooms (1 computer lab and 2 computer instruction rooms capable of facilitating group decision support applications), and a large lecture hall. This project is extremely important to the university and the School of Business and Economics as it will a) assist MTU in demonstrating its technological leadership; and b) enhance the competitive position of the SBE as it battles for regional market share in the 21st Century.

70.Science Complex Program - $27M

Science and Information Resource Center - $15M (Library)

New Building for A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum - $10M

Renovation of Fisher Hall and extend it into a Science Complex that provides a high technology environment conductive for interdisciplinary, cross-functional teaching, research, and scholarship. It will be the central instructional facility to provide a solid ground in mathematics, physics, computer science, and chemistry for all MTU students. The complex will facilitate a synergistic approach to science education and will distinguish the college and MTU as leaders in innovative and cross-disciplinary education and scholarship.

Renovation of Fisher Hall and connection to a renovated Library with high-density shelving will define Science Complex that provides a Science and Information Resource Center for the whole campus. Will maintain MTU’s reputation as Michigan’s high-tech university for engineering, science, and communication.

The new museum would: 1) dramatically upgrade MTU's academic infrastructure; 2) strongly reinforce MTU's competitive edge to attract, support and retain high-quality students and faculty as a unique, powerful didactic resource that many institutions lack; 3) constitute a campus development milestone, uplifting MTU's level of excellence and image, achieving greater national and international prestige; 4) being an accessible location will maximize visitation and revenue through increased admissions, fee-based public programs, rental opportunities, and retail operations. The Museum will become, and will look like, the "official Mineralogical Museum of Michigan."

71.Memorial Union Building Expansion - $1-8M (depending on needs assessment) (Student Affairs)

Expand Memorial Union Building including student organization office area, lounge and meeting rooms, food mall and bookstore, and add new multicultural center and additional retail space. As the University Center for students, it has been documented that a comprehensive student union that meets the needs of students which enhances their quality of life at the university is an important retention and recruitment tool.