Student Union Feasibility Study
Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) is dedicated to both excellence andaccess. The most important facets of the university's mission are to offer high
quality undergraduate and graduate programs to a broad spectrum of students and
to foster student growth and development. To these ends, the university
attaches primary importance to excellence in teaching. Since program quality is
enhanced by professional activities beyond the classroom on the part of the faculty,
emphasis is also given to pure and applied research and to academic and public
service.
Unique to Northeastern's mission are the two distinctive features of diversity and
community partnerships. Because of its location in the Chicago metropolitan
area, the university serves a population which is diverse in age, culture, language,
and race. This diversity, a major asset, means that the academic programs utilize a
variety of perspectives to enrich the teaching and learning experience and to
prepare students for the multiculturalism which characterizes our society. The
university's location also provides students and faculty with many opportunities to
integrate field-based learning, research, and service with classroom instruction.
Northeastern Illinois University preserves the finest traditions of university
education, augmented by active involvement in the metropolitan area, on behalf of
the residents of Illinois.
The Student Union has obtained the services of Brailsford and Dunlavey (B&D) http://www.facilityplanners.com/ to conduct a feasibility study. The purpose of the study is to evaluate how the Student Union can best support University activities by utilizing its facilities in the most efficient manner. Gary Bryan, Director of Maintenance and Construction and Felicia Keelen, Director of the Student Union, are chairing the Student Union Feasibility Study Committee.
Phase I of the project began in September 2007. This phase included collection and review of data, preliminary analysis, Competitive Context Analysis and a campus visit (October 4-5) to conduct a series of interviews and focus groups with our students, faculty and staff. The preliminary data Information from this campus visit was used to develop the student survey and set direction for the next phase of the study.
Phase II includes a student survey that was created and distributed by B&D (November 8-18), additional interviews and interim presentation (November 29-30), survey analysis, meeting/conference room utilization analysis, outline programming, financial modeling, capital budgeting, draft & final Report.
The project should be completed late
Needs Assessment Report (Draft)
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