Ball State University
Indiana Commission for Higher Education
August 10, 2012
Dr. Randy Howard
Vice President for Business Affairs and Treasurer

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ACE Fellows Gain, Give Perspective During Ball State Visit
June 18, 2012
They learned about Ball State University ’s (IN) exceptional use of facilities to support student success and about the innovative geothermal heating and cooling system, one of the institution’s sustainability initiatives.
Forty-eight members of the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program gained from Ball
State President Jo Ann M. Gora’s perspective on the important role that facilities and sustainability initiatives play in ensuring student success.
The day focused on campus master planning , the geothermal sustainability initiative and planning residence halls for student success.
"The visit to Ball State provided a unique living laboratory that pulled together so many themes of the entire Fellowship experience—planning, finances, leadership, campus vision, senior cabinet team work—and how all of this comes together to serve the institutional mission of service to students,” said Sharon A. McDade, director of the ACE Fellows Program. “ Ball State University is exceptional in how it exemplifies best practices in all of these areas ."
Ball State University President Jo Ann
Gora talks to the 2011-12 ACE Fellows.
The ACE Fellows said that the Ball State campus was a valuable laboratory.
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Ball State’s Evolving Master Plan
 Where are we Now?
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 A comprehensive blueprint for the future!
– What do we have?
– What do we want?
– How can we get there?
 It should develop a framework for coordinating campus development in response to the strategic vision
– A living document ; strategic plan can change
– Short-term and long-term elements
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 Academic Planning
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 Space Utilization and Space Needs
Transportation, Mobility, and Parking
 Pedestrian Circulation and Public Realm
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 Competitive Athletics and Recreational Sports
 Student Life, Housing, and Dining
 Land Use and Community Integration
 Signage and Entryways
 Landscape Master Plan
Architectural, Site, and Urban Design Guidelines
 Community Integration
 Implementation, Phasing, and Process
 Cost Issues
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 The process :
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It must be inclusive and have the right expertise
Can cost $100,000 to $750,000 or more
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One comprehensive written document or a combination of documents, policies, ideas, presentations, etc.
 Long-term “site” plan, housing & dining plan, signage guideline policy, etc.
Type of plan can be affected by various factors
 Enrollment growth and funding environment are critical factors
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BSU Enrollment History
(Fall Semester, On-campus, Headcount)
Rundell Ernstberger Plan & Updates (1980)
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15 000
Perkins and Will Plan (1968)
10 000
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Lowry Plan (1922)
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1918 1928
Scholer Plan (1946)
1938 1948 1958
Headcount - Actual
1968 1978 1988
Headcount - Projected
1998 2008
New Plan
(2013)
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 Identified future sites for:
– Academic Buildings – West of McKinley
– Residence Halls – North of Studebaker (Comprehensive Master Plan)
 Neighborhood concept
– Academic, Administrative/Support, Residential, and Athletics
 Addressed McKinley Avenue (safety and visual appeal)
 Established comprehensive transportation plan
 Vibrant Campus – Landscape development, site improvements
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 Solid lines are existing and dashed are for potential expansion
 Red areas are academic and administrative
 Blue areas are housing neighborhoods
 Green is an emerging area that combines cultural and academic in a vibrant space
 Athletics and some administrative are focused in the north (off the map) and south
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 Have held off on a new comprehensive plan for several years
– Stable enrollment – quality versus quantity
– Fiscal environment suggested little funding for new buildings
– Existing plan addressed immediate and mid-term needs
 Issuing an RFQ for a Comprehensive Master Plan
– Looking to the future – Ball State has changed…
– Addressing institutional and state priorities
– Campus inclusion and documentation will be key elements
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 Consistent with institutional and state priorities
 Facility condition (deferred maintenance) and life safety issues
 Could we address need with existing space – reallocation, etc.
 Lean towards renovation versus new (c onsider cost and long-term functionality)
 Funding model – current and ongoing costs
– State, Federal, Philanthropic, Grant, Auxiliary Revenue, etc.
 Long-term stewardship
– Set aside 2% to 5% of replacement value annually ( Financial Planning
Guidelines for Facility Renewal and Adaptation , a joint project of SCUP,
NACUBO, APPA, and Coopers & Lybrand)
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 Academic
 Housing and Dining
 Infrastructure
 Athletic Facilities
 Other Auxiliary Facilities
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Applied Technology
North Quad
Teachers College
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 Three Buildings
– Impact about 2/3rds of all student ( 11,000 to 14,000 students per week !)
– Focus is life safety and mechanical systems
 Part of strategic plan - improve core academic facilities
– Long tradition of maintaining versus asking for new buildings
 Legislatively Authorized: $52.7M total ($33M and $19.7M)
 State Approved: $40.5M ($33M and $7.5M)
– Yet to be approved $12.2M
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Riverside Avenue
Music
Building
Ball Honors
House
Parking
Structure
Ashland Avenue
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 Higher retention and graduation rates
 Higher grade point averages
 Living/learning communities provide unique educational experiences
 Student engagement
 Residential campus culture
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2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Cohort Year
New
Freshmen
New Transfers
Returning
Students
3,315
3,224
3,543
3,662
3,336
3,660
282
276
310
346
393
387
2,039
2,389
2,261
2,555
2,636
2,656
Other Total Students
73
72
79
72
91
62
5,709
5,961
6,193
6,635
6,456
6,765
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2011-12 Room & Board
Rate Comparison (MAC Schools)
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 Expansion of Tunnel Utility System
 Geothermal Project – Phase 2
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 Geothermal Project – Phase 1
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State support: $45M and Federal grant: $5M
1,800 bore holes
20 out of 47 buildings connected
Two – 2,500 ton heat pump chillers installed
New hot water distribution loop, augmented chilled water loop
 Geothermal Project – Phase 2
– Will request $29.2 million in 2013-15 biennium to complete the project
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Geothermal District Heating & Cooling System
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 BSU is a member of the Mid-American Conference
– Membership at the Division 1-A level is an institutional priority
 Prior campaign had one athletic project – Scheumann Stadium
 Looking at the feasibility of a small capital campaign to address critical deficiencies and bring our facilities up to standards
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