Classroom Committee Minutes - June 9, 2021
Attendees: Dean Adams, Tia Brown, Tony Campeau, McKenna Christensen, Brad Haderlie, Alisha Downs, Will Freese, Ann Galloway, Kelsey Green, Olivia Hayes, EJ Hook, Kris Johnson, John How, Rob Maher, Sean Peterson, Richard Rudnicki, Ken Silvestri, Colin Smith, Jennifer Thomson, Joshua Turner, and Bill Walker
Jabs Hall Room 207
- Jabs Hall Room 207 will have its furniture configuration formalized and the podium relocated
- Will remain a Registrar-controlled instructional space
- Priority scheduling will go to the Jake Jabs College of Business and the new Master’s program cohort
- Funding for the project is not coming from the Classroom Priority List
2021 Instructional Space Modernization Priorities
- John How presented the Priority List, organized by Classrooms, Instructional and Computer spaces - not in order of priority to receive funding
- The funding amount has not yet been determined
- Design will be undertaken once the President has approved the Priority List
- The four rooms listed in Haynes were originally one room, and the single room was
subdivided over the years
- CPDC would like to remove the walls and create new efficient spaces: including a classroom, a room for graduate student use, and gallery/storage space
- The new rooms will be Registrar-controlled spaces
- CPDC would like to upgrade Cobleigh 429, reorient the space and install new furniture
- IT is planning to install new technology that could be reoriented with the upgrade
- The Priority List includes Roberts 101, previous design work suggested it be removed as a classroom and renovated into a student-use zoned lounge space
- Leon Johnson 346 is currently designed as a small terraced auditorium with limited
ADA accessibility
- Classroom Committee suggests that the room is leveled if possible
- CPDC suggests Herrick Hall 117 is updated and reoriented lengthwise
- CPDC suggests Linfield 113 be updated including new furniture and investigated to improve efficiency by potentially removing or redesigning the tiers
- Roberts Hall rooms 109, 110, and 111 are computer labs prioritized for upgrades
- CPDC is seeking a recommendation from the Classroom Committee to approve the Priority
List
- If the Priority List is fully approved, once funding is solidified CPDC will come back to the Classroom Committee to help determine which spaces are prioritized
- UIT noted that they would typically request funding to support the projects, however for 2022 the IT budget will need to come from the 2021 Instructional Space Modernization Priorities fundin
Tony Campeau moved to recommend the Priority List, and notes that the list is not in order of priority for funding
MSU’s Classroom Committee votes to recommend the 2021 Instructional Space Modernization
Priorities
The Vote: 15 approve, 2 opposed
Gianforte Hall Lectern – Brad Haderlie
The current lectern in NAH 165 was bought to serve as a teaching station and UIT will be replacing the lectern with movable equipment carts to better meet the needs of the faculty