Opportunities
The advisory team was able to organize responses
around seven opportunities for change.
• Centralized area for student support services
• Refresh and redesign across campus
• Updated computer labs to meet the needs of
current programs or students
• Improved adjacencies in administrative and
support departments
• Outdoor gathering spaces for students and
employees • Space for proposed new programs
• Options for student housing
Using these seven opportunities as a launching point,
the advisory team worked together to develop a more
details plan for moving forward.
Centralized area for student
support services
Student Union Style Space
This idea creates a space within the existing building
similar to a student union on a larger campus. By
gathering student support services into the front of
the campus, we can create a close proximity cluster
of services students use on a weekly, monthly or
semester basis. By grouping services together that
students use frequently (1-2 times per week), often
(1-2 times per month), or sporadically (1-2 times
per semester), we create improved adjacencies in
services that will improve student success outcomes.
Existing space constraints and privacy issues were
also taken into account when creating the below
proposed zones.
Zone 1
Zone 3
Creating Scholars
Creating Community
• The Weaver Library
• Academic Success Center
• Office of Student
Engagement • Student Government
• Military Family Center
• Native American
Enrichment Center
• Food cupboard/clothes
closet • Campus Awareness
Resources Empowerment
office Zone 2
Zone 4
Creating Pathways
Creating Connections
• Admissions
• Financial Aid
• Student Accounts
• Advising/career services
• Registrar
• Accommodations
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• Faculty
• Testing Center
• Technology Assistance
Center
Refresh and redesign across campus to
highlight existing programs and create a
cohesive look for campus
• Remodel computer lab area in b-wing to make it
feel more energized and brighter, and better meet
the needs of information technology, computer
programming, and cyber security programs
• Update flooring to create functional area
cohesiveness across campus
• Capitalize on the work being done with the
Lumina Foundation and incorporate new branding
in updated signage across campus, including
improved wayfinding and logo placement
Improved adjacencies in administrative
and support departments
• Create a physical Office of Institutional
Effectiveness • Includes institutional research, grant reporting,
accreditation, assessment, instructional support,
and instructional technology support
Outdoor gathering spaces for students
and employees
• Remove existing wind turbine blade
• Erect fencing to separate campus from private
property to the west of campus
• Develop multiple areas for gathering on
campus grounds
• Create both small gathering/study spaces with
shelter from the sun and wind
• Build larger outdoor gathering space for classes
or cultural events
Plan space for proposed new programs
• Veterinary Technician: adding this program would
require a remodel of the G-wing to create a new
veterinary clinic and lab space; Great Falls Public
Schools’ Career and College Readiness Center,
the print/mail center, and G45/46 classroom
space would need to be relocated.
Facilities Master Plan 2023–2028
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