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Penn State Altoona Master Plan Process
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Penn State Altoona is undertaking, in cooperation with the Office of Physical Plant (OPP) at University Park, a comprehensive Master Plan Process. The Master Plan deals with facility renovation and construction, and is intended to complement our college strategic plan. The Master Plan categorizes facilities projects into three timeframes: those for which we currently have funding or are on the university's capital plan; near-term projects (5-10 years out); and long range projects. The plan when complete will consist of several documents, including a Campus Exterior Architectural Plan (CEAP). A presentation on the Master Plan will be made by Dr. Bechtel-Wherry to the Penn State Board of Trustees at summer's end or early fall.
The process of developing this plan began in January 2009 with visits from OPP, who, along with key campus representatives, formed a Steering Committee (listed below). The steering committee began by commissioning a Master Program Statement, prepared by the Office of Planning and Assessment, which extrapolated and summarized the strategic plan to 2018. The steering committee also developed a first draft Vision and Objectives Statement, which gave the big picture of themes and goals for the Master Plan, and a first draft Master Plan Program Overview, which contained ideas for specific facilities projects in each category. This document was developed from the 2004 Master Plan, augmented by facilities projects that were developed and conceived of since 2004, largely through the strategic planning process, which involved the entire campus. The Steering Committee consisted of the following members:
- Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry, Chancellor
- Mike Long, Assistant Director of Business Operations
- Gregory Scott, Director Facilities Spt SVCS
- Daniel Sieminski, Associate VP for Finance and Business
- Wm. Dennis Stewart, Consultant and Former Director of Business Operations
- Gordon Turow, Director of Campus Planning and Design
- Andy Vavreck, Interim Director of Business Operations
- Rick Wareham, Project Manager
- Steven Watson, University Planner
- Ken Womack, Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
The steering committee made a recommendation for a campus-wide Master Plan Committee that was approved by the provost. The Master Plan Committee was chosen to represent a wide cross-section of our campus community.
An additional faculty member will soon be named from Math and Natural Sciences
Division to ensure that each division has a faculty member to represent them on
the Master Plan committee (in addition to having a division head who is a
faculty member from MNS).
The Master Plan Committee Members are:
- Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry, Chancellor
- Todd D. Batzel, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering (Business and Engineering)
- Richard C. Bell, Assistant Professor of Chemistry (Mathematics and Natural Sciences)
- Alison Bonsell, Director of Housing and Food Services
- Donna Bon, Instructor of Entrepreneurship (Business and Engineering)
- David Breon, Manager, Capital and Space Planning
- Chris Cycak, Student Representative (President, Student Government Association)
- L. Edward Day, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology (Education, Human Development, and Social Sciences
- Matt Evans, Assistant Professor of Political Science (Arts and Humanities)
- Noel Feeley, Theatre and Gallery Manager
- Michael R. Gannon, Professor of Biology (Mathematics and Natural Sciences)
- Rob Hippo, Director of Finance
- Christopher Hurley, Senior Director, Housing and Food Services, Commonwealth Campuses and Culinary Support Services
- Sean Kelly, Director of Student Affairs
- Suzanne Kuhn, Senior Instructor and Nursing Coordinator (Education, Human Development, and Social Sciences)
- Mike Long, Assistant Director of Business Operations
- Nicholas Miskovsky, Professor of Physics, Division Head of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- Gregory Scott, Director Facilities Spt SVCS
- Daniel Sieminski, Associate VP for Finance and Business
- Richard Singer, Instructor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Chair, Penn State Altoona Faculty Senate
- Wm. Dennis Stewart, Consultant and Former Director of Business Operations
- Rebecca Strzelec, Associate Professor of Visual Arts (Arts and Humanities)
- Gordon Turow, Director of Campus Planning and Design
- Andy Vavreck, Interim Director of Business Operations, Chair
- Rick Wareham, Project Manager
- Steven Watson, University Planner
- Ken Womack, Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Beginning with a charge meeting on February 25, the Master Plan Committee began reviewing and modifying the first draft Vision and Objectives Statement. The Master Plan Committee was asked in that meeting to disseminate and discuss the Vision and Objectives Statement, and provide feedback to the rest of the committee. At a second meeting of the Master Plan Committee, on March 8, discussion took place on the Vision and Objectives Statement, and the committee began to discuss ideas in the draft Master Plan Program Overview which was provided by the Steering Committee. Based on that meeting, the Vision and Objectives Statement was revised into a second draft. The committee was asked to continue to meet and discuss both documents with their constituencies and develop additional ideas for facilities projects.
On April 10, 2009, an open forum was held in the Misciagna Theater, at which faculty, staff and students received an overview presentation on where the college is in the Master Plan process, and had an opportunity to comment on the planning documents currently being worked on. The presentation given at the open forum is posted above. The Master Plan Committee will meet again on May 8.
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