Stony Brook University Logo and Search Bar http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/search.shtml
Title Bar for Draft 5 year plan

      11 of 13  red arrow, next page

10. CREATE AN INCREASINGLY VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE CAMPUS COMMUNITY.

Expanding the student body and enhancing the student experience will require the further development of campus programs and facilities, including residential facilities, classrooms, and laboratories. Key to this effort will be addressing the absence of a college town by creating a campus center with shops and services that serve the campus community and provide a focal point for social life. The center will be designed to meet students’ practical needs and leisure choices, and benefit the entire University community. The Recreation Center in design in 2008 will complement these facilities as a center of campus life.

The second focus for developing campus life will be further development of intercollegiate athletics to promote school spirit, provide exciting weekend and evening activities for students, and improve community relations. Stony Brook will elevate football to a fully funded NCAA Division I (FCS) scholarship program and build winning teams, while maintaining an absolute commitment to student-athletes’ academic success.

A third focus will be further embracing as members of the extended campus community Stony Brook’s growing alumni population, 129,000 members strong in 2007. Key to this effort will be creating an Alumni Center to maintain alumni contacts; coordinate alumni activities on and off campus; and provide a location for current students, faculty, and staff to meet with alumni.

In addition to these primary initiatives, Stony Brook will continue efforts to enhance campus life and the integration of students, faculty, and staff into an inclusive and caring campus community, and ensure their safety. Programs will accelerate the socialization of new students during student recruitment, summer orientation and registration, the opening of school, and the early weeks of the semester to teach newcomers about campus traditions, rituals, and ways of doing things. Communication among all members of the campus will be enhanced through the use of information technology and other means. A campus hotel will provide convenient and welcoming accommodations for campus events and visitors.

ACTIONS:            

  1. Stony Brook will create a campus center to fill the role of a college town in campus life.
  2. Stony Brook will build a Recreation Center.            
  3. Stony Brook will continue to build a successful intercollegiate athletics program by promoting the athletic and academic success of student-athletes.
  4. Stony Brook will expand activities that engage students in the intellectual, recreational, and social life of the campus community.            
  5. Stony Brook will continue to improve the services and infrastructure that create a safe and caring campus.
  6. Stony Brook will become a model campus for providing an inclusive multicultural environment to all students, faculty, and staff.            
  7. Stony Brook will increase efforts to instill pride in students, faculty, staff, and alumni as members of the Stony Brook community.
  8. Stony Brook will create an Alumni Center and expand alumni activities.            
  9. Stony Brook will enhance campus communication through new venues, including a Web portal, electronic message boards, employee town hall meetings, and divisional action teams.
  10. Stony Brook will continue to beautify the campus, improve its facilities, and reduce its impact on the natural environment.            
  11. Stony Brook will work with developers to add an on-campus hotel to accommodate research conferences and other activities, campus guests, and students’ and patients’ families. 

 

Page 11 of 13 red arrow, next page