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Analyzing Educational Campus Environments:The Terry Student Center

WTC LUC


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“ Whether in the form of classrooms, studentorganizations, department offices, residence hall

or the complete campus, educational environmenexert their influence long before students enter

them. Such influence is recognized in the degreeattraction or repulsion a student may feel for anparticular setting, and those environments foundmost attractive are presumed to exert the greatesinfluence in terms of encouraging individuals t join them” (Strange & Banning, 2001, p. 137


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The Terry Student Center


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Water Tower Campus Lifehttp://www.luc.edu/wtcl/about/

● “WTCL facilitates student formation in its deepest sense, integrating intellectual, ethical,

spiritual and emotional-social development.”

● “We provide outreach to upper-class, graduate and professional students through a variety o

programs, services and advocacy efforts, working together with faculty, staff and student

organizations.”

● Strive to exemplify the following values:

○ Hospitality

○ Service

○ Holistic Education

○ Faith and Spiritual Development

○ Diversity


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“Environments seen as least attractive are molikely to repel individuals” (Strange & Banni

2001, p. 137).


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Terry Student Center


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PhysicalEnvironment

Physical environments build community byproviding spaces where students can congregate for

formal and informal discussion and meetings

(Strange & Banning, 2000)

● Architecture

● Unwelcoming

● Safety concerns

● Claustrophobic spaces


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Human AggregateStrange and Banning define the human aggregate as the demographic (e.gsocial identity groups, academic majors) and typological composition (e.

personality types, learning styles, vocational interests) of those who occupyenvironment.

● Graduate students ( generally speaking are...)○ competitive○ academically intense○ highly motivated○ mature○ lack of time or money for socializing○ experience periods of high stress, fatigue, exhaustion, and even tot

overwhelmed by how you needs to be accomplished


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The whole campus must be considered learning space anevery space should be considered in terms of how it

supports learning.Lack of space for graduate studentsshows:

○ no sense of community orsupport

○ every person for themselvesmentality

○ space of isolation■ no space for open/group

collaboration○ lack of visible bonding○ challenges

“I don't know that all Terry as a gathering phub of activity. In facis quite dead througho- Katherine Murphy, AsResident Director, Baum


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“A sense of community is important” (Strang& Banning, 2001, p. 28).


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Graduate Student Community

Structural Component:

■ The organizational structure of the environment includes policies and procedur

attitudes about efficiency and productivity, and protocols regarding hierarchy an

formality.

■ “Organizations… are ‘deliberately constructed and reconstructed to seek specif

goals” (Parsons, 1960, as cited in Strange & Banning, 2001, p. 59)

● What were the goals in the recent renovation?

○ Who established those goals?

● Transition and swing spaces: Does anyone know Dr. Robert Kelly, Vice

President - Division of Student Development has an office up there? Doe

know he has an office?


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Perceived/constructed climate:

● The constructed climate includes assumptions

about ways of being and doing held in the

community, norms for getting thingsdone that have developed over time and

are no longer questioned, and the group’s

espoused and enacted values.

● “Perceived characteristics of the environment,

in turn, exert a directional influence on behavior” (Strange & Banning, 2001, p. 85)

● Destination not a place to hang out


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Safety:● “Folks feel pretty safe and secure.”

- Ann Marie Morgan, Associate Director ofCampus Life - Water Tower Campus

● Public

Impetus to get involved:

● “Net zero.” - Ann Marie Morgan, Director of Camp Water Tower Campus


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“Communities offer a sense of belonging, security and engagement of

participants” (Strange & Banning, 2001, p. 161)

● Formation of a “Graduate Student Council”

Ambition of this new student organization is to “Aid in gaining University recognition as a s

body, inform colleagues [peers?] of potential school policies

that affect the graduate student community, and helping to organize

an interdisciplinary Graduate Orientation”

● Graduate Compass

http://www.luc.edu/wtcl/gradstudentlife/graduatecompass/

“Involvement includes time spent on campus”

(Strange & Banning, 2001, p. 138)

http://www.luc.edu/wtcl/gradstudentlife/graduatecompass/


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Wellness Center

● “While the Terry Center offers a nicespace for students, it is quite small andmost of its services upstairs and out ofsight. The Wellness Center is probablythe most utilized service at Terry andsees quite a lot of students.”

-Katherine Murphy, Baumhart Hall ARD

● “Presence of the Wellness Center hasdrawn a different population ofstudents than what TSC saw before.”

-Ann Marie Morgan, Associate Director ofCampus Life - Water Tower Campus


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Wellness Center


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Wellness Center

Physical artifacts of support or nonsupport camany form (Strange and Banning, 2001)

Non-verbal messages are often seen as moretruthful than verbal or written message

(Strange and Banning, 2001, p. 17)


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Fitness Center

“The fitness cen with Baumhart rhowever I don't k

non-residents pacosts $10/day. Whave a new spaclacks the facilitiefind at Halas. Onequipment and liare provided.”

-Katherine MurpHall ARD

Photo ID required to enter space, yet anyone can enter the building freely

○ when visited the Fitness Center, there was no one‘on duty’ monitoring this


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Spiritual Resources

All prayer spaces that exist for any tradthat is not Christian only exist at the LaShore Campus and there is no spaceallocated on either campus to supportBuddhist or Atheistic student developm(as well as many other religions).

For those spaces that do exist - studentmust take a thirty minute shuttle ride ifwant to be in a space that affirms their

spiritual identity.


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Campus Dining - Lu’s Deli

● Lu's is a small shop whereone can get sandwiches andpasta salads.

● There is nowhere on thefirst floor to sit, so mostlypeople just order, pay, andleave

● Hours are Sunday –Thursday 11:00 am - 12:00

am Friday – Saturday 11:00 am - 1:00am


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Lu’s

“Students who are on meal plans frequently visit the terry studentcenter because it is one of the places you can use the plans.”

[Students with meal plans] are one of the few [student groups]that are using the facility. A Lot of feedback about Lu’s Deli andthe food. Students are concerned about their options [referencingthe lack of options at Lu’s specifically]). Dining experience issomewhat of a hot topic.”

- Ann Marie Morgan, Associate Dean of Students - WTC


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Campus Dining - Lu’s Pub

● The basement is design with small high tables a

○ sports bar atmosp○ jerseys assembled

push pins● Two big flat screen T.V● Dark with soft bar room● There are no windows c

claustrophobic, caged in● Virtually hidden.● The only access to the b

staircase.

The lack of eating space shows


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The lack of eating space shows….· students do not eat together which creates anunwelcoming environment· isolated studying and no space for opencollaboration.· no room for interdisciplinary interaction between graduate students.

-working on group projects= co-learningor co-knowledge is not important

· students do not feel connected to theircampus community and feel like they have noownership of their campus


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“There are no clearly defined criteria for an idealenvironment that can meet everyone’s requirements. Buwe are much more likely to achieve an optimum

environment when critical decisions about constructingand changing the environment are in the hands of peopl

who live and function in it” (Moo, 1986, p. 4, as cited Strange & Banning, 2001, p. 3)


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Recommendations

● Despite all thesecriticisms,please don’t callit the Terry Scary Center


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Recommendations

● Embrace allstakeholders

● Use data from LSCto evaluateequitable practicesfor WTC

● Evaluate wastespace

● Consult outsidresources/extereview

● Microwaves


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References

Strange, C.C. & Banning, J.H. (20o1). Educating by design: Creating campuenvironments that work. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

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