ACUI-2018-Student-Union-Improvements-Plan-B-Final-Slide-Deck

Plan B: How to improve your student union when your grand plans are crushed Plan B Team  Chuck Price, University of Nevada, Reno  Director, Joe Crowley Student Union  Sylvana Cicero, California State University, Long Beach  Director, Univ Student Union/Student Recreation & Wellness Center  Marcy Maloney, Cal Poly  Executive Director, Associated Students, Inc  Matt Bohannon, Brailsford & Dunlavey, Inc  Regional Vice President  Rich Bamburak, WTW Architects  Senior Principal Context  Higher Education Costs  Construction Costs  Referendum Database Cost of Education  Declining State Support Cost of Education  Impact of Fees Cost of Construction Referendum Database  Database of 100+ Referendums for Large Fee Funded Projects (Unions, Rec, Arenas)  Academic Year Fee Range $12-$570  73% Success Rate Overall  62% Success Rate in Past Five Years  80% Success Rate in Past 10 Years Referendum Database % Success Rate by Academic Year Fee 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 73% 80% 89% 50% 40% 43% 30% 29% 20% 10% 0% Less than $100 $100-$199  $200-$299 Average Academic Year Fee in Past Years $292 $300-$399 $400+ Three “best” projects What went wrong? Cal Poly Cal Poly Cal Poly Cal Poly University of Nevada, Reno East Expansion Lombardi Recreatio n Center Northeast Expansion Level 10,990 GSF Level 7,406 GSF Joe Crowley Student Union North Expansion Levels 41,846 GSF West Expansion Level 2,310 GSF Knowledge Commons University of Nevada, Reno California State University, Long Beach California State University, Long Beach California State University, Long Beach California State University, Long Beach Lessons Learned Looking Back and Moving Forward Lessons Learned  What did we see coming but ignored?  What didn’t we see?  What did we counter, but didn’t work? The Skill of Accepting a Setback  How have you been able to move forward with elements of your project vision? Moving Forward     How you keep your students motivated? What are new efforts to improve your union? How you prioritize improvements? What other funding mechanisms have you investigated? Thank you from the Plan B Team  Chuck Price, University of Nevada, Reno  cprice@unr.edu  Sylvana Cicero, California State University, Long Beach  Sylvana.Cicero@csulb.edu  Marcy Maloney, Cal Poly  mmaloney@calpoly.edu  Matt Bohannon, Brailsford & Dunlavey  mbohannon@programmanagers.com  Rich Bamburak, WTW Architects  rbamburak@wtwarch.com