The Academic Affairs and University Policies Committee and the University Relations Committee convene today. The Facilities and Auxiliaries Committee and the Finance, Audit and Strategic Planning Committee, convene Friday.
IU President Michael McRobbie, IU-Bloomington Provost Lauren Robel and School of Informatics and Computing Dean Bobby Schnabel will update the trustees Thursday about the establishment of an engineering program at ?IU-Bloomington.
The Bicentennial Strategic Plan, approved in December, stated IU’s intent to appoint an external blue ribbon review committee to assess the feasibility of establishing an engineering program at IU-Bloomington.
The committee has proposed that IU establish an engineering program focused on small-scale technologies rather than large-scale artifacts and placed under the School of Informatics and Computing.
The committee has proposed IU launch a Bachelor of Science in engineering and a doctoral degree in engineering by fall 2016 and Master of Science in ?engineering by fall 2017.
Friday, the trustees will vote on three new projects: a new School of Informatics and Computing building, Indiana Memorial Union hotel room renovations and Memorial Hall and Goodbody Hall renovations. If approved, the new 125,000-square-foot School of Informatics and Computing building will encompass faculty offices, meeting spaces, work rooms, classrooms, a large lecture hall and an innovation center, according the agenda.
The trustees will also vote on the new design of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs renovations. If approved, the School of Public and Environmental Affairs will receive a three-story, 34,000-square-foot edition, putting the southern edge of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs roughly even with the southern edge of the new Hodge Hall, according to the agenda.
Ashleigh Sherman
