Facilities Planning, Standards, and Safety Team

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Team Membership

  • Ten-member team: four administrative or staff representatives; one Law School representative; one Dental School representative; one faculty member selected by the MFA from among its members; one elected representative of the McNichols faculty; and two students

  • Reports to Vice President for Business and Finance

Members

2 faculty representatives

Isaiah McKinnon, Education, College of Liberal Arts & Education (term expires 2010)

Darryl Kleinke, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering & Science (MFA)

4 administrative or staff representatives

Tamara Batcheller, Associate Vice President for Facility Operations (term expires 2010)

Letitia Y. Williams, Director of Public Safety (term expires 2010)

Shuvra Das, Associate Dean of Research and Outreach, College of Engineering & Science (term expires 2011)

Linda Small, Chairperson, Associate Vice President for Annual Giving and Director of Alumni Relations (term expires 2011)

1 Dental School representative

Virginia A. Merchant, Biomedical Sciences (term expires 2010) 

1 Law School representative

Kristen Kerr (term expires 2010)

2 student representatives

Jennie Furgal (term expires 2010)
Anjalee Shah (term expires 2010)

2009-10 Charges

  1. Continue to educate the UDM community regarding environmental issues.
  2. Continue to enhance signage and develop way-finding standards.
  3. Work with task force on Emergency Response Plan to educate university community.
  4. Serve as a consulting body for deferred maintenance and capital improvement prioritization.
  5. Continue to seek input from students, staff and faculty concerning facilities and make recommendations or referrals to appropriate departments.

Ongoing Charge

  • Make recommendations regarding ways to prioritize among needed renovation/repairs as well as new projects.

  • Make recommendations regarding compliance with ADA in facilities.

  • Provide ideas for improving campus aesthetics, campus safety and OSHA compliance.

  • Provide ideas for the development of the university's emergency response plan.

  • Provide advice regarding the academic implications and concerns stemming from various facilities plans.

  • Provide ongoing reports to and consultation with the Vice President for Business and Finance.

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