OT - Herbst hiring a Campus Master Planner / Architect

[junglehusky]

Message from President Herbst: University Master Plan

I think I know who would fit the bill:

 

[CL82]

Herbst: Please send in the next candidate.

The Architect: I am the Architect. I've been waiting for you. You have many questions, and although you are the president of this university, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand, and some of them you will not. Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also the most irrelevant.

Herbst: We'll let you know. Thank you for coming.

The Architect: Wait? What? We're just getting started...

Herbst: Thank you for your interest in the University of Connecticut.... Next!

 

[ZooCougar]

Phew. For a second there I thought you were going to suggest resurrecting Robert E. Lee.

Message from President Herbst: University Master Plan

I think I know who would fit the bill:

 

[Palatine]

In the old days Herbst would be known as a smart cookie.

 

[ZooCougar]

Susie's got this.

 

[SubbaBub]

The University has a master plan. It actually has a few too many. But, the bigger problem is that they are very short sighted and often ignored on a moments notice.

The other problem is the number of people influencing it and they wildly divergent agendas.

I am speaking of past administrations here so, maybe Susan can cut through all that but there is a problem. Aesthetically and functionally the campus under performs its setting (I'm being charitable). Improvements have been made under UConn 2000 and UC21, but until they set an intelligent core campus boundary, deal with the DEEP problem, utility services, and embrace knocking some stuff down, it will never be what it should be.

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[CL82]

I think that it is a good idea. Too often design, aesthetics and location of a new building are limited to that project's needs only. It makes much more sense to have a master plan and single vision so that future development isn't haphazard with competing goals and visions. Herbst is a savy administrator whose professional forward looking approach is going leave a hugely beneficial mark on the university.

 

[Nostical]

This is another great example of how B1G she thinks.

 

[Doggie Style]

This is another great example of how B1G she thinks.

Oh, I see what u did there. U substituted B1G for Big, just like the Big 10.......