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The completion of the new Science Center will create an opportun that has never existed at Bethel--the chance to rethink the orga of programs and spaces. Projects beyond the time frame of the ca master plan become part of that opportunity: a new University-w library learning commons would promote learning and student succ and allow much of the Hagstrom Center to be reconceptualized. Additional planning is required in three key areas: The academic experience: if space is available to organize academic programs for new synergies and to create place-based identities, how should that be done? The residential experience: what level of academic and social integration should take place in the residence halls and what kinds of spaces should new and remodeled housing have? The student success experience: what programs, services, and spaces help students understand and take advantage of the opportunities available at Bethel to persist, to graduate, and to discover their calling? The level-by-level concepts on this page are a starting point f part of that discussion: what physical organization might best that experience? Two organizing themes are at the core. Level 3 is considered Main Street on the interconnected Bethel campus. However, it lacks many of the attributes associated with Main Street: zones or blocks of activity, distinguishable neigh identities, or street signs and clearly marked intersections. It be envisioned as a learning street, presenting academic opportun to all the senses--the sight of a digital ticker tape outside th economics department; the sounds of the campus radio station or music practice; the sights and sounds of students studying toget the library; students and faculty engaged in conversation in a dedicated to the liberal arts with the coffee shop just around t Each block should have a different look and feel that invites ex and creates a visible identity for resident programs and service The second major organizing theme continues the Main Street conc into what is functionally the Bethel Village Square--the second level space in the Brushaber Commons. Relocating current occupants of the second level of the Academic Center allows that entire space become a center for student opportunity and student support: fo example, student government, student organizations, study abroad internships, mission work and one-stop student services. Finally locating Campus Ministries in the Village Square emphasizes the importance of faith in all aspects of life at Bethel University. 14