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PLATNING ISSUES & ANALYSES III <br />appropriate materials in conjunction with costs, both front end and long <br />term. <br />4. How does workplan account for inflation? <br />Events Services 1 Difficult to meet all needs due to availability pressure from many differ- <br />ent interests on campus. <br />2 Pressure from academic needs versus music performances and special <br />events; is there need to re -assess goals and objectives for potential con- <br />flicts as they relate to academic mission and ministry/ outreach mis- <br />sion? <br />Academic Program Issues <br />1. A limit on enrollment has been established due to existing facilities <br />capacity. <br />2. Current demographics indicate that traditional college age students are <br />peaking within the next 2 or 3 years. How will this affect the enrollment <br />increases that NWC has been experiencing over the last 5 to 10 years? <br />By Department <br />Art & Graphic Design 1. <br />Faculty: 3 FT and 4 PT <br />2. <br />Have 56 Art majors this year, normally plan for 40-45; have 94 in Art <br />Appreciation, prefer 48. <br />3. <br />Art Department enrollment has increased from 41 students in 1990 to <br />57 students in 1995, and 130 students in 2000. (a 217% increase over 10 <br />years, and a 1287o increase over the last 5 years) How long will this <br />last. <br />3. <br />Feeling pinch for space in current Totino fine Arts Building areas. (Space <br />was built in 1982 when college was 700 total students.) Too many <br />classes in one space <br />4. <br />In temporary space, no investment in safety, equipment, air quality. Air <br />quality a major concern due to art processes. Examples: air quality in <br />printmaking; concern for open flame with wood structure; bronze pours <br />in parking lot (seasonal weather and restrictions). <br />5. <br />Discussed Nazareth Gym space conversion as permanent solution (cur- <br />rent temporary home) into two levels of instructional space. Upper <br />level could make nice art spaces due to large volume and daylight. <br />Could hold: a) Sculpture / 3-D Design Studio, b) Kiln / Foundry Room, <br />and c) Drawing/ 2-D Design Studio. <br />6. <br />Students complain difficult to set up projects for long enough periods <br />of time. <br />7. <br />Students perceive that the College's view on its instructional facilities is <br />a reflection of how the College feels about its students. <br />NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN PARTNERS & SIRNY ARCHITECTS PAGE 3.5 <br />