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Traditional, siloed faculty offices are no longer the best option for serving student and staff needs. Open-concept faculty neighborhoods benefit staff by creating a collaborative working environment, and they benefit students by providing space for them to speak openly with professors. This session will demonstrate how innovative faculty neighborhoods increase collaboration and dialogue, supporting the working and learning experience for faculty, students, and the whole institution. We'll demonstrate how you can get the most out of your campus working environments by implementing creative layouts that are designed to boost collaboration and connection while retaining space for personal reflection and rejuvenation.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Assess the current faculty work environment on your campus and evaluate opportunities to maximize collaboration by shifting to faculty neighborhoods.
2. Make the case to other campus stakeholders for investing in faculty neighborhoods by outlining the clear benefits to students and faculty, as well as the economic benefit of repurposing underutilized space.
3. Identify student and employee groups and representatives to engage in the planning process through surveys and workshops.
4. Discuss the design process behind creating faculty neighborhoods by incorporating a balance of personal staff workspaces, focus rooms, resource areas, rejuvenation spaces, and a mix of open and closed collaboration spaces.

Presenters:

Dan Eikenberry, Associate Principal, Perkins&Will
Margaret Lutton, Executive Director, Institutional and Strategic Development, Tarrant County College District

Delivered 07/23/2024.

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