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1 • e • °•••••••••°•°•••••••••••••••••••• ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER ~` ° • ~ EDU 9. ~ l . CATIONAL FACILITIES t 1 ~ ~~'k l.~ o -~ ~ Twin Cities. campus .~ ~ ~„ FACIUTIES~AND PROGRAM --_.;:~ ~ After years of investment in research facilities ~ _ ,, ~ ~ ~ " ~ , the Academic Health Center (AHC) must now update its learning environments ~ ~' ; 4~"~'~f ~ ~ ~°~ " ~~ r . • Renovation of Academic Health Center class- ~„ ~ Q~.,i.~ rooms and other learning environments will - .improve conditions for nearly 7,000 full-year- "" " equivalent students who use the facilities. • The future of Minnesota's health rests with health ~ _:~ ~ '- professional students..The next generation of health professionals requires new skills and _ competencies that are part of a new curriculum . - • Mayo Auditorium will be restored, meeting . • Upgraded learning environments must be contemporary technology and infrastructure needs and ADA provisions. provided to stay competitive and to continue to attract the best and brightest students who • The Veterinary Medicine Teaching Center will be expect the best learning resources. furnished vvith a flexible, flat-floor classroom to AHC educational facilities require substantial accommodate 200 people, seminar rooms, and distance education facilities. improvements to support the changes in health professional curricula and teaching methods. • The renovated Veterinary Medicine Teaching • Most AHC classrooms are now 25 years old and Center will serve as a resource to the agricultural community. have notbeen substantially improved since they were constructed. - Seventy-five percent of classrooms are large, REQUEST tiered, fixed-seating classrooms of 100+ seats that lack flexibility. $9.6 million + $6.4 million University contribution • To meet modern educational needs, more RROJECT SCOPE flexible, adaptable space will allow for a range of Funds will be used to renovate existing teaching learning environments.. facilities throughout the•AHC including Mayo • More-small-group space for problem-based Auditorium, Veterinary Medicine Teaching Center learning, more flexible large-group space, and (old Dairy Barn), and classrooms and instructional improved technology in all spaces including labs in various AHC buildings. computer-based testing facilities, computer labs, and simulation facilities are needed. Renovation of classrooms and teaching The University of Minnesoto is on equal opportunity educator and employer. laboratories in nine AHC buildings on the .Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis and St. Paul is • proposed.