Wichita State University - Parnassus Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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circulation concept seems the solution for Wichita State University's problem of traffic congestion. The proposed perimeter road system will alleviate city-campus vehicular conflicts with a continuous internal connection to all the parking resources. This circular road surrounding the campus will provide not only convenient vehicular movement from parking lot to parking lot, but an easy, free-from-vehicular-conflict walking distance from any point to the core of the campus. All plans suggested are flexible. Any long-range plan such as this one through 1984 must contain enough flexibility to accommodate without undue strain, change in tradition, administrators and faculty, demands from stuents, and demands from the community: for it is these four very changeable parameters that make and shape the University. All of the development plans are based on well-studied statistics. The enrollment projection for 1984 does reflect the leveling off of student enrollment anticipated for the entire nation. The decline in birth rates that began in the late 1950's is accommodated, but the enrollment plan also assumes that Wichita will continue to grow as a metropolitan area. In addition, the enrollment r-, , Y projections assume that more and more adults will return for a variety of educational experiences. The current projection for 1984 is 16,900 headcount students with a full time equivalent of 12,000. To be prepared for the unknown, however, the University planners test the planning options against a possible 25,000 figure. Wichita State University planners do not think of students merely as statistics, however. In all of the construction plans, constant attention is paid to not only the physical needs of students, but the aesthetic ones as well. Under the provision of Design, the physical educational environment of the University is viewed as to how it affects the student. The design objective is to create a campus image which has a positive effect. The challenge is to not only create enough building space, but to create a campus with a definite learning environment. Not just a smooth working environment, but one which invites social discourse and mixing: one which encourages involvement. ,,...-f-1 ., .. W, .. .N tri proposed Liberal Arts Building WSUl27 l r l i

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WSU Tomorrow Wichita State University is rapidly expanding as it leaves behind its role as a small municipal university and accepts the responsibility belonging to a large, multi-purpose state university. It must now constantly look to the future so it may prepare to meet the anticipated needs of its students. An Office of Planning was established in 1969 to coordinate both physical and academic planning. Although the aspects of academic planning do quietly proceed, it is the physical planning that constantly catches the student eye. It is physical planning that so often changes the student's path between classes. The variety of projects all result from extensive data collecting and processing. A 17-member Land Use Planning and Design Committee, composed of students, faculty, university alumni, members of the Board of Trustees and key University officials, is in charge of reviewing all projects related to the physical development of the campus, considering both land use aesthetics and environmental considerations. Wichita State University's Office of Plannings, under the direction of Dr. George Ploatt has drawn up development plans through 1984 for the University. New buildings in this plan recently completed include the Life Sciences Building, McKnight Fine Arts Center and the Marcus Center for Continuing Education. Projects under construction this school year are the Engineering Laboratory Building and the Liberal Arts and Sciences Building. Future projects include the Health Sciences Building, which will house the College of Health Related Professions and the WSU Branch of the University of Kansas School of Medicine, a Physical Education Building to be built east of the Corbin Center by 21st Street: building for the College of Education, two office and classroom buildings to be located on the site occupied by the sorority houses: and two high-rise parking garages, one to serve the north portion of the campus and another for the south. A few of the older buildings will be remodeled. lVlcKinley Hall is nearly completed and Jardine Hall is soon to follow. To a large extent the present and proposed building represents a backlog of space deficits which have occurred since the University's entry into the state System. A smaller portion of the new space reflects the need to replace obsolete buildings and to provide for growth. Aside from building projects, an extensive rerouting of campus streets is suggested and currently underway. A 4- -ff f f M -A-N -s - , Q ,,, - - -'A' .- ,tr , , 'ff 'mfr' V3 g as ga f rift? . ff ,f',...a.,.,4sfffffgf-4 Q 'Q 'tfffff ,,,,,,,7W- ' j sNff'5lYqvv M ' X, 1 I ,A A . X g X, , -. - x sr-A. ., i I if ,. ..,.,. .f.tf,L, , A L , -.... , N e Pave: --f ,,,ar ' 1 ' -Q., CW ' .... A.. . N. z fm ,lf - 'J' f -5, 26fWSU ........,......,. ......,,....T.....-o.,.s...-d,o:seA,:::.4Lg,:.Q.,.,,,g..-.,..Eu:':a:s. r ,..,,.,...,........,,:...u::,,. ,f.,L:.:.:. 5:51, ,. r I: ,. .... '..,...4.,,..,. .. ,w,:J,-su ...- , he 1 ' -the V, g ,, f 4 f f , if 42 , 1 f ,J ff , , 1 ' f P.. .w w A . ' P - -.Sf 4' I V , A-l4 7' r f -' -.1 ,Z A ,Y shfign.-1 '11, ft, if , , V QV 1, .xl i x . x I. K .gt I , V M, in riff . Q, frflu TN, , 3 i, . . 1, ,ef cgi. Vw f ' t 'V J ' ' f tk h 4 . X, A L W 5 H M i ' 1 f 3 proposed Engineering Complex

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