NEAR-TERM PRIORITIES

Alcorn plans to prioritize the completion of the following projects within the plan’s first ten years. These projects are selected to advance the three plan drivers. Goals include:

• Revitalizing the Yard in the heart of campus

• Making the campus more walkable and accessible at key locations

• Decongesting parking through improved utilization of remote lots

• Strategic interventions in the housing supply

• Improving selected key facilities for academics, research, athletics, and campus services

Swing Space

Swing space is needed to temporarily accommodate programs during renovations of facilities. Potential academic swing space includes inactive space in the Bio-Technology Research Building and Dumas Hall, space in the Rudolph Waters Classroom Building, the Natchez Graduate Business Building, and underutilized classrooms throughout the Lorman Campus. These classrooms could become more usable by removing dividing walls or introducing more flexible furniture.

Sources of office and administrative swing space include the fifth floor of the Walter Washington Building. Sources of residential swing space include a renovated Lott Hall; therefore, this renovation is prioritized.

Table 5.4: Summary of Near-Term Priorities Projects by Category

+ Project may rely on the planned comprehensive civil and infrastructural survey of the campus

+ Project could facilitate planned accessibility improvements

+ Project requires an update to the planned campus security lighting project

**Existing beds made available to students through renovation of the closed facility

Ten Year Plan

Though not currently prioritized, the following projects are targeted for completion over the next ten years.

Many of the projects are major contributors to the plan drivers, but acquisition of funds is generally anticipated to happen later for these projects, as Alcorn will focus its efforts on the near-term priorities. Alcorn may move any of these projects to the near-term priorities list if the need or opportunity arises.

Major goals of this phase include:

• Establishing the Welcome Center at the main campus entrance

• Providing innovative resources at the Boyd Library

• Expanding and improving the quality of the housing supply

• Significantly expanding Alcorn’s active research efforts

• Making more efficient use of campus parking

• Enhancing the experience of walking and driving through campus

+ Project may rely on the planned comprehensive civil and infrastructural survey of the campus

+ Project could facilitate planned accessibility improvements

+ Project requires an update to the planned campus security