Building partnerships through collaboration.
Summary Findings
Proposed Field House and Tennis Center on North Campus (Building UB, 105).
The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ has evolved significantly from its inception in 1846, with an initial founding focus of the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ as a medical school, to the present day research intensive public university that is a flagship institution of the State ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of New York system. It is now the largest and most comprehensive campus in the 64 campus SUNY system.
Introduction
The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ grew from those initial roots in Downtown Buffalo to the Main Street Campus, or South Campus as it now known. In 1962, the private ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Buffalo was absorbed into SUNY and became the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ and in 1968 the State ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Construction Fund commissioned a comprehensive campus plan for the newly acquired property in Amherst. This master plan was ambitious:
10.6 million gross square feet (GSF) of buildings to house 32,500 full-time students and an overall campus population of 50,000.
The present day plans for the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ are more realistic in terms of size and population, but equally ambitious in terms of clarity of vision for the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½’s three campuses and a long term strategy for academic excellence and improving the quality of facilities, amenities and the environment.
Please refer to the Phase I Report for detailed description of the history of the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½.
Academic Mission and Strategic Plan
The pursuit and practice of academic excellence is the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½’s guiding institutional principle.
As the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ looks to the future, it is imperative that it establishes the appropriate institutional conditions that will allow academic excellence to flourish. The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ will pursue and practice academic excellence in ways that ensures its institutional commitment to integrity, collegiality, equity, diversity, and to educational access.