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DOCUMENTS OF THE GENERAL FACULTY
Following are the minutes of the regular
Faculty Council meeting of February 18, 2002.
<signed>
John R. Durbin, Secretary
The General Faculty
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR FACULTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF
February 18, 2002
The fifth regular meeting of the Faculty
Council for the academic year 2001-2002 was held in Room 212 of the Main
Building on Monday, February 18, 2002, at 2:15 P.M.
ATTENDANCE.
Present: Mark I. Alpert, Anthony P. Ambler, Katherine M.
Arens, Neal E. Armstrong, Victor L. Arnold, Matthew J. Bailey, Joyce
L.
Banks, Glen S. Baum, Gerard H. Bþhague, Lynn E. Blais, David G. Bogard,
Daniel A. Bonevac, Joanna M. Brooks, Michael J. Churgin, Richard L. Cleary,
Dana L. Cloud, Donald G. Davis, Patrick J. Davis, Thomas W. Dison, Minette
E. Drumwright, John R. Durbin, Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Larry R. Faulkner,
Alan W. Friedman, Omer R. Galle, Dorie J. Gilbert, John C. (Jack) Gilbert,
Michael H. Granof, Marvin L. Hackert, James L. Hill, Julie R. Irwin,
Judith
A. Jellison, Ward W. Keeler, Karrol A. Kitt, Robert C. Koons, David R.
Kracman, David A. Laude, William S. Livingston, Francis L. Miksa, Melvin
E. L. Oakes, Patricia C. Ohlendorf, Melissa L. Olive, Alba A. Ortiz,
Bruce
P. Palka, Theodore E. Pfeifer, Esther L. Raizen, Linda E. Reichl, Elizabeth
Richmond-Garza, Cynthia W. Shelmerdine, Mark R. V. Southern, Michael
P.
Starbird, Teresa A. Sullivan, Daniel A. Updegrove, Frances Elizabeth
Valdez, N. Bruce Walker, James R. Yates.
Absent: Efraim P. Armendariz, Brigitte L. Bauer (excused),
Harold W. Billings, Douglas G. Biow, Dean A. Bredeson, Kathryn E. Brown,
Cindy I. Carlson, Patricia L. Clubb, Lesley A. Dean-Jones (excused), Andrew
P. Dillon, John D. Dollard, Edwin Dorn, John D. Downing, Robert Freeman,
Nell H. Gottleib, Lita A. Guerra, Donald A. Hale (excused),* Von Matthew
(Matt) Hammond, Barbara J. Harlow (excused), Thomas M. Hatfield, Kevin
P. Hegarty, Sharon D. Horner, Manuel J. Justiz (excused), Martin W. Kevorkian,
Stefan M. Kostka, Richard W. Lariviere, Steven W. Leslie, David R. Maidment,
Glenn Y. Masada (excused), Robert G. May, Thomas G. Palaima, David M.
Parichy, Elmira Popova, William C. Powers, Mary Ann R. Rankin, Johnnie
D. Ray, Kevin Robnett, Victoria Rodriguez, David J. Saltman, Juan M. Sanchez,
Dolores Sands, Janet Staiger (excused), Salomon A. Stavchansky, Frederick
R. Steiner, Ben G. Streetman, Janice S. Todd (excused), Jarrad Allen Toussant,
James W. Vick, Phyllis Boyd Waelder, Ellen A. Wartella, Mary F. Wheeler,
Barbara W. White, Michael P. Young.
| Voting Members: |
44
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present, |
30
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absent, |
74
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total. |
| Non-Voting Members: |
12
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present, |
24
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absent, |
36
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total. |
| Total Members: |
56
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present, |
54
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absent, |
110
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total.
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*Correction made on April 22, 2002, to reflect excused absence.
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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
There were no questions about the written report (D
1692-1695).
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II.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
| A. |
The minutes of the Faculty Council
meeting of January 28, 2002, were approved by voice vote (D
1696-1704).
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COMMUNICATION WITH THE PRESIDENT.
| A. |
Comments by the President.
President Faulkner said the administration would soon provide
information on next year's budget. He said it would be impossible
to support everything that deserved support, but he believed
it would be possible to address some critical issues and to
maintain steady momentum.
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Questions to the President.
There were none.
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IV.
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REPORT OF THE CHAIR.
Chair Bruce Palka (mathematics) complimented Chair elect Michael Granof
(accounting) for the presentation he had made, concerning the proposed
infrastructure charge, at the Board of Regents meeting on January
14. The chair also said he had referred the issue of teaching continuity
and restructured faculty workload upon the birth of adoption of a
child back to the Faculty Welfare Committee.
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V.
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REPORT OF THE CHAIR ELECT.
Professor Granof announced that the annual meeting of the Faculty
Council with the Faculty Senate of Texas A&M would be in College
Station on March 25. He pointed out that the two universities have
many common
interests, and urged members to plan to attend.
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VI.
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SPECIAL ORDERS — None.
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VII.
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PETITIONS — None.
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VIII.
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
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Proposal from the Faculty Grievance Committee
to Create an Office of the Faculty Ombudspersons (D
1652-1655).
This item had been introduced at the January 18 meeting of the
Council, but action was not completed due to the loss of a quorum.
(See D 1700-1701 of the minutes
of the January meeting.) The item was reintroduced by Martha
Hilley (music), chair of the Faculty Grievance Committee. Professor
Hilley said she wanted to stress the importance of continuity
in dealing with grievance issues, and said that the current
system, which relied heavily on the chair of the Grievance Committee,
did not provide such continuity.
Executive Vice President and Provost Ekland-Olson said that
he had disapproved an earlier proposal for creating such a position,
primarily because of the expected cost. He believed that the
issue of cost had now been adequately addressed, in part because
of expected assistance from the Office of the Provost and the
Office of the General Faculty. He also said that previous chairs
of the Faculty Grievance Committee had convinced him of the
importance of an ombudsperson. Therefore, he supported the proposal
now being considered.
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John C. Gilbert (chemistry
and biochemistry) repeated his reservations (D
1700-1701) about the cost of creating such an office,
in light of the University's current budget problems. He was
opposed to the motion.
Alan Friedman (English), said that his experience as chair
of the Grievance Committee and as a member of the committee
convinced him of the need for an ombudsperson. He said the
current arrangement created too heavy a burden on the chair
of the committee, and contributed to an unsatisfactory system
for handling grievances. He strongly supported the motion.
The motion to support the proposal was approved by a voice
vote.
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IX.
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REPORTS OF THE GENERAL FACULTY, COLLEGES AND
SCHOOLS, AND COMMITTEES — None.
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NEW BUSINESS.
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Resolution from the Faculty Building Advisory
Committee — Spring 2002 (D
1691) .
Professor Gilbert, chair of the Faculty Building Advisory
Committee, moved the adoption of a motion to support the resolution.
He said the committee's intent was to address the trend of
academic buildings being constructed or renovated with little
or no general-purpose classroom space. He supported the point
with the tables reproduced in the appendix
to these minutes, and said the table showed that the lack
of classroom space in buildings constructed in the past decade
was shocking. He said the tables also supported the figure
of 15% in the resolution as being reasonable.
Joyce Banks (graduate student assembly), asked for clarification
of "academic building" and "general-purpose classrooms." Professor
Gilbert said that, generally speaking, athletics facilities,
power plants, and office buildings would not be academic
buildings,
but buildings housing faculty would be unless they were constructed
purely for research.
Linda Reichl (physics) pointed out that some buildings had
classrooms that were not general-purpose classrooms (that
is, not controlled by the Office of Official Publications)
but were controlled by faculty in a specific school or college.
She said that tended to reduce the pressure for general-purpose
classrooms.
Katherine Arens (Germanic studies) said that the E. P. Schoch
Building, where her department is located, had an anthropology
lab but no general-purpose classrooms in which to teach language
classes. She said that when one of the buildings in which
the business school is located was renovated, classrooms were
converted to computer labs, offices, and space for other purposes.
Marvin Hackert (chemistry and biochemistry) said he was in
favor of more general-purpose classrooms, but he was uncomfortable
with the 15% standard proposed in all cases; he thought some
buildings could have more and perhaps some buildings less.
Professor Gilbert emphasized that the resolution explicitly
allowed for exceptions to the 15% guideline.
Mark Alpert (marketing administration) was concerned that
the 15% standard might be applied when a building with less
than 15% classes was renovated, in which a school or college
could lose offices or other space. Professor Gilbert was sympathetic
with that concern, but repeated that the resolution allowed
for exceptions. Professor Arens emphasized that before the
business school converted classrooms to other purposes, German
courses were often taught there.
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.The secretary (mathematics) said that he
strongly supported the motion. He supported Professor Arens'
remarks about the business school by saying that the mathematics
department had once taught a number of classes there. He said
his own department taught classes all over the campus, and
some of the rooms were very unsatisfactory. He singled out
ESB 333 as an example, saying he thought it the worst he had
seen for a large mathematics class, especially given its shape,
its acoustics, and the limited blackboard space. (The chair
suggested the rifle range was worse.) The secretary thought
that what had been allowed to happen in recent years (as supported
by the committee's tables) was ridiculous. He had tried for
years, without success, to find out who was responsible for
using space in the middle of the campus for new buildings
without classrooms, and was grateful to the current Faculty
Building Advisory Committee for raising the issue.
Cynthia Shelmerdine (classics) said she supported everything
in the motion except the 15% figure, which she thought would
generate requests for exceptions at an undo rate.
The motion to support the resolution was then approved by
voice vote.
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XI.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMENTS — None.
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XII.
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QUESTIONS TO THE CHAIR — None.
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XIII.
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ADJOURNMENT.
The meeting adjourned at 2:56 P.M.
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Distributed through the Faculty Council
web site (www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/) on March 13, 2002. Copies
are available on request from the Office of the General Faculty, FAC
22, F9500.
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APPENDIX
General Purpose Classroom Space
as a Percent of Net Assignable Space by Building
Building
Name
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Year Built or Renovated
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Tot. No. of Gen. Purpose Classrooms
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Tot. Area of Classroom Space
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Building Tot. Net Assignable Sq. Foot. (ASF)
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Classroom Area as a Percent of ASF
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| BATTLE HALL |
1911
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0
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0
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30,027 |
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0
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| BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES |
1924
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1
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629
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47,581 |
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1.3%
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| GARRISON HALL |
1926
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14
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10,331
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26,827 |
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38.5%
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| T.U. TAYLOR
HALL |
1929
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1
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2,720
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39,202 |
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6.9%
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| ANNA HISS GYMNASIUM |
1930
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0
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0
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42,980 |
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0
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| WAGGENER HALL |
1931
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7
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5,953
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32,473 |
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18.3%
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| MARY E. GEARING
HALL |
1932
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3
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2,881
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33,298 |
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8.7%
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| WILL C. HOGG
BLDG. |
1932
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1
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2,626
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26,561 |
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9.9%
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| T.S. PAINTER
HALL |
1933
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3
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5,206
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74,140 |
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7.0%
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| RAINEY HALL |
1941
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0
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0
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19,726 |
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0
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| EXPERIMENTAL
SCIENCE BLDG. |
1950
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4
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4,218
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130,250 |
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3.2%
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| BATTS HALL |
1951
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14
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10,301
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30,709 |
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33.5%
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| BENEDICT HALL |
1951
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9
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5,666
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19,948 |
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28.4%
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| GEOGRAPHY BUILDING |
1951
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2
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2,256
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16,730 |
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13.5%
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| MEZES HALL |
1951
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5
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3,273
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20,982 |
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15.6%
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| PHARMACY BUILDING |
1951
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4
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5,917
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73,776 |
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8.0%
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| TOWNES HALL |
1952
|
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0
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0
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90,124 |
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0
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| PARLIN HALL |
1955
|
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22
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13,368
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32,127 |
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41.6%
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| RUSSELL A. STEINDAM
HALL |
1956
|
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9
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7,466
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38,997 |
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19.1%
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| W.R. WOOLRICH
LABS. |
1959
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2
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2,138
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48,597 |
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4.4%
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| F.L. WINSHIP
DRAMA BLDG. |
1961
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0
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0
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67,006 |
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0
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| ART BUILDING
AND MUSEUM |
1962
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3
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5,704
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108,215 |
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5.3%
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| COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION |
1962
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12
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9,336
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127,103 |
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7.3%
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| PETER T. FLAWN
ACADEMIC CENTER |
1962
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1
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3,820
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127,794 |
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3.0%
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| WEST MALL OFFICE
BLDG. |
1962
|
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0
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0
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26,449 |
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0
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| ENGINEERING-SCIENCE
BLDG. |
1963
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|
5
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3,966
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|
142,900 |
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2.8%
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| CALHOUN HALL |
1967
|
|
7
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4,444
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26,232 |
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16.9%
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| JACKSON GEOLOGICAL
SCIENCES BLDG. |
1967
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2
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3,733
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83,841 |
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4.5%
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| J.T. PATTERSON
LABS.BLDG. |
1967
|
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0
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0
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100,201 |
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0
|
| BEAUFORD H.
JESTER CENTER |
1969
|
|
9
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9,198
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103,693 |
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8.9%
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| BEAUFORD H.
JESTER CENTER |
1969
|
|
9
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9,198
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23,193 |
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39.7%
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| BURDINE HALL |
1970
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16
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22,836
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54,890 |
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41.6%
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| SID RICHARDSON
HALL |
1970
|
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0
|
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0
|
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196,909 |
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0
|
| L. THEO BELLMONT
HALL |
1972
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|
1
|
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2,824
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|
193,253 |
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1.5%
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| ROBERT LEE MOORE
HALL |
1972
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27
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19,005
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|
217,582 |
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8.7%
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| JESSE H. JONES
COMM. CTR. (BLDG. A) |
1973
|
|
5
|
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3,878
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74,509 |
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5.2%
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| NURSING SCHOOL |
1973
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
58,836 |
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0
|
| ERNEST COCKRELL
JR. HALL |
1974
|
|
3
|
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4,348
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139,532 |
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3.1%
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| GRADUATE SCHOOL
OF BUSINESS BLDG. |
1975
|
|
3
|
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6,423
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80,446 |
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8.0%
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| GEORGE I. SANCHEZ
BUILDING |
1975
|
|
13
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18,985
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148,535 |
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12.8%
|
| ROBERT A. WELCH
HALL |
1978
|
|
15
|
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28,360
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|
250,715 |
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11.3%
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| E. WILLIAM DOTY
FINE ARTS BUILDING |
1979
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
62,095 |
|
0
|
| JESSE H. JONES
HALL |
1980
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
151,748 |
|
0
|
| ENGINEERING
TEACHING CENTER II |
1983
|
|
5
|
|
6,057
|
|
143,088 |
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4.2%
|
| UNIVERSITY TEACHING
CENTER |
1984
|
|
30
|
|
57,409
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|
69,014 |
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83.2%
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Building
Name
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Year Built or Renovated
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Tot. No. of Gen. Purpose Classrooms
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Tot. Area of Classroom Space
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Building Tot. Net Assignable Sq. Foot. (ASF)
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Classroom Area as a Percent of ASF
|
| CHEMICAL AND
PETROLEUM ENGINEERING |
1986
|
|
9
|
|
12,179
|
|
131,301 |
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9.3%
|
| SUTTON HALL |
1990
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
34,655 |
|
0
|
| GOLDSMITH HALL |
1990
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
44,717 |
|
0
|
| SCHOOL OF SOCIAL
WORK BUILDING |
1992
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
56,247 |
|
0
|
| BERNARD AND
AUDRE RAPOPORT BUILDING |
1995
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
26,181 |
|
0
|
| E.P. SCHOCH
BUILDING |
1996
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
26,327 |
|
0
|
| MOFFETT MOLECULAR
BIOLOGY BLDG. |
1997
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
73,581 |
|
0
|
| DOROTHY L. GEBAUER
BUILDING |
1998
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
18,051 |
|
0
|
| APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL
ENGR. & SCI. |
2000
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
87,538 |
|
0
|
| CONNALLY CENTER
FOR JUSTICE |
2000
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
20,009 |
|
0
|
| SARAH M. & CHARLES
E. SEAY BUILDING |
2002
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
| |
|
|
275
|
|
316,023 |
|
4,171,441 |
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7.6%
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