and NOW!

1. and NOW! Laurie Eagleson Lori Critz MPMLA – May 17, 2002

2. What is the ILC? • The Arizona Board of Regents granted Project Initiation approval for the Integrated Learning Center (ILC) on September 8, 1994. • Part of a planning effort devoted to improving undergraduate education, including • increasing first-year student persistence rates • improving graduation rates • increasing first-year student exposure to ranked faculty • alleviating the current classroom space shortfall • providing state-of-the-art classrooms in a more cost-efficient manner than renovating older facilities

3. Facilities include: • 119,000 sq. foot new construction including open areas • 4 multimedia lecture halls • 4 technology kaleidoscope classrooms • 6 discussion classrooms • Information Commons with connection to Main Library, including 50-computer classroom • Instructional support for faculty • Office space for First Year Center and course coordinators • Open center courtyard • Cost: $26 million (paid with academic revenue bonds)

4. Why an ILC? • To provide an academic/intellectual "home base" for freshman students. Development of such a campus home base has been found to support student retention. • A “one-stop shop” for freshman gen-ed (Natural Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Individuals and Societies) and foundations classes, academic advising & tutoring, and research/technology assistance for class assignments

5. Who is the ILC “staff”? • Freshman Year Center (Academic advising and tutoring) • University Teaching Center (Instructional technology) • Center for Computing and Information Technology (network and technical support for classrooms) • Library (research assistance, software assistance and network/technical support for Information Commons)

6. Where is the ILC? • Proposal called for central location close to Student Union and Library • University Mall was only central space available; however, due to the great popularity of this grassy area for games, sunbathing and other important Arizona student activities , it was decided to build this new facility……………

7. UNDER the Mall! (Where the sun don’t shine!) A A

9. Fun Facts • Average depth is 23 feet below ground level • 100,000 cubic yards of soil was removed (This took 2 months!) • 12,000 cubic yards of concrete was poured • Palm trees were relocated to west end of mall, then replanted after construction was completed

10. Ground was broken on September 8, 1999, exactly 5 years after being approved by ABOR

11. Students also broke ground on “their” new facility

12. The “hole” was dug and a “bottoming out” ceremony was held November 5, 1999.

13. Carla Stoffle, Dean of Libraries, with UA librarians

14. Lynne Tronsdal, Assoc. Dean, University College, discusses the ILC with local TV news staff

15. View from the 5th floor of the Library. November 5, 1999

16. The ILC hole with University Administration in the background. November 5, 1999

17. The West end of the ILC, April 17, 2000

18. By May 3rd, the West end was covered with concrete slabs several feet thick

19. May 3, 2000

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24. July 6, 2000

25. (Who is in charge here??) July 6, 2000

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48. New 5th floor, June 29, 2001

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50. July 27, 2001