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Campus Master Plan

We’re bringing together the community to explore and determine what CWRU needs for the future.  
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About The Plan

The Campus Master Plan emerges from a process of listening, exploring, and discussing ideas and possibilities that helps us meet our community’s goals for the campus and serve our educational mission.

What Is A Campus Master Plan?

A Campus Master Plan serves as a comprehensive guide for the physical development and evolution of campus.  It outlines a strategic road map for renovations, new construction, and other investments in campus facilities and spaces, ensuring development decisions support the university’s mission and vision.  It guides how we use buildings, structures, and open spaces to serve the work and campus experience of students, faculty, staff, and the community while protecting and enhancing important spaces.

Aligning with the university’s strategic plan, the Campus Master Plan will guide the development of the campus over the next 10-years and provide clear, flexible, and actionable short- and long-term direction for campus physical spaces and how they serve the university.

Have We Ever Done This Before?

CWRU has a history of physical planning that is integrated with its strategic, academic, programmatic, space management and enrollment plans. These plans are updated approximately every 10 years to stay current with academic, research and student life needs. This Campus Master Plan update will build off of the 2015 Campus Master Plan and will clearly articulate the concepts and constructs that make the university distinctive and meaningful to the campus community and beyond.

Why Is This Important To Me?

As part of the university’s community, your voice matters! We want to hear your perspective on the spaces that you feel will make the campus even more vibrant, connected, usable and beautiful. Your thoughts, concerns, and feedback throughout the planning process will help guide this process and shape the physical campus for years to come. We will look at topics such as buildings, streets, parking, walkways, open spaces, learning environments and many other physical campus elements during this process. We will work together to create a campus for the next generation of students, faculty and staff.

What Is A Campus Master Plan?

A Campus Master Plan serves as a comprehensive guide for the physical development and evolution of campus.  It outlines a strategic road map for renovations, new construction, and other investments in campus facilities and spaces, ensuring development decisions support the university’s mission and vision.  It guides how we use buildings, structures, and open spaces to serve the work and campus experience of students, faculty, staff, and the community while protecting and enhancing important spaces.

Aligning with the university’s strategic plan, the Campus Master Plan will guide the development of the campus over the next 10-years and provide clear, flexible, and actionable short- and long-term direction for campus physical spaces and how they serve the university.

Have We Ever Done This Before?

CWRU has a history of physical planning that is integrated with its strategic, academic, programmatic, space management and enrollment plans. These plans are updated approximately every 10 years to stay current with academic, research and student life needs. This Campus Master Plan update will build off of the 2015 Campus Master Plan and will clearly articulate the concepts and constructs that make the university distinctive and meaningful to the campus community and beyond.

Why Is This Important To Me?

As Part of the University’s Community, Your Voice Matters! We want to hear your perspective on the spaces that you feel will make the campus even more vibrant, connected, usable and beautiful. Your thoughts, concerns, and feedback throughout the planning process will help guide this process and shape the physical campus for years to come. We will look at topics such as buildings, streets, parking, walkways, open spaces, learning environments and many other physical campus elements during this process. We will work together to create a campus for the next generation of students, faculty and staff.
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Process

Each phase builds upon the previous one to generate ideas and deepen our understanding of the issues and opportunities that will inform the Campus Master Planning effort. We look forward to hearing from you!

Understand

Campus Master Planning starts with a process of discovery—getting to know CWRU: your goals, aspirations, current challenges and opportunities for the future. We will gain a deep understanding of the campus’s existing facilities condition, capacity and the way they are currently used. Systems affecting the daily life of the campus will be assessed. These systems determine the physical framework of the campus and opportunities for sustainable development.

Explore

During this phase, we will use data and analysis completed in the previous phase to produce a comprehensive understanding of campus challenges and opportunities. We will test different ways to organize uses on campus, update facilities, enhance systems and enliven spaces. From testing ideas, we will share options for the future of the campus for discussion and debate.

Realize

The strongest ideas that emerge will be combined into the Campus Master Plan. This plan will add specificity to the character, location and amount of new development, renovation, reuse or re-purposed space. Additionally, we will create recommendations for improvements to campus. During this last phase, we will document the Campus Master Plan in a final report and provide a flexible framework to help guide your future vision!

Strategic Projects:

As part of the Campus Master Plan, CWRU Leadership has pinpointed several strategic projects for further comprehensive analysis. Evaluating these specific campus assets will enhance CWRU's understanding of the issues and opportunities affecting the physical campus, aiding in the prioritization of facility investments necessary to achieve the university's vision and mission.

Our Schedule

The Understand Phase

June 2024 - January 2025
The Understand Phase includes campus visits and engagement with the campus community to gather data and qualitative information to complete an analysis of the current campus. This phase informs the development of plan scenarios and helps highlight priority projects.

The Explore Phase

January 2025 - September 2025
The Explore Phase includes the creation of development scenarios for the campus, which are presented and refined through presentations and engagement on campus. This culminates in the creation of a draft plan.

The Realize Phase

September 2025 - Feb 2025
The Realize Phase includes development of the Final Master Plan. The draft plan is reviewed and refined in consultation with CWRU leaders.

Get Involved

Come help generate ideas, deepen your understanding of the issues, and inform a collective planning effort. We look forward to seeing you at our events!

Thank you to all who completed the MapMyCampus survey, which is now closed.
Please check back soon for additional opportunities to engage with the Campus Master Plan process.

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Upcoming Events

We Are Kicking off Our Campus Master Plan!

September 23 & 24
Open Forum & Pop Up Events
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Town Hall - Salina

Join us to kick off the Campus Master Planning process.
Refreshments Provided!
March 27
3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. CT
College Center Conference Room

Town Hall - Salina (Virtual)

Join us to kick off the Campus Master Planning process!
March 27
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CT

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‍Meeting ID: 820 9471 9577

Town Hall - Olathe (Virtual)

Join us to kick off the Campus Master Planning process!
March 28
4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. CT

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Meeting ID: 813 7976 3811