The document proposes a new 45,000 square foot Social Science and General Classroom building at Snow College to address projected enrollment increases. It summarizes that the new building would (1) consolidate social science programs and classes to support growing enrollment, (2) replace aging infrastructure like the 1911 Social Science Building and 1968 Family Life Building, and (3) allow for innovative teaching spaces and labs to support workforce training programs. A feasibility study found the new building could include classrooms, computer labs, early childhood education space, and faculty offices at an estimated cost of $17.2 million.

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2. Robert M. and Joyce S. Graham Science Center
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3. Regents Criteria
• Supports Strategic Plan
• Addresses Necessary Infrastructure Improvements
• Supports Emerging Needs and Partnerships
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4. Need and Opportunity
• In order to meet the projected student
headcount increase by 2025, Snow College is
proposing a new 45,000 square foot Social
Science and General Classroom building to be
constructed on the Ephraim campus
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5. Snow College Master Plan 2016: Five Key Areas
• Create effective learning environments
• Enhance creativity and innovation
• Focus on student centered experiences
• Connect with and enrich the surrounding community
• Promote environmental stewardship
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6. Approved Snow College Master Plan
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7. Support and Enhance Critical Programs
• Snow College projects 2800 additional
students (about 1000 Ephraim Campus)
headcount by 2025
• 42% of students take social science
courses each semester to fulfill general
education requirements
• Social Science Programs will be
enhanced by the consolidation of
faculty in a single facility
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HEADCOUNT FTE
Projected FTE and Headcount (Total College)

9. Support and Enhance Critical Programs
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Critical Program Support:
Education and Early Childhood
Development
Home and Family Studies
Social Science (Sociology,
Anthropology, Economics, Political
Science, History, Geography, and
Psychology)
Social Work and Criminal Justice
New General Education Program

10. Enhancing Delivery of Academic Programs and Econ Development
• Innovative interdisciplinary classrooms to teach general education courses
that emphasize the “soft skills:” critical thinking, team work, writing, problem
solving, and verbal skills.
• Added instructional and lab spaces for workforce preparation
• IVC classrooms to support distance education offerings (132% growth rate
over past five years)
• Enhance and expand concurrent enrollment delivery (129% growth over past
five years)
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FY ’13 FY ’14 FY ’15 FY ’16 FY ‘17
Headcount 769 1,001 996 1,207 1,764
Sections 14 18 30 43 51
FY ’13 FY ’14 FY ’15 FY ’16 FY ‘17
Headcount 645 702 972 1,403 1,497
Sections 54 51 57 87 112

11. Enhancing Delivery of Academic Programs and Econ Development
• Students will gain needed access to up-to-date
technology supporting learning outcomes
• The College will grow its Education and Early
Childhood Programs currently limited by space
restrictions
• Expanded Criminal Justice Program with new labs to
help prepare students for law enforcement careers
including Central Utah Correctional Facility
• Prepare students with quantitative skills in the social
sciences
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12. Timely Completion
• 75% of students graduate or transfer successfully
within 3 or fewer years
• 65% of students successfully complete 30 or more
credits each academic year
• Social Science courses are one of the highest
providers in general education and have the
greatest student demand for associate degree
completion
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13. Timely Completion
• Social Science Programs in all of our sister
institutions teach research methods and social
science statistics in the first and second year of
college. New labs will enable us to prepare
students to:
• Succeed in the quantitative reasoning requirements at the University of Utah
• Complete data analysis requirements at WSU
• Complete digital analysis requirements at SUU
• Complete computer literacy requirements at DSU
• Complete all social science methods courses at all USHE institutions
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14. Necessary Infrastructure Improvements: Space Utilization,
Elimination of space and equipment functionally obsolete
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Social Science Building
Built in 1911 – 11,146 sq. ft.
Family Life Building
Built in 1968 – 9,631 sq. ft.
Greenwood Hall
Built in 1937 – 4,264 sq. ft.
Demolish and Replace Demolish and Replace
Repurpose

15. Addresses Necessary Infrastructure Improvements Family Life Building
• Over the next 10 years the building will need to
replace: window units, panelboard, steam
condensate return, subfloor, HVAC systems,
caulking/sealant, countertops, and other
necessary improvements
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16. Inadequate Space in Family Life Building
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17. Greenwood Hall—Only Partly Useable
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18. Repurpose for Mathematics
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19. Necessary Infrastructure Improvements: Family Life Bldg.
• Computer lab for sociology, psychology,
political science, criminal justice, and
anthropology
• Facility to house maps or to project geographic
charts for students enrolled in geography
courses
• Updated food sciences laboratory to facilitate
20 students per section
• Clothing and textiles laboratory to facilitate up
to 18 students
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20. Necessary Infrastructure Improvements (Family Life Building)
• A new preschool facility to meet the growing needs of
children and college students who participate in teacher
preparation
• A forensics lab to meet the demands of law enforcement
agencies who need trained professionals
• Multi-functional classrooms that contain simple lab tables,
reconfigurable desks and seating, and interdisciplinary
features to support our general education courses
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21. Infrastructure Improvements: Imminent
Threats, Cost Efficiencies, and Effectiveness
• New building will provide needed space for
enrollment growth and allow for the development
of courses that use high-impact teaching practices
• A consolidation of the Social Science Division into a
single space that will unite departments and
promote better communication among faculty, and
program efficiency and effectiveness
• Eliminate two older and energy inefficient buildings
will enable more efficient building energy costs
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22. Supports Emerging Needs and Partnerships
• Supports cooperative partnerships in
progams such as teacher education that will
help with teacher shortages in Utah and in
the Snow College Six County Service Area
• New facilities will enable us to expand
concurrent enrollment offerings, especially
for rural school districts.
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23. Proposed Social Science and General Classroom Building
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24. Feasibility Study MHTN Architects
• Two 30 Seat classrooms
• Eight 45 Seat classrooms
• Two IVC Classrooms
• One IVC Classroom/Lab
• Two 20 Seat Computer Labs
• One Foods and Nutrition Lab
• One Clothing and Textiles Lab
• Thirty Four Faculty Offices
• Early Childhood Education expanded
to accommodate 40 children
• 45,000 square feet
• $17,200,000 Estimated total cost (2019 dollars)
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