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FACILITIES

Grant Writing 101
By Barry Olson

A short course on meeting unfunded mandates.

Higher educational institutions face serious facilities-related concerns over the next decade about the need for renovation and modernization. Colleges and universities are being asked to meet speciﬁc challenges related to campus safety, sustainability, and new technology. Meeting these mandates requires ﬁnancing, but the funding is not always immediately available. These unfunded mandates are also extensive, ranging from calls for improved campus security to better use of communications technology. Following the school shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007 and an increasing concern about national security, the issue of campus safety emerged in the foreground, and colleges and universities scurried to install cameras, card access systems, alarms, and emergency notiﬁcation systems
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practically overnight. These institutions are also being urged by state energy ofﬁces and inspired by initiatives such as the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment to adopt sustainability measures that will increase efﬁciency in building systems and reduce an institution’s carbon footprint. Colleges and universities must also continually adapt to a population that has become far more tech-savvy than we could ever imagine, and these students have an expectation that their technological needs will be met. In an article titled “What Students Want” (Campus Technology, 2/1/2010), Dian Schaffhauser reported that “in 2009, for example, 76 percent of students surveyed said that it was ‘extremely important’ for their campuses to offer wireless networks, compared to 50 percent in 2008.” The expectations are high for housing to be everything for

Talking Stick - July/August 2011

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Talking Stick - July/August 2011

Talking Stick - July/August 2011
Contents
Online Now
Vision
Just In
Your ACUHO-I
Transition
Res Life
Facilities
Turn the Page
Calendar
Balancing Act
Making Gender-Neutral Housing Work
Conversations
First Takes
Reporting Out
Welcome
Snapshot
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - intro
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - BB1
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - BB2
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Talking Stick - July/August 2011
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Cover2
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 1
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 2
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Contents
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Online Now
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 5
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Vision
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 7
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Just In
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 9
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 10
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 11
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 12
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Your ACUHO-I
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 14
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Transition
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 16
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Res Life
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 18
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 19
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Facilities
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 22
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 23
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Turn the Page
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 26
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Calendar
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Balancing Act
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Making Gender-Neutral Housing Work
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 43
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Conversations
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 46
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - First Takes
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Reporting Out
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Welcome
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Snapshot
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Cover3
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