What Keeps You Up at Night?

A Survey on Student Life Facility Challenges
Treanor Architects is conducting this brief survey to better understand the challenges today’s campuses face in providing facilities that contribute to a strong quality of life for their students. Thank you for offering your valuable insight and perspective.

Please complete this survey before April 26, 2010. You will receive a copy of the survey results once they are tabulated.

1. What is the biggest challenge your campus faces with its student life facilities? (Please select one.) Required Question

	Financing
	Adapting older buildings to today’s student lifestyles
	Creating greener, healthier buildings
	Keeping up with growth in student body
	Master planning
	Other (please specify)

2. How has this challenge affected building plans on your campus?
(You may choose more than one response)
Required Question

	Our priorities have changed
	We’re shelving projects
	We’re creating a master plan
	We’ve changed delivery methods
	It’s impacted how we approach green design
	Other (please specify)

3. How has this challenge affected the work of your office or department?

4. Has this challenge impacted student retention/recruiting? Required Question

5. When evaluating the success of your student life facilities, which factor is most important? (Please select one.) Required Question

6. Participant Profile (confidential)

Name
Title
Phone
Email
School
Address
City
State
Zip

7. What best describes your role? Required Question

8. Institution Type

	Public
	Private

9. Size of Student Body

10. I’m interested in sharing my perspective on issues related to planning, designing and managing student life facilities in an interview for Treanor’s newsletter.

Yes

11. I’d like to receive informative articles on planning and designing for student life buildings via email.

Yes

Treanor Architects’ Student Life division has been creating environments for students' personal, social and academic success since 1981. The firm has programmed or designed 140 student life projects on 68 national and international college campuses. A member of the U.S. GreenBuilding Council since 2004, Treanor currently has 14 student life facilities registered to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. Learn more at www.treanorstudentlife.com.

	Fostering a sense of community
	Durability/life span
	Facility retention rate
	Financial sustainability
	Ease of operation

	Chief Administrator or Financial Officer
	Student Affairs
	Student Housing
	University Facilities
	Other (please specify)