Goal Setting

Teaching and Learning

• Provide physical spaces and tools to maximize interdisciplinary collaborations and learning.
• Stimulate critical thinking and analysis by enabling students to work with meaningful data and primary sources.
• Blur traditional boundaries that restrict intellectual curiosity and exploration.
• Foster student communication skills using technology found in graduate and professional schools as well as the private sector.

Research

• Provide the tools required for faculty-student collaborations.
• Facilitate long-distance communications that are not restricted by band width.
• Enhance scholarship by stimulating creativity and minimizing distractions.
• Provide timely and easy to read financial reports so faculty can understand their grant funding status and produce reports with a minimum amount of time investment.