Welcome

Nearly 20 years have passed since the University of Illinois Board of Trustees adopted a master plan for the development of the east and west sides of the UIC campus. The plan was updated in 1997 and again in 1998 to include the South Campus Development.

We are pleased to inform you that the campus is now undertaking an update of the master plan that will encompass the entire UIC District area and integrate strategic and academic and clinical care goals into the physical campus plan. It will reflect recently built facilities, neighborhood changes, and shifts in our institutional goals, and will help to resolve program and land-use issues. A committee structure with several components has been devised, representing a broad cross-section of the campus community. The Board at its November meeting approved the Booth Hansen architecture firm of Chicago as consultant.

The vision of the master plan is that the UIC campus of the future will be a "public destination that integrates the learning environment for scholarship with the urban vitality of a global Chicago." Our goal is that the planning process now underway will be one of collegiality and public engagement. The consultants will begin working with campus committees in early January. Town hall meetings for campus and public stakeholders will follow and will be scheduled throughout the 18-month, three-phase planning process, and we welcome your participation.

We encourage your active involvement in planning the physical attributes of the UIC campus of the future.

Sincerely,

Paula Allen-Meares
Chancellor

R. Michael Tanner
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs