Mizzou Student Center - Mizzou Alumni Association

MU Student Center Project
Student Affairs – Opportunities to
Learn and Lead
 From where the students live and eat to where they study
and interact with one another. Student Affairs provides
Mizzou students with the programs, facilities and services
that support academic achievement, personal growth and
community involvement.
 Growth and learning extend beyond the classroom into all
facets of university life, so quality facilities and resources are
critical to enhancing student success.
The Heart of Mizzou
Brady Commons Evolution
 1985 Brady expanded to the
Built in1963, Brady
Student Commons was
intended to serve as a
recreation space for
campus of 15,000
students.
Students Wanted More From Brady
 1991 - Study identified lack of student
organization space, lack of lounge space,
lack of dining space
 2000 - Students continued to say that Brady
Commons didn’t have enough space, which
led to a master plan process
 2002 - Over 200 students participated in
focus groups
east, adding student
organization/ student life space
and student service and support
operations.
 1996 expansion to north side
increased space for bookstore
 Over 10,000 people used Brady
each day but the building just
couldn’t meet the growing
needs our students.
Student Voices…
We need:
 “Study areas”
 “More student organization space”
 “More seating”
 “More food court options”
 “A building that’s bright, open and
easy to get around”
 Student feedback led to a variety of programming
and service concepts
Source: Brady Commons Needs
Assessment, April 2004
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"It’s not just our home, it’s yours."
Project
Timeline
In 2005, in the largest
turnout in MU history,
students passed a
referendum to increase
their students fees in
support of expanding and
renovating Brady
Commons.
Project Footprint
Phase One
 Second Floor
 Center for Student
Involvement
 Greek Life
Renovation complete
Spring 2011
 Chamber Auditorium
Opened January 2009
 Student government offices
Hitt
Street
 Clubs and organizations
 Programming and event
 Leadership Lounge
 Main Level
 University Bookstore

cashiers, customer service, UMB
Bank, Clinique, clothing, gifts, and
general books.
 Truman’s Takeout – temporary
dining until 2011
 Lower Level
 University Bookstore
 TigerTech, Mizzou ID office,
EarlyBird textbook reservations,
textbooks, Mizzou Media, law books,
and health professions books.
Rollins
2nd Floor
Leadership
Lounge
Phase Two
 The majority of the space requested by the MU students through a
Traditions Lounge
2004 campus wide survey and approved during the 2005
referendum will be constructed in Project 2
 more meeting rooms
 plenty of student lounges
 more dining options and seating
programming areas
Greek Life
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WHAT ARE THE TOP 5 MIZZOU TRADITIONS?
•Non-scientific online survey to get ideas about
Phase Two,
what2ndFloor
students, alumni, and campus think are most
Leadership
important:
Lounge
•Top votes:
•Tiger Walk/Senior Send-Off—57 votes
•Memorial Tower/Arch--37 votes
•Homecoming—35 votes
•Columns and David Francis’ nose –31 votes
•Painting “M” –21 votes
Traditions
•OtherLounge
mentions:
•Tap Day
•Engineer’s Week
•Journalism Lions
•Fight Songs and Alma Mater
Traditions Lounge
 Place you can come back to and reconnect with your student
experience
 University Archives partnership
Greek Life
Phase
Two, isMain
Level
The
Shack
Back!
The Shack – Interior Concept
The Shack
Tiger Den
Phase Two, Main Level
Phase Two - Lower Level
The Shack
Tiger Den
Fireplace Lounge
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MU Student Center Project
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