Alumni/Event Center

• Aug. 26, 2011: State of the University Address
  • The proposed site looks to be west of the Mafrige Field House and south of the Bowers Stadium Press Box (sort of on the parcel of land where the Rainbow Walker sculpture stands).
• Nov. 19, 2010: Regents OK Building Change
  • The building was originally designated as an alumni center. However, upon programming phase completion in October, it was changed to an event center when the need for an on-campus facility to accommodate university events, athletics sales and marketing, learning enhancement, and alumni relations was documented. The project will now go into the design phase.
• Nov. 22, 2008: Today@Sam: Regents Approve Master Plan
  • Recommended projects: alumni center ($10 million) adjacent to Bowers Stadium.

SHSU Woodlands / University Center

• Oct. 22, 2010: Groundbreaking
  • Today@Sam: "Sam Houston State University broke ground on the site of the new SHSU University Center building at The Woodlands on Friday [10/22/10] morning."

Nursing and Allied Health/Biological Sciences Building

• Aug. 26, 2011: State of the University Address
  • The proposed site of the Biology, Nursing, and Allied Health Building looks to be on the site of AB3.
• 2010: Department of Nursing website
  • The Department of Nursing will occupy AB3 until the new building is constructed. The Board of Regents has approved construction of this building as part SHSU's campus improvement plan and planning is currently underway.
• Oct. 1, 2009: Conversations about the Master Plan
  • James Gaertner: “We plan to...build [a] new Nursing and Allied Health...building. The building schedule depends on our enrollment growth, the availability of funds, certain programs growing at a certain rate, and programs being approved, such as the Nursing and Allied Health programs. We will probably break ground [on the housing project] within the next year and a half or so and then probably after that Allied Health and Nursing [building]." (Houstonian)
• Today@Sam: Regents Approve Master Plan
  • Recommended projects: biology, nursing and allied health building ($42 million).
• SHSU: Medical & Allied Health Programs
  • The SHSU Board of Regents approved a new Bachelor of Science (BS) Nursing program at their November 2008 meeting. In January 2008, the Texas State Coordinating Board authorized SHSU to move forward with the planning phase of the new Nursing Program. The proposed baccalaureate Nursing at SHSU will commence in approximately two years. The proposed School of Nursing Program will occupy a portion of the new state-of-the-art Biological Sciences Building, also approved by the Board of Regents as part of the campus improvement plan.

Engineering Building

• Dec. 23, 2011: Alumnus Commits $25 Million For Engineering Technology Program
  • The gift will provide funding for three areas, including the construction of a state-of-the-art academic facility named the Pirkle Technology Center.
• Oct. 1, 2009: Conversations about the Master Plan
  • James Gaertner: “We plan to...build [a] new Engineering building." (Houstonian)
• Nov. 22, 2008: Today@Sam: Regents Approve Master Plan
  • Recommended projects: integrated engineering and technology building ($37 million).

New Student Center

• Oct. 1, 2009: Conversations about the Master Plan
  • James Gaertner: “We are going to tear down the LSC and build a new LSC on the same spot...." (Houstonian)
• Item: Gaertner outlines SHSU’s 10-year plan
  • James Gaertner, on replacing the Lowman Student Center: "the LSC was built in the early 1960s and it has gotten to the point where it’s getting outdated and needs to come down. It was renovated about eight or nine years ago. We won’t tear it down until three or four years from now. It will come down. It needs to. We will build a new student center right there in the same place in the middle of the campus."