Academic Facilities

Classroom Master Plan

The Classroom Master Plan will optimize both the physical classroom environment for flexible, active learning and the instructional methods to allow for meaningful in-person experiences. With an $8.4 million implementation plan that will modify 92 classrooms over the next four years (summers of 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026), the master plan will help position Purdue University as the most innovative, residential learning program in the U.S. among large research institutions.

Several classrooms will be modified to achieve between 20 to 30 assignable square feet (ASF) per seat (25 ASF is the average target), which supports different teaching and learning styles. This also includes changing furniture types and room layouts to provide flexibility and mobility for students, adding whiteboards where feasible, painting rooms, replacing flooring as fixed seating is removed and, in a few instances, full classroom renovations.

Summer of 2023 projects

See campus map for locations. Select room links in the drop-down menu to see planned configurations. Not all rooms will be reconfigured.

Implementation Committee

• Donna Ahlen, assistant director for academic facilities, Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Facilities
• Monte Brewer, shop supervisor, Operations and Maintenance
• Amber Chellis-Omedo, acting senior director and university architect, Campus Planning, Architecture and Sustainability
• Josie Galloway, director of space administration, Administrative Operations
• Keith Gehres, registrar and assistant vice provost, Enrollment Management
• Deb Johnson, planning program manager, Campus Planning, Architecture and Sustainability
• Phil Knobloch, AV services manager, Purdue Information Technology EUE Learning Spaces
• Tighe Lucy, lead designer, engineer, AV systems, Purdue Information Technology EUE Learning Spaces
• Jill Manuel, assistant registrar, Enrollment Management
• Jaylene Nichols, administrative assistant, Campus Planning, Architecture and Sustainability
• Dorothy Smatt, interior designer, Campus Planning, Architecture and Sustainability

Plan Advisory Committee 

• Robert Frosch, vice provost for academic facilities and professor of civil engineering
• Keith Gehres, registrar and assistant vice provost
• Phil Knobloch, audio-video services manager, Purdue Information Technology
• Amber Chellis-Omedo, acting senior director and university architect
• Cherise Hall, vice provost for finance and strategic initiatives
• Jenna Rickus, vice provost for teaching and learning
• Kimberly Illingworth, assistant dean for learning & assessment, associate professor of pharmacy practice 
• Edward Berger, associate vice provost for learning innovation and
  director, Innovation Hub
• Edward Bartlett, professor of biological sciences, College of Science