Bryant University Academic Innovation Center (AIC)

THE CAMPAIGN FOR BRYANT’S BOLD FUTURE

Bryant University Academic Innovation Center

“When the Bryant Academic Innovation Center opens in fall 2016, it will serve as a landmark forum for defining what we teach and how we teach it.�

Ronald K. Machtley Bryant University President

BRYANT BUILDS INNOVATIVE LEADERS

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or more than 150 years, Bryant has delivered an exceptional education that anticipates the future in a changing world. Now, we are creating the world-class learning environment that aligns with Bryant’s bold future. With innovation as a central theme in architecture and pedagogy, the Bryant Academic Innovation Center is a groundbreaking facility destined to become a new prototype in academia.

Designed by the nationally acclaimed educational architecture firm of EYP Architecture and Engineering, the Academic Innovation Center’s unprecedented design concepts will create a forum for innovation in what we teach and how we teach it, advancing future generations of teaching and learning.

As a crucial component of the Bryant Builds program, the largest facilities initiative in Bryant history, the Academic Innovation Center will become Bryant’s academic centerpiece. The building has been designed to provide unprecedented flexibility, with light-filled collaborative spaces that advance remarkable new models of experiential learning and new learning modalities.

With tiered and flat classrooms, spaces for group work and large gatherings, and abundant real-world and virtual resources, the building will inspire new levels of educational excellence and foster unique learning opportunities for students in both the College of Business and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Bryant University President Ronald K. Machtley

“Modern education is less about teaching specific information, and more about teaching skill sets— skills that will transfer so that when a job changes years from now, employees can still meet the employer’s expectations.”

John W. Dietrich, Ph. D., Associate Professor and Political Science Coordinator member, faculty AIC planning committee INNOVATION FORUM Naming opportunities for the first floor of Bryant’s Academic Innovation Center include: Innovation Forum Tiered Classrooms (2) Café Flat Classrooms (2) Admission Center

See addendum for investment values

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Great teachers can deliver an exceptional education anywhere, but the best collaborative, interactive, and project-based learning occurs in a conducive environment, one which is flexible, innovative, and supported with technology.

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For more than 40 years, the Unistructure has been the primary academic building on Bryant’s campus. Constructed in 1971, the Unistructure has undergone extensive renovation over the years in order to maximize the square footage available for instructional space. Our growing student body requires additional academic space, however, and innovative pedagogies demand an innovative facility. The University’s 48,000 square foot Academic Innovation Center (AIC), which will provide two-stories of instructional space including new classrooms, will open the doors to innovative methods of teaching and learning.

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The new AIC is key to an elegant reorientation of the Jacobs Drive entrance to Bryant’s campus, and will serve as the primary point of arrival for all visitors. The groundbreaking structure, already garnering attention from college and university planners, has been designed for seamless integration with the beautiful New England landscape, with a glass exterior that

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Distinguishing features of the AIC’s first floor include a Welcome Center and the Innovation Forum, a large flexible instructional space designed with moveable tables and technology Interior Elevation - Typ Tiered Classroom Side Wall on Level 1 3 able to accommodate many individual groups.

The first floor also includes a dedicated admission presentation room, to orient prospective students and families to Bryant before taking a campus tour. Adjacent to this space will be a café where students and faculty can gather for respite from rigorous study, two large flat classrooms, and two 50-seat tiered, case study classrooms.

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“Tiered classrooms allow every student to view of all of the other students. These classrooms are well suited for wide discussion and debate.

Flat classrooms are best suited for collaborative work and teaching styles that need flexibility.”

Kristen M. Berkos, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication member, faculty AIC planning committee

“Bryant’s Academic Innovation Center will allow faculty and students to interact in a variety of ways that serve different learning modalities. The building will provide maximum flexibility for faculty to evolve the pedagogical content of courses over time. It’s an entirely new type of building because its primary genesis is the idea of collaboration.”

Kip Ellis, AIA EYP Architecture and Engineering

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“Bryant’s Academic Innovation Center will be a catalyst for transformational education, preparing students for success whether they seek to make their mark in the corporate world, in law, or in the arts and sciences.”

Glenn Sulmasy Bryant University Provost

Naming opportunities for the second floor of Bryant’s Academic Innovation Center include: Tiered Classrooms (3) Flat Classrooms (3) Breakout Lounge (3) Team Break-out Rooms (10)

See addendum for investment values

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The second floor of the AIC will feature six additional classrooms offering both tiered and flat floor configurations, and multiple breakout rooms for student use. On both floors of the building there will be open lounge seating as well as small group study space.

Classrooms will be outfitted with smart technology including projectors, whiteboard surfaces, audio system, wireless projection with lecture capture and multiple videoconferencing capabilities, and flexible furnishings that can change from class-to-class supporting various innovative lecture modes, group setups, and individual work. This learning space enables all students to connect multiple devices (phones, laptops, tablets) and share content, view data side by side while interacting with other students. Students’ collaborative and project-based learning will be enhanced by light-filled classrooms with modular furniture, wireless monitors, writable whiteboards and writable glass walls.

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Bryant recognizes that academic spaces can have a significant impact on student learning, success, and retention. A world-class academic facility is essential to reaching Bryant’s full potential as a vibrant, 24/7 community of scholars. A committee of faculty and academic leadership informed the design of the Academic Innovation Center, providing insights of daily use and emerging pedagogical approaches.

The Bryant faculty are now continuing their efforts and preparing for the new AIC space through a recently announced Fellows Program, which prompts faculty to explore and develop best practices around “Innovative Pedagogy in an Active and Collaborative Classroom.”

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“Students don’t sit and listen to a lecture. They work on projects and team tasks. The faculty member then becomes a facilitator, coach, and guide.

We can engage in applied learning, not textbook learning.”

Michael Roberto, D.B.A., Trustee Professor of Management Director of the Bryant Center for Program Innovation Chair, faculty AIC planning committee

BUILDING ON TEACHING EXCELLENCE The world’s great universities attract and support distinguished educators by endowing academic chairs and providing support for innovative teaching and learning initiatives. Endowed chairs honor outstanding faculty members for their contributions to academia while also supporting their current work. They are also critical to attracting and retaining exceptional scholars in a wide range of academic fields.

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To learn more about how you can invest in

• Endowed Chairs in Principal

Expanding the World of Opportunity: The Campaign for Bryant’s Bold Future,

Executives-in-Residence bring real-world experience into the classroom. Scholars-inResidence ensure that Bryant is expanding the boundaries of academic thought and practice.

Additional endowed and annual support will sustain and grow academic programs of strategic importance to Bryant’s reach and reputation.

• Annually-Funded Faculty

Academic Programs

$1,500,000

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• Endowed

Executives-in-Residence

$1,000,000

• Endowed

Scholars-in-Residence

$1,000,000

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Innovation Fund and Executive Scholars

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Academic Programs

Named endowed ($50,000 minimum) or annual gifts ($5,000 minimum) may be made to any academic program at Bryant including: • First-Year Gateway and IDEA Program • Academic Innovation Program • College of Business

David Wegrzyn Vice President for University Advancement 877-353-5667 (toll free) 401-232-6261 dwegrzyn@bryant.edu Make a gift online: www.bryant.edu/giving Bryant University Office of University Advancement 1150 Douglas Pike Box 40 Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917 or learn more about the Academic Innovation Center at www.bryant.edu/BryantBuilds.

• College of Arts and Sciences • Academic Center for Excellence • Center for Teaching and Learning

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Gilbert Design Associates DESIGN :

1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917-1284