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Within days of their opening, The McCormick Tribune Campus Center and State Street Village changed the entire landscape of campus life at IIT. Today, these buildings, alive with students 24/7, provide dynamic new spaces in which to live, study, and play. With enhanced dining options, a professionally run bookstore, ample staff and community meeting spaces, offices for student life—plus modern technology ranging from computer stations to computer-monitored laundry services—these new buildings have sparked a renewed school spirit seen throughout campus: • The number of IIT students involved in varsity sports has doubled over the past four years, thanks to the leadership of new Athletic Director Lee Hitchen and the introduction of varsity women’s and men’s soccer teams. • IIT students founded 25 new organizations last year alone, including a Lacrosse Club, Model UN, and Mock Trial team. Preserving Our Heritage As our new buildings continue to enhance student life, IIT is working to preserve our historic Mies van der Rohe-designed buildings. Leading this effort is the Mies van der Rohe Society, which is committed to restoring Mies’ IIT buildings to their original beauty and repurposing them to support cutting-edge academic programs. • The Campus Center has served as a gathering place for dozens of activities—many of which saw record participation last year—including the Taste of IIT, Homecoming Week, the Student Organization Fair, and Alumnifest. AN EXCEPTIONAL learning ENVIRONMENT Left and top right: The award-winning McCormick Tribune Campus Center, designed by Rem Koolhaas and joined with the elevated train via the stainless steel Exelon Tube, serves as a vibrant center for student life and an important resource for IIT and the surrounding community. Bottom right: AIA award-winning architect Helmut Jahn’s State Street Village provides state-of-the-art living for more than 360 students, close proximity to classrooms, easy access to the elevated train, and breathtaking views of the Chicago skyline. 41
Through example and action, IIT is providing the impetus to create a safer and more vibrant neighborhood around its Main Campus. One high-impact, long-range initiative involves IIT helping to create stronger schools, one teacher at a time, through a customized professional development program that educates Chicago Public School master teachers of high school mathematics and science. Program graduates will go on to serve as leaders in their schools and districts. Planning Success The City of Chicago recognized IIT’s leadership in the South Side community by presenting the university with the prestigious 2003 Burnham Award for Excellence in Planning. Award presenters lauded IIT’s innovative Main Campus Master Plan for its efforts to stimulate revitalization of the surrounding community as well as improve IIT’s campus infrastructure. A project with immediate benefits is IIT’s tutoring program for students in Bronzeville and other neighboring communities. As an integral part of this effort, IIT students are volunteering at various community activities, neighborhood churches, and other non-profit organizations. IIT is also demonstrating its commitment to the neighboring community through an employerassisted housing program: the university will help employees become homeowners in Park Boulevard, a new 1,200-unit development of condos, townhouses, and single-family homes along State Street from 35th to 39th streets. One teacher, one student, one resident at a time, IIT, in partnership with its neighbors, is helping to create a more vibrant South Side community. Top left: An IIT student works with children in a neighborhood school. Bottom left: Local teachers attend one of IIT’s customized mathematics and science education classes. BUILDING A better NEIGHBORHOOD Right: A representative of the developer talks to IIT students about Park Boulevard, a new mixed-income housing development. 42
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