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‘Designing Our Future’

“Designing Our Future” is Quinnipiac’s blueprint for the university’s 10-year master facilities plan. It brings to life the vision and aspirations set forth in Quinnipiac’s strategic plan, The University of The Future. True to our 91-year history, it is a plan powered by momentum, growth and a commitment to making the world around us a better place.

Read an executive summary (PDF)
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A Vision For the Future

Designing our Future includes near- and long-term plans to evolve and reimagine our three campuses. This master facilities plan outlines the contours of the physical footprint of our campuses including facilities, living and learning spaces, greenspaces, and social hubs. “Designing Our Future” will serve as a critical foundation for enhancing the intellectual, social, cultural and emotional wellbeing of the Bobcat family, and the communities we touch.

Aerial view of the current state of the Mount Carmel Campus

Mount Carmel Campus Today

A campus that has been at the center of our growth for more than half a century

Our Mount Carmel Campus is home to most of our residence halls and academic buildings — as well as student life with the Carl Hansen Student Center, dining options, the Athletic and Recreation Center and the Arnold Bernhard Library.

Aerial view of Mount Carmel Campus with new construction renderings

The University Campus of the Future

A campus that will continue to prepare our graduates for success

Several near-term projects include the construction of a new recreation and wellness center, the renovation of The Complex residence hall, and the initial scoping of a new general academic building and residence hall. Pictured above is a rendering of a new South Quad concept for our Mount Carmel Campus.

Take a look at how we imagine our Mount Carmel Campus may one day look:

Many students walk along a reimagined Bobcat Way with new, vibrant buildings.
Proposed rendering of Mount Carmel Campus' Bobcat Way, looking east at new housing and new “Bobcat Hub."
Students climb a rock wall and run in a rendering.
Render of interior activity and exercise spaces planned for the new Recreation & Wellness Center.
Students sit and read in a student center rendering.
Rendering of the entry and common area of new Recreation & Wellness Center.

Strategic Priorities That Shaped Our Master Plan

An exceptional student residential experience is essential to creating a dynamic on-campus environment for all students – residential and non-residential. The plan includes building new residence halls while also creating more space for social gatherings and engagement with each other, and with faculty, staff and alumni across all three of our campuses.

A combination of new facilities and renovations to existing ones will provide the academic and student support space required to help our students thrive and deliver a best-in-class academic experience and more hands-on experiential learning opportunities.

Our beautiful campuses will always be home to a dynamic on-campus environment that deliver an exceptional student experience. Our master plan will explore ways to take advantage of the great outdoor spaces we have across our beautiful campuses to promote more active outdoor lifestyles and connections with nature.

Within each campus, the Master Plan prioritizes a clear, well-defined pedestrian experience that more easily connects people and places, which is critical as we look to create living-learning communities that integrate the academic experience with the student life experience. We will also partner with the Town of Hamden to explore how we evolve Hamden from a town with a college in it, into a vibrant college town.

Our master plan takes a holistic look at all 3 campuses and ways we can unify them – in services, programming and even the look and feel of the spaces – so there is truly a feeling of One Quinnipiac regardless of whether you’re in North Haven, up on York Hill, or on Mount Carmel.

Transformative Projects

The overarching goal is to establish a flexible, yet powerful, long-term vision for campus development that advances Quinnipiac’s strategic plan. There are a few key projects that Quinnipiac recently completed or expects to begin in 2021 that will enhance students' living and learning experiences and address space needs. Check back often for updates and new projects set to kick off in the near future.

Read an executive summary of the plan (PDF)

Recreation and Wellness Center

Rendering of green spaces outside wellness center

A Center for Wellness — For Body, Mind and Nature

Construction of our new Recreation and Wellness Center is underway and is scheduled to open in Fall 2022. This new multi-purpose facility will include expanded recreational space and equipment, a rock-climbing wall, an upgraded health center, a counseling center with stunning outdoor views and a fuel bar for pre- and post-workout nutritional needs. Outside the building, there will be benches, a firepit and other inviting spaces. The entire building and the programming it will deliver was designed with the health and wellbeing of our campus community at its core.

Rendering of students in dance studio with windows looking out to Sleeping Giant
Dance, yoga and fitness studio
Rendering of main entrance and lobby
Main entrance and lobby, welcome desk, community lounge and juice bar
Rendering of students doing yoga outside at the new wellness center
Outdoor terrace attached to studio space, which features a retractable wall
Rendering of students using climbing wall and fitness equipment
Two-story rock-climbing wall
Rendering of outside of future wellness and fitness center
Northwest exterior
Rendering of counseling center waiting area with greenery wall
Counseling waiting area with living wall of real plants
Rendering of green spaces outside wellness center
Southeast exterior
Rendering of group therapy counseling room
Group counseling room
Rendering of counseling center office
Counseling office
Rendering of students on fitness equipment and rock wall
First-floor fitness center

Learn more about the Recreation and Wellness Center project

On the Rocks Pub & Grill

A row of students cheer during a men's ice hockey watch party

Connect and Recharge

On The Rocks Pub and Grill in the Rocky Top Student Center opened in the spring of 2020. This new social and gathering space was the culmination of two years of collaboration and work between university officials and student representatives. On the Rocks hosts members of the university community in a variety of seating arrangements — from bar stools and booths to farm tables as they enjoy beer and wine, non-alcoholic beverages and pub-style food. The space incudes televisions throughout, pool tables, shuffle boards, and a stage for live performances. And an ever-changing line-up of student programming keeps students connected all year long.

Four students cheers in the pub
A student cheers after hitting a ball during pool
Boomer the mascot sits next to a laughing student in the pub
Two students play tabletop shuffle board in the pub
A row of students cheer during a men's ice hockey watch party
A student hits the cue ball in the pub
Students get food during an event in the pub
A student stands on the stage in the pub talking to an audience
Four students sit at a table laughing and talking in the pub
Several students play trivia using their phones in the pub

The Suites Residence Hall Renovations

Students walk or sit in the two-story atrium of the renovated Perlroth dorm

A Center for Wellness — For Body, Mind and Nature

Larson, Perlroth and Troup residence halls (collectively known as The Suites) underwent a full renovation in the summer of 2019. All three buildings feature a new modern design that extends from all common areas into suite style units, bedrooms and bathrooms. The renovation included air-conditioning throughout the buildings and new furniture in every bedroom and common room.

 

Skylights and two-story atrium in the renovated Perlroth dorm
Students sit together in their renovated common area of their dorm
New furniture and air conditioning unit in the Perlroth dorm room
Newly renovated bathroom in the Perlroth dorm
Students walk or sit in the two-story atrium of the renovated Perlroth dorm
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