Connected Through
Place
Whenever we come together, we strengthen our connections. The spaces where we live, learn, and work profoundly influence our experiences. Our environment shapes our behavior, perceptions, and interactions in subtle yet powerful ways. Intentionally designed spaces and a thoughtfully sustained landscape inspire creativity, foster collaboration, and enhance learning. We will reimagine our use of campus spaces to forge new connections, strengthen existing ones, and learn and celebrate together.
3.1
Reimagining Facilities to Further the Mission
Nobles is eager to leverage campus spaces to best deliver its mission and core values.
Design supportive and dynamic learning environments
Incorporate best teaching and learning practices into classroom and office design
Identify the furniture, technologies, and instructional displays that best encourage a highly engaged, collaborative, and flexible classroom environment.
Prioritize design elements that stimulate creativity, curiosity, well-being, and diverse learning styles across disciplines.
Centralize student support offices to promote easy access and collaboration
Create physical and organizational connections between the people and offices in Shattuck Schoolhouse, leading to optimal and streamlined support to help students thrive.
Enhance integrative community spaces
Revitalize campus spaces
Evaluate current spaces to ensure they promote access, inclusivity,
and connection.
Reimagine Gleason Hall as a vibrant community hub for students, faculty, and staff.
Expand access to inclusive and multipurpose athletic program spaces
Upgrade the Omni to support year-round programming, including ice hockey, indoor tennis, and summer recreational use.
Study the possibility of adding a track around the existing turf field and consider adding a second turf field.
Update the Morrison Athletic Center to uphold campus standards and adapt to evolving programmatic needs.
3.2
Advancing Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability
Nobles’ 173-acre campus possesses boundless opportunities to enrich learning, nurture well-being, and foster connections. The school will deepen engagement with its surrounding landscape, ensuring that generations are compelled to practice environmental stewardship.
Steward campus sustainability
Establish and implement a campus-wide sustainability standard for all future buildings and landscape projects
Draw on best practices to ensure projects prioritize energy efficiency, sustainable materials, and ecological resilience.
Set measurable goals for operations and track annual progress
Establish targets for reducing emissions, energy use, water consumption, and waste.
Conduct annual building audits to understand resource usage better and inform a campus-wide waste-reduction plan.
Assess and report progress toward sustainability goals annually.
Implement sustainable land management practices
Evaluate and strengthen sustainability efforts that support biodiversity, native habitats, and long-term ecological health.
Instill a culture of environmental responsibility
Embed sustainability as a shared responsibility across campus operations, academic programs, and community life.
Leverage the environment as a catalyst for learning
Integrate outdoor and environmental learning across the curriculum
Use the Nobles landscape as a living lab for research, stewardship projects, and experiential education.
Increase climate literacy and environmental impact in the
academic program.