Revamping Sacramento State is the main goal of Destination 2010, and President Alexander Gonzalez held a town hall meeting March 2 to discuss some of the forthcoming campus changes.
Lori Varlotta, vice president of student affairs and Stephen Garcia, vice president for administration and business affairs, accompanied Gonzalez to help address the audience's questions and comments.
Opening statements from each said that an architect has been selected for the future recreation center on campus, and that many ideas are in the works for Destination 2010.
"These are the kind of ideas that need to be on our radar for Destination 2010," said Varlotta regarding to the audience's comments.
Members of the audience spoke about involving staff and students in the design of buildings, creating a campus tour program, developing a research library, separating division between departments and the restructuring of campus events planning, to name a few.
"I thought there were really good suggestions," Gonzalez said. "We're looking into an electronic bulletin board -- I'd hate to say eBay -- but it will allow you to post events and information."
Many ideas for Destination 2010 were discussed, such as having the new student housing overlook the American River. Another was creating a streetcar loop between 65th Street and the campus to encourage light rail usage.
Gonzalez spoke about how the school is working to providing doctorate degrees in specific fields.
Garcia talked about the need to keep the campus well lit. "We want to make this a safe campus; we're going to review lighting," Garcia said.
New signage will be coming to Sac State as part of the remodeling process implemented in September, Gonzalez said.
