Downtown districts of cities are usually the first areas to be developed and can inform one of how and why growth occurred in a particular instance. Las Vegas, an oasis within the Mojave desert, originated due to its strategic location in the Southwest US that provided spring water for westward travelers. The area currently known as downtown Las Vegas, one of the first areas to be developed, is depressed due to economic downturn. An arts district is emerging in this district. However, its growth is hampered by a lack of foot traffic and local activity. University of Nevada - Las Vegas (UNLV) is in need of a new building for the arts department to accommodate its expanding program. The purpose of my thesis is to propose a satellite campus in Downtown Las Vegas that can house an arts building along with workshops and art galleries. The goal is to stimulate the development of the downtown arts district by developing strong interaction between the students and local arts activity. / Master of Architecture

<p>Over years<strong>,</strong> there have been tremendous changes in internetworking technologies and there are a number of real time applications that are flooded into the market. Most real-time applications are sensitive to traffic loss because of their nature of exchanging data without acknowledgement. In any type of data network, redundancy is important to backup and recover the connectivity without human intervention in case of device or link failure. However, it is very crucial to design an optimal redundant network, particularly for real-time applications providing minimal losses during fail-over. Configuration of redundancy in different networks varies and depends on the equipment and network design itself.</p><p>This thesis focuses on the redundancy needed in campus network design which is quite popular nowadays in most of medium and large enterprises, universities or government agencies. Two major designs of redundancy are studied: default gateway redundancy and routed access. In the first option<strong>,</strong> the one logical segment of network uses common L2 switches while in the other – the same segment is constructed with more expensive advanced multilayer switches. The network is built in the lab environment. As an example of real-time communication the VoIP call is simulated in the network. The failures on different areas of nodes or links are caused manually. Results of packet loss during fail-over are recorded. The baseline of recovery performance is constructed using these results which are derived from different scenarios using different configurations and equipment. The baseline data is evaluated and conclusion is made on the trade-offs, limitations, advantages and disadvantages of the redundancy options in the campus network design.</p><p>The work done in this thesis is supportive for network architects and designers to take into consideration the equipment and configuration to be used when implementing redundancy for real-time communications. The results and conclusion will support them in choosing the options for constructing the redundant network<strong>,</strong> or taking into account the trade-offs when migrating from one option to another.</p>

The purpose of this study was to identify how employees in the University of South Florida System (USF System) perceived changes in their organizations and the system as a result of having separate accreditation for each campus in the USF System. This survey research provided a "snapshot" of employee perceptions at a particular point in time. The study was unique because it provided a picture of the perceptions of employees while each campus was at a different point in the organizational change process. The theoretical concept from Bolman and Deal's (2003) four frame theory was used to develop the dependent variables and capture the perceptions of employees. The four dependent variables were organizational structure, employee relations, inter-campus relationships, and campus identity. Quantitative data were collected using a survey instrument. The data were analyzed by campus, employment category, gender, and years of employment using multivariate analysis of variance to identify significant differences in the means between the categories for each dependent variable. Additional comments provided by the survey respondents were analyzed using qualitative analysis to identify emerging themes during the organizational change process.

A Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) possui sua estrutura física, em Porto Alegre, organizada em quatro campi: Campus Centro, Campus Saúde, Campus Olímpico e Campus do Vale. Núcleo original da instituição, o Campus Centro se localiza em região central da cidade e é composto por dois quarteirões contíguos. Com a forma de um polígono, o campus possui um conjunto edificado heterogêneo formado por prédios construídos entre os anos de 1898 e 2013. Antes mesmo de serem agrupadas para formar a Universidade de Porto Alegre (UPA) em 1934, as escolas autônomas de ensino superior de espírito positivista fundadas no final do século XIX já possuíam suas sedes implantadas nos dois quarteirões. Federalizada em 1951, a UFRGS ali mantém prédios de importantes unidades de ensino, além da sede da instituição. O conjunto edificado reúne exemplares com características das arquiteturas eclética e modernista, reconhecidos como patrimônio cultural a nível institucional, nos âmbitos municipal, estadual e nacional. A configuração do campus possui relação direta com a evolução urbana da cidade, respondendo aos diversos processos de constituição de sua estrutura urbana e suas circunstâncias históricas, socioeconômicas e ambientais. Quando os primeiros edifícios foram construídos, por volta de 1900, o núcleo urbano de Porto Alegre se restringia à ponta da península, e a região do campus apresentava-se como um descampado, fora dos limites da cidade. Com o crescimento e desenvolvimento da cidade, o núcleo urbano sofreu grande expansão, e a área antes periférica, poucas décadas depois já fazia parte do conturbado centro da capital. A presente dissertação pretende investigar a origem e o desenvolvimento do Campus Centro da UFRGS, assunto que até o presente momento não possui estudos consistentes. Abordando tanto as questões de configuração urbana relacionadas ao espaço dos dois quarteirões do Campus Centro quanto as questões específicas relativas à arquitetura das edificações e do espaço aberto que os compõe, o estudo busca contribuir para a documentação e o conhecimento do tema. / The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) has, in Porto Alegre, a multi campi structure composed of the Downtown Campus, Health Campus, Olympic Campus and Valley Campus. UFRGS Downtown Campus, which is the foundational core of the institution, is located in Porto Alegre’s central district and is composed by two contiguous city blocks. Conformed like a polygon, the campus is composed by an heterogeneous set of buildings made between 1898 and 2013. Even before being assembled to create Porto Alegre University (UPA) in 1934, 19th century positivism orientated autonomous colleges were already located over these blocks. After its federalization on 1951, UFRGS still holds several important faculty buildings there, other than its head offices. The set of buildings on the Downtown Campus is composed by exemplars with features of the eclectic and modernist architectures, recognized as cultural heritage institutional, at municipal, state and national levels. Campus configuration holds close relation with city’s urban development, responding to distinct processes of its urban structure generation and historical, socioeconomical and environmental circumstances. When the first colleges where built, around 1900, Porto Alegre’s urban area was restricted to the peninsula’s site, and the university blocks where part of an unoccupied zone outside city limits. With city’s growth and development, the urban core has undergone extensive expansion and the area, once peripheral region, some decades later was part of the troubled center of the capital. This work aims to deal with the origin and development of the Central Campus of UFRGS, subject until now has no consistent studies. Addressing both the issues of urban configuration related to space two city blocks as the specific issues relating to the architecture of the buildings and the open space, the study seeks to contribute to the documentation and knowledge of the topic.

A Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) possui sua estrutura física, em Porto Alegre, organizada em quatro campi: Campus Centro, Campus Saúde, Campus Olímpico e Campus do Vale. Núcleo original da instituição, o Campus Centro se localiza em região central da cidade e é composto por dois quarteirões contíguos. Com a forma de um polígono, o campus possui um conjunto edificado heterogêneo formado por prédios construídos entre os anos de 1898 e 2013. Antes mesmo de serem agrupadas para formar a Universidade de Porto Alegre (UPA) em 1934, as escolas autônomas de ensino superior de espírito positivista fundadas no final do século XIX já possuíam suas sedes implantadas nos dois quarteirões. Federalizada em 1951, a UFRGS ali mantém prédios de importantes unidades de ensino, além da sede da instituição. O conjunto edificado reúne exemplares com características das arquiteturas eclética e modernista, reconhecidos como patrimônio cultural a nível institucional, nos âmbitos municipal, estadual e nacional. A configuração do campus possui relação direta com a evolução urbana da cidade, respondendo aos diversos processos de constituição de sua estrutura urbana e suas circunstâncias históricas, socioeconômicas e ambientais. Quando os primeiros edifícios foram construídos, por volta de 1900, o núcleo urbano de Porto Alegre se restringia à ponta da península, e a região do campus apresentava-se como um descampado, fora dos limites da cidade. Com o crescimento e desenvolvimento da cidade, o núcleo urbano sofreu grande expansão, e a área antes periférica, poucas décadas depois já fazia parte do conturbado centro da capital. A presente dissertação pretende investigar a origem e o desenvolvimento do Campus Centro da UFRGS, assunto que até o presente momento não possui estudos consistentes. Abordando tanto as questões de configuração urbana relacionadas ao espaço dos dois quarteirões do Campus Centro quanto as questões específicas relativas à arquitetura das edificações e do espaço aberto que os compõe, o estudo busca contribuir para a documentação e o conhecimento do tema. / The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) has, in Porto Alegre, a multi campi structure composed of the Downtown Campus, Health Campus, Olympic Campus and Valley Campus. UFRGS Downtown Campus, which is the foundational core of the institution, is located in Porto Alegre’s central district and is composed by two contiguous city blocks. Conformed like a polygon, the campus is composed by an heterogeneous set of buildings made between 1898 and 2013. Even before being assembled to create Porto Alegre University (UPA) in 1934, 19th century positivism orientated autonomous colleges were already located over these blocks. After its federalization on 1951, UFRGS still holds several important faculty buildings there, other than its head offices. The set of buildings on the Downtown Campus is composed by exemplars with features of the eclectic and modernist architectures, recognized as cultural heritage institutional, at municipal, state and national levels. Campus configuration holds close relation with city’s urban development, responding to distinct processes of its urban structure generation and historical, socioeconomical and environmental circumstances. When the first colleges where built, around 1900, Porto Alegre’s urban area was restricted to the peninsula’s site, and the university blocks where part of an unoccupied zone outside city limits. With city’s growth and development, the urban core has undergone extensive expansion and the area, once peripheral region, some decades later was part of the troubled center of the capital. This work aims to deal with the origin and development of the Central Campus of UFRGS, subject until now has no consistent studies. Addressing both the issues of urban configuration related to space two city blocks as the specific issues relating to the architecture of the buildings and the open space, the study seeks to contribute to the documentation and knowledge of the topic.

A Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) possui sua estrutura física, em Porto Alegre, organizada em quatro campi: Campus Centro, Campus Saúde, Campus Olímpico e Campus do Vale. Núcleo original da instituição, o Campus Centro se localiza em região central da cidade e é composto por dois quarteirões contíguos. Com a forma de um polígono, o campus possui um conjunto edificado heterogêneo formado por prédios construídos entre os anos de 1898 e 2013. Antes mesmo de serem agrupadas para formar a Universidade de Porto Alegre (UPA) em 1934, as escolas autônomas de ensino superior de espírito positivista fundadas no final do século XIX já possuíam suas sedes implantadas nos dois quarteirões. Federalizada em 1951, a UFRGS ali mantém prédios de importantes unidades de ensino, além da sede da instituição. O conjunto edificado reúne exemplares com características das arquiteturas eclética e modernista, reconhecidos como patrimônio cultural a nível institucional, nos âmbitos municipal, estadual e nacional. A configuração do campus possui relação direta com a evolução urbana da cidade, respondendo aos diversos processos de constituição de sua estrutura urbana e suas circunstâncias históricas, socioeconômicas e ambientais. Quando os primeiros edifícios foram construídos, por volta de 1900, o núcleo urbano de Porto Alegre se restringia à ponta da península, e a região do campus apresentava-se como um descampado, fora dos limites da cidade. Com o crescimento e desenvolvimento da cidade, o núcleo urbano sofreu grande expansão, e a área antes periférica, poucas décadas depois já fazia parte do conturbado centro da capital. A presente dissertação pretende investigar a origem e o desenvolvimento do Campus Centro da UFRGS, assunto que até o presente momento não possui estudos consistentes. Abordando tanto as questões de configuração urbana relacionadas ao espaço dos dois quarteirões do Campus Centro quanto as questões específicas relativas à arquitetura das edificações e do espaço aberto que os compõe, o estudo busca contribuir para a documentação e o conhecimento do tema. / The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) has, in Porto Alegre, a multi campi structure composed of the Downtown Campus, Health Campus, Olympic Campus and Valley Campus. UFRGS Downtown Campus, which is the foundational core of the institution, is located in Porto Alegre’s central district and is composed by two contiguous city blocks. Conformed like a polygon, the campus is composed by an heterogeneous set of buildings made between 1898 and 2013. Even before being assembled to create Porto Alegre University (UPA) in 1934, 19th century positivism orientated autonomous colleges were already located over these blocks. After its federalization on 1951, UFRGS still holds several important faculty buildings there, other than its head offices. The set of buildings on the Downtown Campus is composed by exemplars with features of the eclectic and modernist architectures, recognized as cultural heritage institutional, at municipal, state and national levels. Campus configuration holds close relation with city’s urban development, responding to distinct processes of its urban structure generation and historical, socioeconomical and environmental circumstances. When the first colleges where built, around 1900, Porto Alegre’s urban area was restricted to the peninsula’s site, and the university blocks where part of an unoccupied zone outside city limits. With city’s growth and development, the urban core has undergone extensive expansion and the area, once peripheral region, some decades later was part of the troubled center of the capital. This work aims to deal with the origin and development of the Central Campus of UFRGS, subject until now has no consistent studies. Addressing both the issues of urban configuration related to space two city blocks as the specific issues relating to the architecture of the buildings and the open space, the study seeks to contribute to the documentation and knowledge of the topic.

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Master of Landscape Architecture / Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning / William P. Winslow III / The proposed site development is situated in the ahupua’a of Honouliuli, in the district of Ewa on the island of Oahu, Hawaii and has been given the name Kaiaulu. Currently the University of Hawaii is planning to expand their campus in the Ewa district. The project site is 500 acres with the university occupying 204 acres. The remaining 296 acres of the site will be a mixed-use residential community. The design of the site addresses two main dilemmas: 1) creating a town-gown relationship between the university and surrounding mixed-use community and 2) promote the use of the two transit stations that will be located on the site for the new light rail system that will be implemented on the island in the next few years. To better understand the relationships between the institution and the surrounding neighborhood communities and how to successfully incorporate light rail stations into the communities, research was conducted to address the issues stated above. Literature was reviewed with a focus on the guidelines, principles, terms, and relative issues on each topic. Two precedent studies were then conducted relating to town-gown relationships and the implementation of light rail systems and stations. The program and the placement of the transit stations, the institution, and the mixed-use communities were based on the site inventory and analysis of the existing site. With the strategic placement of the transit stations and the university campus, students and residents of the surrounding community are encouraged to interact. Additionally, by making the transit stations welcoming, convenient, and safe, the light rail encourages the students and residents of the communities to lessen the use of their automobiles and use the public transit as a means of reaching their destinations around the island. The design of Kaiaulu brings the students of the institution and the residents and visitors of the surrounding communities together and creates a strong town-gown relationship.

Master of Science / Counseling and Student Development / Christy D. Craft / Throughout my undergraduate and graduate work at Kansas State University, I have been fascinated with students’ faith development. Sharon Parks’ Theory of Faith Development for the College Years (Parks, 2000) outlines four stages of faith during the four to five years of college. As students enter into college, most start with a faith that is bound by authority and is dependent on others to function in a socially acceptable way. Healthy development continues until students enter a mature adult faith—one in which they have gained interdependence between their personal faith and the faith of others. They are open to those who are different and welcome diversity. With this in mind, how a campus ministry approaches a student may be vastly different depending on their stage of development. My report focuses on comparing and contrasting Sharon Parks’ Theory of Faith Development (Parks, 2000) and Susan Komives Stages of Leadership Identity Development (Komives, Owen, Longerbeam, Mainella & Osteen, 2005) in order to better understand the ability at which students can lead depending on their faith development. I concentrated on college age students who attend a non-denominational Christian campus ministry group. After completing my review of the similarities and differences of the two theories, I engaged in conversations with those involved in the ministries about each theory and how they are applicable to their faith leadership position within their organization. Having been heavily involved in a campus ministry, both as a participant and an observer, I have gained great knowledge about the ministries and how students get involved. Adding my classroom experience learning about faith development and leadership development, I feel that researching and presenting information about leadership and faith development to campus leaders would be beneficial. Educating campus leaders about student leadership development and faith development will better help equip them to reach students at the students’ level.