Team building

Portland State is offering students an opportunity to voice their ideas for the next big building project on campus.

Portland State is offering students an opportunity to voice their ideas for the next big building project on campus.

The Student Building Fee Committee is looking for students, groups or departments with a vision of how to improve the campus.

However, the deadline is quickly approaching. All proposals must be submitted by 4 p.m. Monday, April 5, to ensure that they get considered.

According to PSU’s Facilities and Planning Web site, $2.5 million is available for allocation once the projects are approved by the SBFC. Requests for funding may be for the full $2.5 million, or for any amount of money up to $2.5 million.

Proposals must be brought to the PSU Facilities & Planning department, which can be found in the University Services Building, Suite 202, at 617 SW Montgomery.

 “Past projects range from the Native American Center to the Helen Gordon Child Development Center, amongst numerous other upgrades to different buildings and investment[s] toward construction projects,” said Zaki Bucharest, who is both an SBFC member and a student representative of the Smith Memorial Student Union Advisory Board.

The SBFC is comprised of students from several different groups at PSU. This year’s SBFC members are Bucharest, ASPSU President Jonathan Sanford, SFC Chair Johnnie Ozimkowski, Angela Leonard from the HGCDC and David Lock from Student Recreation.

“The committee members decide by democratic process which projects that fall within proposal guidelines will be allocated monies requested,” Bucharest said.

For more information regarding the proposal requirements, visit www.fap.pdx.edu.

After reviewing the proposals, the SBFC will invite a select group of students to further discuss their proposals with the committee by Monday, April 26.

The final funding recommendations will be publically announced at a later date, following evaluation of the final proposals.

“This is a great opportunity to push forward interests that require capital [to move] toward construction,” Bucharest said. “Get involved.”

For more information, a meeting will be held today at 3 p.m. in SMSU 230.