Section 1 Executive Summary 1.1 Introduction 2 1.1.1 University Overview 2 1.1.2 Campus 3 1.1.3 Scope of the Campus Master Plan 4 1.2 Planning for The Future 6 1.2.1 Planning Principles 6 1.2.2 Future Campus Needs 6 1.2.3 Transportation & Parking 8 1.3 Conservation 11 1.3.1 Historic Resources 11 1.3.2 Landscape and Open Space 11 1.3.3 Sustainability 11 1.4 Building Renovation, & Decommissioning 11 1.5 Involving the Community 14 1.5.1 Community Engagement 14 ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia 1 Howard University CASE NO.20-08 EXHIBIT NO.3A2 1.1 Introduction The executive summary provides an overview of Howard University and the scope and purpose of the 2020 Central Campus Master Plan. 1.1.1 University Overview Founded In 1867, Howard University (HU) is an independent, co-educational institution offering a full array of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. Howard is a premier Historically Black College and University (HBCU) that combines the best elements of liberal arts and sciences-based undergraduate core curriculum with selected graduate and professional programs. Since its founding, Howard has awarded more than 120,000 degrees and certifications. Mission Statement Howard University, a culturally diverse, comprehensive, research-intensive, and historically Black private university, provides an educational experience of exceptional quality at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels to students of high academic standing and potential, with particular emphasis upon educational opportunities for Black students. The University is dedicated to attracting and sustaining a cadre of faculty who are committed to the development of distinguished, historically aware, and compassionate graduates, and to the discovery of solutions to human problems in the United States and throughout the world. With an abiding interest in both domestic and international affairs, the University is committed to continuing to produce leaders for America and the global community. March 2020 l Central Campus Plan 2 Core Values solutions to help improve the quality of life in many communities and cities. Excellence, leadership, service, and truth are our core values. Howard’s aim is to forward the 1.1.2 Campus development of scholars and professionals who drive change and engage in scholarship The Howard University Central Campus is a vibrant that provides solutions to contemporary global urban institution located in northwest Washington, problems – particularly ones impacting the African DC, in Ward 1. Several historic landmarks, such Diaspora. as Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall, and the Founders Enrollment Library, are on the Central Campus, and it is home Howard has approximately 9,700 undergraduate, to a majority of the University’s academic and graduate, and professional students representing administrative activities. 45 US states, the District of Columbia, and nine Unique University Assets nations. The University foresees a stable total enrollment with the potential to accommodate Over the course of its 145-year history of providing approximately 12,000 students. the finest primary, secondary and tertiary health care services, Howard University Hospital, a Howard University is accredited by the Level 1 Trauma Center, has become one of the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle most comprehensive health care facilities in the States Association of Colleges and Schools, and Washington, DC metropolitan area. its specialized field programs are accredited by numerous professional agencies. Founded in 1980, Howard University Television, WHUT-TV, was the first African American-owned Academic Programs public television station in the nation. It is also the only university-licensed public television station Students pursue studies in more than 130 areas located in the metropolitan Washington viewing within the University’s 13 schools and colleges: area, which includes more than three million Arts & Sciences, Business, Communications, households. Dentistry, Divinity, Education, Engineering, Architecture & Computer Sciences, Graduate WHUR-FM, Howard’s commercial radio station, School, Law, Medicine, Nursing & Allied has been broadcasting for more than 34 years and Health Sciences, Pharmacy, and Social Work. is a leading station in the Washington metropolitan The University offers Master’s, Doctoral, area. It is also the first and only station in the area Professional, Joint-Degree and Undergraduate to broadcast high-definition radio. www.whur.com programs. Howard University is accredited by the and www.whurworld.com Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and Celebrating over 30 years on air, the University’s its specialized field programs are accredited by student-operated radio station, WHBC, is a major numerous professional accrediting organizations. media outlet for the student body. WHBC Channel 51 has the campus’ ear and is a part of the Howard Faculty & Staff student collegiate lifestyle. The employee base at Howard is currently Urban residential neighborhoods border Howard, comprised of 2,907 individuals (2,533 full-time including Shaw, LeDroit Park, Pleasant Plains, Park and 374 part-time), with 1,205 faculty, 1,435 staff, View, and Columbia Heights. The northeastern and 267 wage employees. edge of the Campus shares a border with the Impacts and Services in The Community McMillan Reservoir. Howard’s motto, “Veritas et Utilitas” (Truth and The total land area within the HU boundary is Service), is woven throughout its academic, approximately 86 acres, with 74 buildings equaling student, faculty, and research programs. over 4.9 million square feet, resulting in a current Students, faculty, and staff are actively involved Floor Area Ratio of 1.33 for the Central Campus. in the community, and local, national, and global service efforts to create awareness and provide 3 Howard University 1.1.3 Scope of the Campus Master Plan The D. C. Office of Zoning requires College and University with a campus within the District prepare periodic (timeline related to past plans) campus plans for Zoning Commission approval. The campus plans need to comply with campus plan content requirements of Subtitle Z § 302. The growth of colleges and universities, while supported by the District, has generated concerns in some Washington neighborhoods. Most of the universities have limited land area for expansion, and are located immediately adjacent to residential neighborhoods. Neighborhood concerns relate to impacts such as traffic and parking, and to broader issues about the changing character of communities where universities are located or expanding. Campus plans have responded to these concerns in a number of ways, such as increasing building intensity on-site to avoid the need for land acquisition, development of new dormitories, and implementation of numerous programs to manage parking, traffic, noise, and other environmental impacts. The approach to the 2020 Central Campus Plan (Campus Plan, CP) is to align the University’s existing and future (10-year) programmatic needs with its built environment in support of Howard’s Mission, Vision, and Strategic Plan. The process includes three phases: Discovery, Synthesis, and Documentation. The goal of the Discovery phase was to acquire a comprehensive understanding of Howard University through data gathering, an inventory and assessment of current conditions, a review of planned and proposed projects, and identification of the University’s priorities, needs, and aspirations. The Synthesis phase focused on the development of a campus planning framework that addressed the programmatic and physical needs and goals of Howard moving forward. The final phase, Documentation, is focused on the preparation of the Campus Plan document and the necessary District of Columbia Office of Zoning application submissions for its approval. March 2020 l Central Campus Plan 4 LEGEND Campus Boundary Proposed Buildings Proposed Renovation Existing Buildings Open Space Formal Landscape Future Building Future Decommission BUILDING LEGEND A. Intercollegiate Athletics Center B. Center for Arts & Communications C. Howard University Union D. Health Sciences Complex E. STEM Center F. Apartment-Style Residences 0’ 200’ 400’ 800’ G. Medical Office Building H. Howard University Hospital Figure 1.1: Proposed Campus Plan 5 Howard University 1.2 Planning for The Future and design and develop new public open-spaces that enhance the campus setting, and become The Campus Plan is a product of a broad effort future cultural landscapes. by the Howard University to engage throughout the planning process the University’s Board Enhance Physical Access and Connectivity of Trustees, administration, staff, faculty, and Strengthen and expand the campus network students, as well as neighborhood community of high-quality, walkable spaces and strong stakeholders, several civic associations and task pedestrian and bicycle connection to, and forces, government agencies, and the affected throughout the campus on both the north-south Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC). and east-west axes. In 2016, Howard University embarked on the Support Interdisciplinary Academics & Research foundational stages of developing its new strategic Create environments that support and spur plan, HOWARD FORWARD 2019-2024. The multi- Interdisciplinary academics and research, which year planning process included stakeholders from are critical to Howard’s 21st century academic a broad