As IST continues to make progress towards achieving its strategic plan goals including enrollment and related faculty growth, workspace is at a premium. As such, we have created a set of guidelines to allow us to allocate space as consistently and equitably as possible. We will make every effort to relocate faculty, staff, and graduate assistants prior to each academic year/semester while minimizing relocations during each semester to the extent possible.
Guidelines
Exterior window offices (in priority order):
- Dean, Associate/Assistant Deans
- Full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty
- Full-time non tenure-line faculty
- Full-time staff (level dependent)
- Adjuncts/post-docs/visiting faculty/research associates/assistants
- Part-time faculty
Interior offices (in priority order):
- Full-time faculty if needed
- Full-time staff
- Adjuncts/post-docs/visiting faculty/research associates/assistants
- Part-time faculty
- Collaborative spaces
- Work/mail rooms
Research Labs (in priority order):
- Externally funded graduate assistants including GAs supported with start-up funds
- Externally funded visitors
- Internally funded graduate assistants
- Unfunded graduate assistants
- Unfunded visitors
As space within the buildings continues to be limited, faculty members who will be on any type of leave for a full semester or longer—including sabbatical—will be asked to relinquish their office space for the duration of their leave. For faculty on phased retirement, office space needs will be reviewed and determined in consultation with the college after the first year of the phased retirement period. The college will continue to provide flexible meeting/collaborative workspaces to the extent possible.
Workrooms and mailrooms should only exist in separate spaces when all other alternatives are completely exhausted.
Approved by: Dr. Andrew Sears 01/14/2018
Revised by: Dr. Andrea Tapia 7/11/2025; updated language related to faculty on leave or phased retirement