Renovation of Gunter Hall Environmental Science Center

弗罗斯特堡州立大学(FSU)是ARI资金的接受者，用于Gunter Hall的翻修。FSU是一家农村综合I学校，位于马里兰州西部山区，为来自马里兰州、西弗吉尼亚州和宾夕法尼亚州的阿巴拉契亚居民以及来自巴尔的摩-华盛顿特区大都市区的少数族裔学生提供服务。作为马里兰大学11个成员系统的一部分，佛罗里达州立大学的特点是在其学生成功攻读博士学位的比例上排名第二。政府认识到有必要保持其地位，致力于提供现代化的实验室，以促进科学教师的专业发展，并加强对下一代科学家的培训计划。佛罗里达州立大学将在国家科学基金会的帮助下，提供资源翻新冈特厅。该设施建于1960年，最初是大学的食堂和学生中心。作为整体设施改善计划的一部分，Gunter Hall翻新后将成为地理系的所在地，并成为目前分散在五座建筑中的环境科学项目的重点。翻修将包括：重新配置空间，改善通风和公用设施系统，以及安装固定设备。完成后，以下研究项目将得到加强：环境地质学和水文学、土壤研究、环境化学、工程和制图、森林生态学、哺乳动物和鸟类生态学、水生生态学、水产养殖和毒理学。该项目将统一从事环境科学研究的学生和教职员工，建立研究合作，并增加以环境科学为职业的学生数量。

Frostburg State University (FSU) is the recipient of ARI funds for the renovation of Gunter Hall. FSU, a rural Comprehensive I institution, is located in mountainous western Maryland serving Appalachian residents from Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, and minority students from the Baltimore-Washington, DC metropolitan area. As part of the eleven member University of Maryland System, FSU has the distinction of being second in the proportion of its students who succeed in doctoral studies. The administration, recognizing the need to maintain its position, is committed to provide modern laboratories to facilitate the professional development of science faculty, and enhance training programs for the next generation of scientists. FSU, with assistance from the National Science Foundation, will provide resources to renovate Gunter Hall. Constructed in 1960, the facility originally housed the university's dining hall and student center. As part of the overall facilities improvement plan, Gunter Hall when refurbished will become home to the Geography Department and the focus of environmental science programs that are currently dispersed among five buildings. Renovations will encompass: reconfiguring space, improving ventilation and utility systems, and installing fixed equipment. Upon completion the following research programs will be enhanced: Environmental Geology and Hydrology, Soils Research, Environmental Chemistry, Engineering and Cartography, Forest Ecology, Mammalian and Avian Ecology, Aquatic Ecology, and Aquaculture and Toxicology. This project will unify students and faculty engaged in environmental science studies, establish research collaborations, and increase the number of students pursuing environmental science as a career.