School of Marine Sciences

在过去的六年里，缅因大学对其海洋实验室达令海洋中心进行了前所未有的投资，以使大学教师、访问研究人员及其学生受益。 设施改进包括许多新的实验室和办公空间、更多的研究仪器以及餐厅和新教室等基本支持设施。 1991 年访问调查项目的启动、教育服务的扩大以及大型本科生实习项目的发展导致了人口爆炸，而且没有任何减弱的迹象。 为了确定改进的优先顺序，该大学参与了访问调查人员和访问州外大学的设施规划。 根据他们的建议，住房被视为设施的最大弱点。 该中心的住房简陋、拥挤且严重不足，这种缺陷限制了教育和研究项目的发展，而这些项目影响着越来越多的来访教师和学生群体。 该大学的环境健康与安全系已就该中心大部分住房的状况发布了不利的报告，主要是由于消防措施和 ADA 通道不足。 大多数住房都是平房建筑，仅限夏季使用。 有些住房既缺乏暖气，也缺乏自来水。 为了暂时满足住房需求，11栋独立建筑的所有可用空间都被改造成双层床位。 由于其中许多建筑的年代和状况，现代化的成本在很大程度上令人望而却步。 虽然该中心现在在天气温暖的月份可容纳 60 人，但全年住宿目前只能容纳 18 名学生。 该中心不断发展的教育和访问研究员计划受到住房短缺的严重阻碍，导致日程安排混乱，并且限制了在任何特定时间可以在现场工作的个人和访问大学课程的数量。 此外，建于 1992 年的餐厅原本设计可容纳 35 人同时就餐，但现在必须容纳两倍的人数。将建造20间房间的宿舍，供来访的教职员工和学生常年居住。 FSML 之前向该大学颁发的两项设施改进奖刺激了达令中心访问研究人员的数量，并使他们的访问更加富有成效。 此外，这些奖项极大地鼓励了大学和通过私人捐款支持该中心的当地公民的额外投资。

Over the last six years, the University of Maine has made an unprecedented investment in its marine laboratory, the Darling Marine Center to benefit both University faculty and visiting researchers and their students. Facility improvements include many new laboratory and offices spaces, more research instrumentation, and basic support facilities such as a dining hall and new classrooms. The inauguration of a Visiting Investigation Program in 1991, the expansion of educational offerings, and the growth of a large undergraduate internship program, have resulted in a population explosion that shows no sign of abating. To set priorities for improvements, the University has involved visiting investigators and visiting out-of-state colleges in facility planning. Based on their recommendation, housing has been targeted as the greatest facility weakness. The Center's housing is primitive, overcrowed, and woefully inadequate and this deficiency is restricting the growth of both educational and research programs that impact a growing community of visiting faculty and students. The University's Department of Environmental Health & Safety has issued unfavorable reports on the status of much of the Center's housing, mostly due to inadequate fire protection and ADA- access. Most housing is of cottage construction and is restricted to summer use. Some housing lacks both heat and running water. In order to temporarily meet housing demand, every available space has been converted to bunk space throughout 11 separate building. Due to the age and condition of many of these structures, modernization would be largely cost prohibitive. While the Center now has beds for 60 people during the warm weathers months, year-round housing will currently accommodate only 18 students. The Center's growing educational and Visiting Investigator programs are being severely hindered by this housing shortage, resulting in schedule juggling and restrictions on the number of individual s and visiting college classes that can work on site at any given time. In addition, the dining hall, built in 1992, was designed to feed 35 people at a time but now must accommodate twice that number. 20-room dormitory to house visiting faculty and students year round will be constructed. Two previous FSML facility improvements awards to the University have been responsible for stimulating the number of visiting investigators to the Darling Center and making their visits more productive. In addition, the awards have helped immeasurably to encourage additional investments by the University and by local, citizens who support the Center through their private donations.