School of Marine Sciences

在过去六年里，缅因州大学对其海洋实验室达林海洋中心进行了史无前例的投资，使大学教职员工和访问研究人员及其学生都受益。设施改进包括许多新的实验室和办公室空间，更多的研究仪器，以及基本的辅助设施，如食堂和新教室。1991年开始的访问调查计划，教育项目的扩大，以及大规模本科生实习计划的增长，导致了人口爆炸，丝毫没有减弱的迹象。为了确定改善的优先事项，该大学在设施规划方面包括访问调查人员和访问州外大学。根据他们的建议，住房已被列为最大的设施弱点。该中心的住房简陋、人满为患、严重不足，这种不足限制了教育和研究项目的发展，影响了越来越多的访问教职员工和学生。该大学的环境健康与安全部发布了关于该中心大部分住房状况的不利报告，主要是由于消防和ADA通道不足。大多数住房是平房建造的，仅限于夏季使用。一些住房既没有供暖，也没有自来水。为了暂时满足住房需求，所有可用的空间都被改造成了11栋独立建筑的铺位空间。由于其中许多建筑的年代和状况，现代化在很大程度上是成本高昂的。虽然该中心现在有60个人的床位在温暖的天气月份，但全年住房目前只能容纳18名学生。该中心不断扩大的教育和访问调查员项目正受到住房短缺的严重阻碍，导致日程安排混乱，以及可以在任何给定时间现场工作的个人S和访问大学课程的数量受到限制。此外，该餐厅建于1992年，设计时一次可容纳35人，但现在必须容纳两倍于此的人数。将建设20个房间的宿舍，全年供访问教职员工和学生住宿。之前两次授予该大学的FSML设施改善奖，都是为了刺激达林中心的访问调查人员的数量，并使他们的访问更有成效。此外，这些奖项对鼓励大学和通过私人捐款支持中心的当地公民进行更多投资起到了不可估量的作用。

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.