Renovation of Gunter Hall Environmental Science Center

弗罗斯特堡州立大学（FSU）是ARI基金的接受者，用于翻修Gunter Hall。FSU是一所农村综合性大学，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民族学生提供服务。作为马里兰大学系统11所成员大学的一部分，FSU在成功完成博士学业的学生比例方面名列第二。政府认识到需要保持其地位，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。在国家科学基金会的帮助下，佛罗里达州立大学将提供修缮冈特大厅的资源。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，翻新后的冈特大厅将成为地理系的所在地，目前分散在五栋建筑中的环境科学项目的重点。翻新将包括：重新配置空间，改善通风和公用设施系统，并安装固定设备。完成后，将加强以下研究项目：环境地质与水文学、土壤研究、环境化学、工程与制图、森林生态学、哺乳动物与鸟类生态学、水生生态学、水产养殖与毒理学。本计划将统一从事环境科学研究的学生和教师，建立研究合作，并增加以环境科学为职业的学生人数。

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.