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Campus Scene IN THE SPOTLIGHT
South Dakota State
Building Residence Facilities
Ask the Expert
This Month
Campus Fleet Vehicles
Are golf carts
a potential liability on campus?
GOLF CARTS ARE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY for golf courses, but they are not street legal. Therefore, they can’t be driven on commu- nity streets. That means that many college campuses have their golf carts driving down streets illegally. This leaves the only option
of driving on sidewalks where they are a li- ability to distracted students who are rushing from class to class, texting their friends, or using earbuds.
Students belong on sidewalks and motor vehicles belong on streets. With hundreds to thousands of distracted students, golf carts whizzing down the sidewalk in a rush to get to the next job can create a perfect storm for potential accidents and campus liabilities.
Low-speed vehicles (LSVs) are street-legal, motorized vehicles that are limited to 25 mph and have a maximum gross vehicle weight of 3,000 lbs. Being street legal means they have seat belts, automotive-grade windshields, windshield wipers, turn signals, headlights, back-up cameras, rearview mirrors, side-view mirrors, SAE test-certified roofs, all-forward facing seats, etc. A majority of LSVs are also 100-percent electric, making them more environmentally friendly and sustainable for the campus fleet budget.
LSVs can do everything a golf cart can
do and much more. Utility fleets have cargo capacities approaching 1,500 lbs. and a wide variety of customizable accessories to fit your maintenance and repair needs. Passenger versions can carry 2 to 6 people, giving you the ability to shuttle your VIPs, students, and parents taking campus tours.
As fleet managers are evaluating their fleet composition and making regular vehicle replacement purchases, think safety first and consider an all-electric LSV option.
Troy Engel is a marketing specialist for Polaris– GEM (GEMCAR.com). He can be reached at troy.engel@polaris.com or 763/542-1316.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS PLAN TO BUILD
multiple buildings to house juniors, seniors, and graduate students on a two-block parcel on the southeast corner of its Brookings, SD, campus. The project will consist of a three-story apartment building and four to six two-story townhouses in a mix of one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom plans. The apartments will also feature off- street parking and in-unit laundries.
According to university officials, the new facilities will be residential in appear- ance, but distinctive as apartments, making them aesthetically distinguishable from existing residence halls in this quadrant of the campus.
KWK Architects has been selected as the design architect for the $20-million, multi-building apartment/townhouse project. Architecture Incorporated, based in Sioux Falls, SD, has been selected the architect-of-record for the project.
The projected move-in date for the apartments is fall of 2019.
Seton Hall University
Opens New School
of Medicine
New Jersey’s first private medical school in decades officially opened in May, celebrating a new approach to medical education and a program that will keep needed family physicians
in the state—as well as revitalizing a major economic hub in North Jersey. The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University will offer an innovative curriculum and address New Jersey’s looming physician
shortage.
The school will welcome its inaugu-
ral class of nearly 60 students selected from more than 2,000 applicants and forge a new path in medical education that addresses profound changes in healthcare which have resulted in more community-based care and an unprec- edented focus on wellness.
Along with the opening of the School of Medicine, Seton Hall University has relocated its College of Nursing and
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