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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
8430 Memorials
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1.1 The Board of Trustees shall approve the naming of College or District facilities and areas.
1.2 The Board may seek the advice of the Los Rios Foundation in making a decision to name a particular building or area.
1.3 The Chancellor and the Los Rios Foundation may recommend approval of exceptions to this policy.
2.0 Principles
2.1 Buildings and areas may be named in honor of friends, benefactors, and persons who have made significant contributions to the College, the District, or to education in California or the nation.
2.2 The naming of a building or place is a matter of serious, long-term commitment. The choice to give a personal name to a building implies permanence of that designation -- both in terms of the designation itself and to the maintenance and refurbishment of the building. The naming opportunity thus has both moral and financial implications.
2.3 Buildings and areas may be named for persons who have rendered significant, permanent service to education in California or the nation, or who have distinguished themselves in the work of a college, campus, discipline or department within the District, or who are indigenous to the area and hold a unique place in history; or who have made a substantial gift to the College or the District through its official fundraising arm, the Los Rios Foundation.
2.4 Buildings and areas may not be named for current Los Rios employees. When an area or building is proposed to be named for individuals associated with Los Rios or California education, a period of not less than three years shall lapse between the end of the individual's service to Los Rios or California education and consideration by the Board.
2.5 In all instances where the word "person," "individual," or "donor," is used in this policy, the same shall be deemed to include corporations, foundations or other appropriate legal entities.
3.0 Guidelines
3.1 Names of facilities or areas should lend prestige to the District/College, and to staff, students and community. The credentials, character and reputation of each individual for whom the naming of a building is being considered shall be carefully scrutinized and evaluated. Nominations submitted to the Board for consideration must be accompanied by appropriate supporting documentation.
3.2 A "substantial gift" is defined as at least 50% of the cost of the facility, up to a gift amount of $5 million. A financial gift does not automatically result in the naming of a building for an individual. The other criteria of this policy must also be met.
3.3 In addition to the permanent nature of a facility named to honor an individual, shorter-term issues, such as name plaques, stationery, catalog listings, maps, ceremonial action, and publicity all must be considered.
3.4 A suitable plaque should be located in the lobby or other significant location, giving the full name and brief biography of the person honored.
4.0 Use of Names
4.1 A uniform system of marking of buildings should be adopted by location.
4.2 Buildings and areas across the District should have names that include their primary function:
4.2.1 A building that serves as classrooms and offices shall be designated "hall".
4.2.2 A building primarily occupied by laboratories shall be designated "laboratory".
4.2.3 Special use buildings such as an auditorium, physical education center, health center, or such, may bear the functional name separately or in combination with a person's name, (i.e. "Gunderson Health Center," "Kondos Gallery.")
4.2.4 Outdoor areas shall bear the name of the individual and, to the extent possible, a functional description (e.g. "Lewis Grove," "Marks Pavillion".)
4.3 Plaques and signage should be tasteful, discrete and consistent with other campus signage as determined by the Director of Facilities Management. Metallic, permanent, non-corrosive letters as approved by the Director of Facilities Management shall be used.
4.4 To minimize exterior lettering, listings in directories, mailing addresses, and the like, as well as to ensure that the use of the new name becomes commonplace within the lexicon of the College and District, the naming of a building to honor an individual should use the surname only, as in "Raef Hall" and "Rodda Hall".
5.0 Portions of Buildings
5.1 Subunits of a new or existing building may be named separately to recognize an outstanding individual or a donor wishing to contribute the cost of a portion of a building, a room in a building, a major equipment item, a major art feature or water feature, and the like.
5.2 In cases where the feature is named after an individual pursuant to this policy, the committee or group making such a recommendation shall identify, or provide the source for the full cost of changing the name, such cost being determined by the Director of Facilities Management.
5.3 Small landscape features such as trees, benches and drinking fountains are excluded from the naming requirements.
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