Overall Timeline

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    Fall 2016 (October - December)

    Building

    • User group appointed
    • RFP and review architect and CM/GC proposals

    Hiring

    • Executive search firm retained

    Governance

    • Gift agreement completed
    • First gift installment
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    Winter 2017 (January - March)

    Building

    • Design firm and CM/GC named and contracted
    • Conceptual building design and site visits
    • Temporary space for initial faculty identified

    Hiring

    • Search committee named
    • Executive director position posted

    Governance

    • Internal Advisory Board named
    • Drafting governance documents

    Programs

    • First two scientific focal areas are identified
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    Spring 2017 (April - June)

    Building

    • Conceptual building design and site layout completed for review
    • Temp space for ED is cleared and prepped for remodel

    Hiring

    • Review executive director applicant pool and initial recruiting

    Governance

    • Governance documents to provost and academic council for review and confirmation

    Programs

    • Development dusiness plan for philanthropic activity in academic year '18 and academic year '19
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    Summer 2017 (July - September)

    Building

    • Legislative decisions made on $100M ask
    • Possession of properties begin & site prep work
    • Remodel on ED temp space commences

    Hiring

    • Recruiting, sharpening of pool, and airport interviews
    • Recommend finalists for onsite interviews

    Governance

    • Initial governance policies implemented

    Programs

    • Programming work for new academic unit commences
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    Fall 2017 (October - December)

    Building

    • Conceptual drawings finalized
    • Event for design unveiling

    Hiring

    • Executive director formal campus visits and selection
    • Remodel on temporary executive director space completed

    Governance

    • Secondary governance documents drafted and formalized
    • Second installment of gift arrives

    Programs

    • Lecture series, innovation partnerships, and other programming begins
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    Winter 2018 (January - March)

    Building

    • Design move to working drawings

    Hiring

    • Executive director arrives, moves into temporary labs and offices
    • Postings for initial faculty hiring

    Governance

    • Secondary governance documents reviewed, approved, and implemented
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    Spring 2018 (April - June)

    Building

    • Site work on buildings
    • Community meetings to prep for building

    Hiring

    • Faculty recruitment
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    Summer 2018 (July - September)

    Building

    • Temp lab space available
    • Building construction commences

    Hiring

    • Two senior faculty join the Knight Campus
    • Faculty recruitment for two–four tenure-track faculty commences

    Governance

    • Rotation of Internal Advisory Board appointments

    Programs

    • GIP fully housed in the Knight Campus
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    Fall 2018 (October - December)

    Building

    • Construction continues

    Hiring

    • Executive search firm retained

    Governance

    • Third gift installment received
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    Winter 2019 (January - March)

    Building

    • Internal work begins in building
    • Large equipment purchasing commences

    Hiring

    • New tenure-track faculty named
    • Core facilities recruitment commences
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    Spring 2019 (April - June)

    Building

    • Construction continues

    Hiring

    • Core facilities directors named
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    Summer 2019 (July - September)

    Building

    • Construction continues
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    Fall 2019 (October - December)

    Building

    • Fitting out of first Knight Campus labs and cores
    • Soft move-in begins

    Hiring

    • Tenure-track faculty recruiting, interviews, and selection continue

    Governance

    • Fourth gift installment received
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    Winter 2020 (January - March)

    Building

    • Formal move-in and opening ceremony for the first Knight Campus building

    Hiring

    • Tenure-track faculty named from fall recruitment