The projected costs for the program are expected to be approximately $300,000, which will not require a capital campaign to fund.

 

 

 

With the construction of a number of new buildings on the IAIA Campus over the last 18 years, the campus has emerged as one of the most attractive set of academic and student facilities in the region. The Library and Technical Center, the Center for Lifelong Education, the Barbara and Robert Ells Science and Technology Building, the Allan Houser Haozous Sculpture and Foundry facility and the Residence Center have been constructed to define the academic center of campus.

 

 

 

With a reinvigorated curriculum and its recognized success as the foremost leader in Native American and Alaska Native artistic and cultural education, IAIA's enrollment has dramatically increased since the dedication of the campus almost 18 years ago. When the Academic Building was built, planners determined that administration and staff would be housed in the classroom/studio building until other spaces could be built on the campus. With the construction four years ago of the Lloyd Kiva New Welcome Center, which now houses the admission, recruitment, marketing and communications, and administrative services in a centralized building, the Academic Building has provided additional space for IAIA students and their education. The timing is well-suited for this space to be upgraded to state-of-the-art.