The campus of Haskell Indian Nations University.

Haskell Indian Nations University this fall has had crews on the ground analyzing “every room” of every building to create the school’s first comprehensive facilities study in 10 years.

When the full report is complete, expected early next year, it will advise future planning on the campus, said Stephen Prue, executive assistant to Haskell President Venida Chenault.

“This is part of our strategic plan,” Prue said, “We’ve got to determine, of the facilities, which ones can be updated, which ones that are really obsolete.”

The Haskell campus has about 40 buildings.

The campus of Haskell Indian Nations University.

In addition to surveying buildings, representatives of the consulting firm hired to do the study are collecting data on everything from traffic to topography to other infrastructure such as parking, Prue said.

Haskell’s newest building, Roe Cloud residence hall, was constructed in 1994. A roughly $4 million bevy of renovation and maintenance projects this year caught Haskell up on “a good share” of deferred maintenance, Prue said.

However, there is still more to address, he said, including foundation and settling problems with multiple buildings and the historic but long-shuttered Hiawatha Hall.

Prue said Haskell also needs a new state of the art Science, Technology, Engineering and Math facility with updated information technology capability.

“Easily we could spend $25 million on that building alone, and we need it desperately,” Prue said.

Haskell leaders discussed the facilities plan during a committee meeting at the Board of Regents meeting earlier this fall.

Cheryl Chuckluck, dean of professional schools, said a facilities study was important to have in place for prioritizing projects and seeking funding.

“The sky’s the limit,” she said. “It’s exciting.”