Campus Planning History

In October 1961 Skidmore Trustees voted to build a new campus. The plan for our current campus on North Broadway was designed in 1962 and implemented in the mid-1960’s. Skidmore’s Campus Plan was later updated in 1972 for the introduction of coeducation, again in 1989, to identify building sites and in order to improve traffic patterns, open space, landscape, lighting and signage and most recently in 2007.

Key Moments in Campus Planning

1961: Skidmore Trustees vote to build a new campus
1962: Current campus plan designed
1968: New campus functional. Residence halls, Starbuck, Filene and Library completed, among other buildings
1972: Introduction of coeducation
1989: Second campus plan created to identify building sites, improve traffic patterns, open space, landscape, lighting & signage
2000: Tang Teaching Museum opens
2006: Northwoods Village opens, Dining Hall renovation completed and soccer, lacrosse, field hockey and softball fields finished
2007: Most recent campus master planning process
October 2018: Skidmore Celebrates Groundbreaking for Center for Integrated Sciences (CIS)
March 2021: New Campus Master Planning process kicks-off
May 2022: Naming Ceremony and Dedication held for the Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences
May 2022: Skidmore Board of Trustees approves 2022 Campus Master Plan