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POLICY 08:03:10

NAMING BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

This policy is consistent with Tennessee Board of Regents Policy No. 4:02:05:01

Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to establish the criteria, process, and procedures for naming and
re-naming buildings, sub-units, facilities, and campus grounds, affixing plaques to new or renovated
buildings and facilities of Pellissippi State Community College.

Policy/Guideline

  1. Naming Buildings and Facilities
    1. General Statement
      1. The naming of buildings, facilities, grounds, and organizational units of
        institutions for individuals or groups who have made significant
        contributions to society is an honored tradition of higher education.
      2. The prerogative and privilege of such naming’s on the campuses of the
        Tennessee Board of Regents System are vested in the Board.
      3. Authority to name identifiable sub-units or components of buildings and
        facilities, however, is delegated to the institution president, subject to the
        criteria and process set forth below.
      4. This policy applies to all buildings of the institutions governed by the
        Board.
      5. It also applies to other facilities, grounds, and organizational units which
        the institution wishes to dedicate in the name of an individual or group.
      6. Buildings designated by their general purpose or function are not subject
        to this policy.
    2. Criteria
      1. In general, individuals and groups for whom buildings are named must
        have made a significant contribution to the field of education, government,
        science, or human betterment.
      2. To preserve the integrity of all buildings named in the System, this honor
        must be reserved for individuals of recognized accomplishment and
        character; no building may bear the name of an individual convicted of a
        felony
      3. In general, buildings should not be named for active employees of the
        Tennessee Board of Regents.
      4. With respect to the naming of buildings on a particular campus, special
        consideration shall be given to:

        1. The historical significance of the contribution of the individual or
          group to the institution;
        2. The association of the individual or group with the building to be
          named;
        3. Any financial contribution of the individual or group to the
          institution; and
        4. State, regional, national, or international recognition of the
          individual’s or group’s contributions and achievements.
      5. A given surname may be assigned to only one building on a specific
        campus.
      6. In all cases, naming rights are considered to be in effect for the duration of
        the effective and typical useful life of the physical building, space or
        abject, and not in perpetuity.
    3. Process
      1. The institution president shall charge a committee to consider and make
        recommendations for the naming of a building.
      2. The committee shall be comprised of student, faculty, and administrative
        representatives; other representatives of the campus community may serve
        on the committee, as deemed appropriate by the president.
      3. The committee shall consider all suggested naming, which satisfy the
        criteria cited above. Any individual or group associated with the
        institution may suggest a name for consideration by the committee.
      4. The committee shall submit a report to the president, which includes a
        recommendation for the naming, documentation of all suggestions
        considered, and justification of its recommendation.
      5. For naming which requires Board approval, the president shall submit a
        recommendation, along with the committee’s report and any additional
        supporting information deemed appropriate, to the Board through the
        Chancellor.
      6. No publicity shall be given to the recommendation for naming until it is
        considered by the Board.
      7. For naming not subject to Board approval, the president shall determine
        and make known the naming in the manner deemed most appropriate.
    4. Dedication Ceremony and Plaque
      1. Upon approval of the naming by the Board, an appropriate dedication
        ceremony may be planned and conducted by the institution.
      2. The institution also may erect a dedication plaque or comparable marking
        upon approval of the naming by the Board.
      3. The plaque may be separate from the building plaque provided by State
        regulations.
      4. In addition to the individual or group for whom the building is named, the
        dedication plaque should identify the institution president, the Chancellor,
        and the Chairman of the Board at the time the naming was approved.
  2. Building Plaques
      1. An institution may affix a building plaque to a new or newly renovated building
        or facility.
      2. All building plaques must comply with Tennessee Board of Regents proceedures
        adopted pursuant to this policy and State Building Commission policy on building
        plaques.
      3. This section shall apply to any new or newly renovated building or facility.

Procedures

  1. Building Plaques
    1. The Board of Regents has authorized institutions to affix building plaques to new
      or newly renovated buildings or facilities.
      i. An institution may choose to erect a building plaque in lieu of or in
      addition to dedication plaques authorized under Board Policy 4:02:05:01.
    2. An institution may affix a building plaque which shall include the name of the
      Governor(s), Chancellor(s), all State Building Commission members, the names
      of the members of the Board, President(s) the architect, contractor and state
      architect from the date of Building Commission approval of a specific project to
      the completion of the project.
    3. If the building/facility has been named for an individual or group in accordance
      with Board Policy 4:02:05:01, the building plaque may include the name of the
      individual or group for which the building/facility is named.

Sources
TBR Policy 4:02:05:01; T.C.A. § 49-8-203

Adopted by TBR: April 13, 1973
Revised by TBR: September 30, 1983
Revised by TBR: June 28, 1985
Revised by TBR: March 21, 1986
Revised by TBR: September 18, 1992
Revised by TBR: March 30, 2007
Revised by TBR: June 24, 2011
Revised by TBR: June 28, 2012
Reviewed/Recommended: President’s Council, August 28, 2023
Approved: President L. Anthony Wise, Jr., August 28, 2023
Reviewed/Recommended: President’s Council, November 27, 2023
Approved: President L. Anthony Wise, Jr., November 27, 2023