T. The “invisible boundary” design of Georgia State University encourages the presence of non-academic community members, such as the homeless and business professionals who work in buildings adjacent to the campus. This intermingling of community members–student/faculty and others–celebrates diversity and leads to more opportunities for learning.

I. The “invisible boundary” design of Georgia State University encourages the presence of non-academic community members, such as the homeless.

*What is the “invisible Boundary” that constitutes GSU?

• Normal boundaries on campus may include fences or brick walls (Spelman) that separate academic areas of the campus from non-academic areas such as close neighborhoods, restaurants, stores, or businesses. However at GSU, the boundary is invisible because there is no division or cogent line that excludes non-academic people or unrelated infrastructure from the university.

II. The “invisible boundary” design of Georgia State University encourages the presence of non-academic community members, such as the business professionals.

III. Other, more traditional, “bound” campuses like Emory University, Spelman University, and Georgia Tech are designed in a way that generally groups all academic buildings together with restaurants and different businesses on the outskirts of campus or simply spaces out academic buildings and includes fences or walls that exclude others from the campus altogether. This would require students to travel off campus for miscellaneous activities such as buying groceries or running different errands.

III. This intermingling of community members–student/faculty and others–celebrates diversity and leads to more opportunities for learning.