Donor Fund­ed New Stu­dent Cen­ter at North­west College

Rais­ing dona­tions for a brand-new stu­dent cen­ter at North­west Col­lege in Pow­ell, Wyoming, start­ed in 2016. Over nine years, many patrons came for­ward to sup­port the project, which means North­west Col­lege need­ed a way to dis­play many donor names in the new facil­i­ty. The cen­ter opened debt-free thanks to gen­er­ous dona­tions from the community.

North­west Col­lege, along with design­ers Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) and Groathouse Con­struc­tion, asked Lat­i­tude for a cre­ative sig­nage and ways to incor­po­rate donor recog­ni­tion dis­plays through­out the stu­dent cen­ter. We were thrilled to answer the call.

The Stu­dent Cen­ter Space

Lev­els of Recog­ni­tion Displays

As the archi­tect con­cept­ed the look and feel of the donor recog­ni­tion dis­plays, Lat­i­tude assist­ed with fab­ri­ca­tion rec­om­men­da­tions and bud­get­ing. It was impor­tant to the design team and NWC to use wood fin­ish­es that would mim­ic the sur­round­ing land­scape of the north­ern Wyoming cam­pus. But they also need­ed plen­ty of room to add donor names to the dis­play as needed. 

Lat­i­tude and HCM came up with a solu­tion to blend names through­out the facil­i­ty and keep all dis­plays dynam­ic. Donor names were sort­ed into groups based on the dona­tion amount. The largest donors received a spot on a wood donor wall, which cas­cades down the stu­dent center’s main staircase. 

Oth­er donors had their names incor­po­rat­ed into dis­trac­tion film for the con­fer­ence room glass doors, which pro­vid­ed some pri­va­cy for those rooms while allow­ing the space to feel open and light.

Bring­ing the Con­cept to Life

Once the ideation and bud­get­ing stage was fin­ished, NWC and HMC put our team in the driver’s seat to cre­ate and install the donor recog­ni­tion signage.

Our in-house cus­tom mill­work­er cre­at­ed the stun­ning wood donor pan­els. Once each pan­el was fin­ished, the Lat­i­tude assem­bly team applied acrylic donor names. On-site instal­la­tion took place over two days lead­ing up to the stu­dent center’s open house event.

Just after the event, our NWC clients reached out to us. ​“We had our Grand Open­ing yes­ter­day and were hap­py to show­case our donor gen­eros­i­ty with your signs!” 

This sign project added both form and func­tion to the North­west Col­lege Stu­dent Cen­ter. We love the chance to rec­og­nize donors and make our clients hap­py while doing it.

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