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Education Expertise
Educational institutions bear the significant responsibility of shaping the minds of tomorrow. To meet this challenge, you deserve facilities that prioritize students and accommodate the needs of your faculty and staff.
Our role is to support educational leaders and school districts in identifying facility needs and financing options. Our personalized approach ensures you receive custom solutions that work for your educational institution and community—supporting the academic experience from the first day of Pre-K to college graduation, and everything in between.
PreK-12
No one knows your community better than you and your citizens. This is why ISG facilitates a collaborative process for PreK-12 educational facility planning. Whether you are starting the journey with a facility assessment, delving into a pre-referendum campaign, or designing new spaces, our education specialists are ready to help.
Our pre-referendum team is experienced in conducting facility tours, in-person meetings, and virtual forums, facilitating focus groups, and developing content to educate citizens on the needs of your district. When it comes to design, our listen-first approach integrates perspectives of students, staff, and the community to maximize available funds while creating modern learning facilities.
Expertise
- Athletic Complexes
- Career and Technical Education Labs
- Early Childhood Learning
- Elementary, Middle, and High Schools
- Flexible Learning Spaces
- Infrastructure Improvements
- Maintenance Facilities
- Performing Arts + Auditoriums
- Playgrounds + Outdoor Classrooms
- Safety + Security
- Science Labs
- Site Circulation
- Special Education Spaces
- STEAM + Robotics Spaces
PreK-12 Portfolio
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Higher Education
From the start, ISG takes the time to learn about you. We want to know about why your students and faculty chose you. We want to understand your donors, community, and other supporters. With a collaborative approach that puts students at the forefront, ISG takes higher education facilities to the next level.
Most importantly, we transform campuses with beautiful spaces that complement existing architecture, while enhancing instruction and offering flexibility to create an experiential learning environment.
Expertise
- Academic Buildings
- Dorms + Student Housing
- Infrastructure Improvements
- Kitchens + Food Services
- Libraries
- Outdoor Spaces
- Parking Ramps + Site Circulation
- Performing Arts + Entertainment
- Research Labs
- Sports + Recreation Facilities
- Student Unions
- Visitor Centers
Higher Education Portfolio
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The ISG
Difference
ISG’s forward-thinking solutions are intentionally designed to meet today’s challenges and tomorrow’s needs. We take a listen-first approach and utilize tools like ISG VISIONING LABS to gain an intimate understanding of community expectations, daily operations, educational and curriculum-based needs, and preferred design aesthetics, before we make any recommendations.
This emphasis on communication and engagement supports school and university boards and local decision-makers in selecting the most appropriate choices for their communities, allowing us to deliver custom solutions that work for you.
- Support From Assessment Through Design + Construction
- Referendum Campaign Services That Work
- Community Engagement + Consensus Building
Business Unit Experts
Kevin Bills
Sue Peterson
Nathan Compton, AIA, CDT
Thad Dahling
Ronna Poppens
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"ISG has proven to be professional, knowledgeable, experienced, proactive, intelligent, modern, and a district-first firm. Their communication is first-rate."
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The Latest at ISG
Elevating Education | Design Approaches for Successful PreK-12 Learning Environments
Step into the mind of an ISG interior designer and learn their approach for creating successful PreK-12 learning environments. Focused on more than just aesthetics, our interior design group plays a key role in creating safe, engaging, and creative spaces for students, faculty, and staff to thrive in.
New School Positions the Maple River School District for Success
This fall, the Maple River School District will open its doors of the newly constructed PreK-12 school in Mapleton, Minnesota. Until now, the District’s three schools have been serving the four communities of Amboy, Mapleton, Good Thunder, and Minnesota Lake.
ISG Welcomes Division I Collegiate Hockey Coach into Firm
ISG welcomes Darren Blue, from Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Men’s Hockey, as one of its newest employee-owners. Blue will be joining the firm as a Development Strategist with the Sports + Recreation business unit, bringing a variety of sports experience from high school, semi-professional, and collegiate levels. His years both on the ice and at the bench as a coach, in multiple sports arenas, give the firm a look into the needs and desires of spectators, athletes, and staff alike.
ISG Grows K-12 Education Business Unit
Sue Peterson joins ISG as a K-12 Education Strategy Specialist to support school districts across the Midwest. She brings over 20 years of experience in referendum and strategic planning, community organizing, educational programming and charter school development, fundraising, marketing, and school communications. Collaborating with ISG’s multi-disciplinary team of planners, architects, and engineers across the ISG footprint, Sue will deliver educational insights that guide school district facility planning initiatives.
State-of-the-Art Playground & School for Fort Dodge
Originally built in the 1920s, Duncombe Elementary in Fort Dodge, Iowa, had become dated. The playground itself contained equipment that was not up to code, sported a dated look and lacked cohesiveness since the play equipment was added in various stages over the years. The District decided to tear down the school and build a new state-of-the-art facility in its place.