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Scott Carlson interviewed three SCUP-47 presenters and served up podcasts with them on The Chronicle's website:

The first is a conversation with Sanford Shugart, the president of Valencia College in Florida. Mr. Shugart is giving the opening talk at SCUP this year, which will address changing the culture in higher education, and how that stands as the major challenge for the industry. Four cultures have been prominent in higher education history: the monastic culture, the culture of the German institute, the industrial culture, and the "retail culture," where students are "customers" at the higher education "spa." He's not sure what culture is emerging now.

"Maybe it's a convenience culture," he says. "Maybe it's a digital, open-source culture.... It's in the nature of culture that you cannot see it emerge. You only see it in the rear-view mirror." 13:07

The second conversation is with Robert Brodnick, an associate vice president at the University of the Pacific. He proposes bringing something new to institutional planning: design thinking, an approach that blends analytical thinking with creative thinking. It's a process that is not currently widely used in institutional planning, he says. "Given what is happening politically, economically, and in terms of technology, I think people need to think differently about how we plan for the future." 8:38

 

The third conversation—with Ira Fink, a well-known college planner—focuses on "the time value of campus space." Higher education tends to apply a one-size-fits-all pricing model to its spaces, while other entities—like travel companies, for instance—change the cost of their airline flights or hotel rooms, depending on whether you want to use them at times of peak demand. Should higher education do the same? 10:31

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At SCUP–47, the awards jurors took the time to make several presentations about themes and trends they observed among the awards applications. We captured the remarks of three jurors on (handheld) video. These are the remarks of Victor E. Sidy, Head of School and Dean, Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, served up from YouTube. An organizing slide from his presentation is also shown below. (Click on them to see a larger version.)

He shares juror observations, using examples from award recipients and from those which did not receive awards (not each project illustrated in this talk received an award) about some of the best new trends and campus buildings this year.

A Summary Slide

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At SCUP–47, the awards jurors took the time to make several presentations about themes and trends they observed among the awards applications. We captured the remarks of three jurors on (handheld) video. These are the remarks of Cathrine Blake, Associate Director/Landscape Architect, Stanford University, served up from YouTube. Some of the slides from her presentation are also shown below. (Click on them to see a larger version.)

She shares juror observations, using examples from award recipients and from those which did not receive awards (not each project illustrated in this talk received an award) about:

• Sustainable landscape planning;
• Transit Transitions; and
• Urban campuses.

Some Summary Slides

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At SCUP–47, the awards jurors took the time to make several presentations about themes and trends they observed among the awards applications. We captured the remarks of three jurors on (handheld) video. These are the remarks of James Goblirsch, Vice President, HGA Architects and Engineers, served up from YouTube. Some of the slides from his presentation are also shown below. (Click on them to see a larger version.)

He shares juror observations, using examples from award recipients and from those which did not receive awards (not each project illustrated in this talk received an award) about:

• A new baseline for sustainability;
• Learning space evolution; and
• Community space.

Some Summary Slides

Make No Isolated Plans:
Integrated Planning for Quality

That's the theme for SCUP's forty-seventh annual, international conference and idea marketplace in Chicago, July 7–11, 2012. Plan to be there for higher education's premier planning event.

Here are three panoramic photos of the planning committee members and support staff who were present at this meeting, and who contributed to the theme. You may click on each image to see a larger version.

Left to right: David Cox, Plenary and Invited Speakers Chair, University of Memphis; Tom Griggs, Workshops Chair, Consultant (Houston, TX); Sadie Wutka, SCUP staff; Kathy Benton, SCUP Staff; Anne Foley, Local Hosts Chair, Columbia College Chicago; standing is Nick Santilli, conference committee chair, John Carroll University; Betty Cobb, SCUP Staff

Left to right: Jake Julia, Institutional Direction Planning Academy Convener, Northwestern University; Rick Straka, Resource and Budget Planning Academy, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Michael McGoff, Academic Planning Committee Convener, State University of New York at Binghamton; Karen Verhey, SCUP Staff; Mary Jo Olenick, Facilities Planning Academy, The S/L/A/M Collaborative; David Cox, Plenary and Invited Speakers Chair, University of Memphis; Tom Griggs, Workshops Chair, Consultant (Houston, TX)

Left to right: Birget Swanson, SCUP Staff; Michael Hites, Chair, Professional Development Committee, University of Illinois; Jolene Knapp, SCUP Staff; Phyllis Grummon, SCUP Staff; Tom Longin, SCUP President-Elect, Washington, DC.; Jake Julia, Institutional Direction Planning Academy Convener, Northwestern University

Not pictured: Terry Calhoun, SCUP Staff