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Mesa already has Mesa Community College, and is next door to Arizona State University, but campuses are still scarce in the region:

Here are members of SCUP's North Central Regional Council and some SCUP staff at the wrap-up lunch immediately following the region's 2010 conference at the University of Cincinnati. Click on any image to see a larger version.

Above, beginning at left: Karen Verhey, director of administration services, SCUP; Anthony P. LoBello, sponsorship chair, Gensler;Michelle Pierson, regional program assistant, SCUP; Rich Smith, 2011 conference chair, HOK; Jeff Conroy, at-large, Architect; JoEllen Baldwin, membership chair, Indiana University at Bloomington; Couper Gardiner, communications chair, BDHP Architecture; Larry Gleason, professional development chair, Cost, Planning & Management International, Inc.; Darlene Ebel, chair of the regional council, University of Illinois at Chicago; Mark Curchack, chair of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council, Arcadia University; Mary Beth McGrew, 2010 local host chair, University of Cincinnati; Chris Whitney, 2010 conference chair, URS Corporation; Jolene L. Knapp, executive director, SCUP; Betty Cobb, associate director for corporate relations, SCUP.

Below, conference chair Chris Whitney of URS, gives certificates to the presenters of the "Best in Show" session Monday afternoon, "Inovation Campus at University of Nebraska-Lincoln; The Future of Research." From left to right: Michael Weise, vice president, Noddle Companies; Mary Jukuri, principal, JJR, LLC; and Jennifer Dam, campus planner, University of Nebraska-Linsoln.

I was privileged to listen to Chris give Monday night's plenary speaker, Steve Steele, director, Institute of the Future @ AACC, Anne Arundel Community College, an excellent "prep" on the SCUP audience. Steele spoke on "We Are What We Build: 21st Century Scenarios - Exploring C.A.P.A.C.I.T.Y."

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