SCUP Founder's (Casey) Award—
Recognizing exceptional achievement in higher education planning

SCUP's Award Committee selected one recipient for the 2007 SCUP Founder's (Casey) Award for Distinguished Achievement in Higher Education.

Rodney Rose has been chosen as the 2007 SCUP Founders' (Casey) Award recipient.

During his 40-year career, he has become a nationally well-known expert in strategic facilities planning, working closely with clients to formulate development strategies that include innovative funding opportunities, strategic partnerships and alliances, prototypical facilities, integration of advanced technologies, and collaborative resource management.

He has made an impact on how institutions think about, organize for, and carry out their capital programs. For him, capital planning has never been about space, but rather how to harness the power of capital (land, facilities, and resources) to drive the future character and quality of the institution and its learning environment.

Rose served for 10 years on SCUP’s Board of Directors including president from 1991-92, regional representative, and chair and/or member of numerous committees, including overall program responsibility for two annual conferences. He served for seven years as the executive editor of Planning for Higher Education, SCUP’s quarterly journal.

He is author/editor of Connecting the Dots; Buildings: the Gifts that Keep on Taking; Charting a New Course for Campus Renewal; and Building the Learning Environment through Strategic Investment.

Rose has designed planning processes and consultation mechanisms that were successful in securing financing, executive and/or legislative support and community support for major capital projects and institutional initiatives. While director of capital planning at UCLA, he provided assistance to other UC campuses on capital budgeting, space planning, and facilities planning, and represented UCLA before committees of the state legislature.

He is co-developer of the Facilities Inventory Resource Model for the University of California, a predictive model for capital renewal and deferred maintenance; co-facilitator of the California State University Statewide Library Strategic Plan that addressed the future of libraries and the impact of advanced technology; and a task force member and contributor to the creation of the Capital Outlay Handbook for the California Community Colleges.

He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.