2013 SCUP K.C. Parsons Founders’ Award

Julie Slark is the award recipient for 2013. She is the retired assistant vice chancellor for Educational Services at Rancho Santiago Community College District in California.

This award recognizes exceptional achievement in higher education planning which may include broad areas of management and administration. Recipients are selected on the basis of innovative contributions to the improvement of the theory and practice of academic, budget and resource, and facilities planning with a special emphasis on planning which integrates one or more of these areas at colleges and universities.

The award is named after K.C. Parsons, charter member of SCUP and SCUP’s first president from 1966–68. His work always focused on contributing to the whole of the community or humanity. He measured his success by the positive impact his work had on the people using the space or facility that he helped plan. He was considered a true academician, an investigator and a good listener. He said that planning was not the key, but that the end result was what was most important. A strong proponent of mentoring, he always encouraged people to do what they do well.