SCUP's Planning Academies

ROLE IN SCUP

SCUP has four planning academies with a cadre of about 90 volunteers who serve as valuable content experts who review and evaluate concurrent session proposal submissions to SCUP's Annual, International Conference and Idea Marketplace.

Most academy members also choose to contribute more broadly to SCUP's body of planning knowledge throughout the year, including participating in an annual survey of trends which informs an executive brief presented yearly to the SCUP Board of Directors. 

Each planning academy is led by a convener and associate convener who serve two-year terms. General academy membership is maintained through active participation in the review process each October. SCUP is grateful to the many volunteers who generously lend their perspective, expertise, and time each year.

These academies, with their respective members are:

Institutional Direction Planning Academy

Academic Planning Academy

Facilities Planning Academy

Resource and Budget Planning Academy

ACADEMY COUNCIL

The SCUP Planning Academies are governed by members of the SCUP Academy Council, a standing committee comprised of the conveners and associate conveners from each of SCUP’s four planning academies. The chair of the academy council holds a voting position on the SCUP Board.

Current members of SCUP’s Academy Council:

Jake Julia, Chair of the Academy Council and Convener, Institutional Direction Planning Academy, and Associate Vice President for Change Management & Associate Provost, Academic Initiatives, Northwestern University

Cameron Martin, Associate Convener, Institutional Direction Planning Academy Associate Commissioner, Economic Development & Planning, Utah System of Higher Education

Michael McGoff, Convener, Academic Planning Academy, and Vice Provost Strategic & Fiscal Planning, State University of New York at Binghamton

Jennifer Swann, Associate Convener, Academic Planning Academy, and Professor, Biological Sciences, Lehigh University

Mary Jo Olenick, Associate Convener, Facilities Planning Academy, and Principal, The S/L/A/M Collaborative

Richard Straka, Associate Convener, Resource & Budget Planning Academy, and Vice President, Finance & Administration, Minnesota State University, Mankato

ACADEMY MEMBERSHIP

To find out more about serving as a member of one of SCUP's planning academies, contact Sadie Wutka, professional development assistant, at sadie.wutka@scup.org, or Kathy Benton, associate director for education and product development, at kathy.benton@scup.org.