CONFERENCE NEWS & FEATURES

A MESSAGE ABOUT THIS YEAR’S SOLD OUT PACIFIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE

With almost 400 people registered, the SCUP 2012 Pacific Regional Conference sold out in record time. Your patience and understanding is appreciated. For those of you who will be unable to join us for the SCUP 2012 Pacific Regional Conference in Palo Alto, we do ask you to consider participation in other regional events that are offered year-round, specifically, the SCUP 2012 Pacific Symposium, "Developing Integrated Campus Master Plans to Match Changing Higher Education Imperatives," May 4, 2012, at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO.

Over the past several years we have achieved multiple objectives with your support:

• Increased attendance at events
• Increased number of events (annual regional conference and one-day symposia)
• Increased support from Regional Sponsors
• Increased financial support (scholarships) for institutional members
• Increased volunteerism
• Continued outstanding quality programs and professional development opportunities
• Improved communications including our 360 Regional Newsletter and Linked in Group

We look forward to your continued engagement. Please refer to our Pacific Regional Webpage for announcements and opportunities.

John O. White
Pacific Regional Representative

SCUP 2012 Pacific Regional Conference: Leadership for the 21st Century Campus
March 25–28, 2012,
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

The Sunday Night Social
Come join your colleagues, friends, and fellow SCUPers as we experience the historical core of Palo Alto's downtown, whose redevelopment has fostered a vibrant nightlife. SCUP volunteers Chris Wasney and Louise McGinnis will host an informal tour of the district, including stops at several at distinctive drinking establishments. It will be a great opportunity to catch up with contacts and enjoy yourself before the conference starts in earnest on Monday. The event is at Nola’s Restaurant, at 535 Ramona Street from 6:30 pm–8:30 pm. Ramona Street is located four blocks east of the Sheraton, just off of University Ave.

The Hong Kong Connection
The SCUP Pacific Region is characterized by expansive geography—from Colorado to China—from British Columbia to Australia. With your help, we will reach a global audience by way of a concurrent conference being held at the Hong Kong University of Science + Technology. We will connect in real time to the first ever Higher Education Planning in Asia Forum (HEPA) twice during our conference. Join us for the worldwide “Pecha Kucha,” Leadership and Cross-Continent Partnerships, scheduled for Tuesday at 5:30 pm. Speakers will share their perspectives on leadership across continents including the Peking University School of Transnational Law and NYU Shanghai; the Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise in Singapore; the Singapore University of Technology + Design’s partnership with MIT; the Okinawa Institute of Science + Technology and the Hong Kong University of Science + Technology partnership with NWU’s Kellogg School of Management.

Don't miss this pre-conference workshop! Establishing and Operating Remote Campuses Monday, March 26, 2012, 1:00 pm–4:00 pm Learn how to establish and operate successful remote campuses that further the mission and brand of your university while creating a unique academic experience. Leaders from Willamette University, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Tokyo International University of America and Carnegie Mellon University will offer tools to develop a mission statement and market analysis; identify and work with stakeholders; prepare financial predictions; and develop academic and co-curricular programming.

Space may still be available for you to attend this workshop. Call SCUP at 734.764.2007 or email registration@scup.org. 

Visit the conference website for more details on this and all of the events planned for this year’s conference.

It’s never too early … Planning for the SCUP 2013 Pacific Regional Conference is already in the works, but pack warm as next year’s conference will take place in Denver, CO. Stay tuned for next year’s theme and dates!

Behind the Scenes

Each year, the Pacific Regional Conference offers workshops, tours, and sessions to give SCUP members opportunities to learn, share knowledge and experiences, and connect with colleagues all over the region. Planning for the annual conferences starts months, even years in advance and is only made possible each year by a dedicated group of volunteers that make up the local host and conference planning committee.

Over the next few issues, the 360 Newsletter acknowledges the contribution of these individuals, this month’s interviewees are Cathy Blake, associate director, campus planning and design, Stanford University, Michael Fung, director of planning and institutional research in the office of the president, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and Emily Marthinsen, assistant vice chancellor, physical & environmental planning, University of California, Berkeley.

The 360 Newsletter posed a series of questions to each of our committee members.

Cathy Blake

Tell us what first interested you in SCUP and why you became actively involved in the organization's leadership and program development?

[CB]: SCUP is a great organization for focused attention to issues that we on campuses deal with daily. The lessons learned from others are invaluable. I always believe in giving back and I am proud of our university, so I was thrilled to be able to help develop a rich and comprehensive program for a conference in my backyard.

You have been instrumental in organizing the Stanford conference. What does your role involve and how do you balance it with your duties at Stanford?

[CB]: My primary commitment was to organize the tours and special off-campus events for the conference. We have five tours of different institutions, including one of Stanford that I am leading, one of Google that I am hosting, and we are also offering “5th Wheel Tours” during the educational sessions. There has been a lot of rewarding exchange between the various institutions and Chris Shay has been a master organizer of meetings and overall coordination so that has helped tremendously. This, coupled with some of my commitments to my other professional organizations, has me completely over-extended, but well supported by my own office and staff.

What are some of the highlights of the Stanford conference that you are most excited about bringing to the attendees?

[CB]: I think the range of topics cover the contemporary issues all campuses seem to be grappling with today. The video conferencing with Asia is a great new experiment, but brings the Pacific Region all the closer. At Stanford we have completed $3.8 billion dollars of construction over the past 12 years and are still in the midst of major redevelopment. It is exciting to be able to show visitors so many new, state-of-the art projects and initiatives.

What are some of the major initiatives underway at the campus that you are involved in that might be of interest to our members?

[CB]: We are currently building out malls and infrastructure to grow with the growing campus; we are in the middle of a Campus Entrance Study to develop identity and wayfinding for the campus. Within the past year we have completed a new School of Business, new School of Medicine Campus, Law School Campus and are in the process of completing the Science and Engineering Quad and buildings. We are currently constructing a major Concert Hall, a new academic art building and the Anderson Gallery that will house a world class collection of modern art. We are in the process of converting all of our energy from a cogeneration plant to a hot water exchange program; we are establishing a farm on The Farm and we are looking to establish an arboretum in our open space. New housing is next up for development.

Michael Fung

Tell us what first interested you in SCUP and why you became actively involved in the organization's leadership and program development?

[MF]: I was drawn to SCUP’s focus on integrated institutional planning, an emphasis that is not replicated in other higher education associations and networks. In face of increasing global competition and rapid developments in the higher education sector, especially in Asia, planners play an increasingly vital role in strategic development of institutions.

At the SCUP national conference last year, I linked up with John White and a number of members from the Pacific Region, and we got really excited discussing the possibility of a SCUP-Asia link. We have since taken the ideas forward, working with Chris Shay and team, and have put together what we believe would be an exciting and meaningful link-up between US and Asia, in the upcoming Higher Education Planning in Asia Forum (HEPA) held in Hong Kong, and the Pacific Region conference at Stanford.

You have been instrumental in organizing the concurrent Hong Kong event and the video linkage with the SCUP Stanford conferences. What does that involve and how do you balance it with your duties at HKUST?

[MF]: Getting this inaugural Asian event off the ground takes a lot of work. I am blessed to have an enthusiastic organizing committee (Bhupinder Singh from NUS, Kevin Downing from CityU, Bruce White from U of Canterbury), a team of dedicated and capable staff (Joyce Lam, Natalie Chang, David Shiu and more), generous support from industry sponsors, and the faith, support and encouragement from SCUP Pacific Region (John White, Chris Shay, John Long, and more). It has been a wonderful journey, and we are all looking forward to a successful event. What are some of the highlights of the Hong Kong event that you are most excited about bringing to your attendees?

[MF]: Some of the highlights of the HEPA Forum in Hong Kong that we are very excited about are:

With the diverse group of participants, the forum will offer rich international perspectives, and we expect lots of interactions, networking, and mutual sharing and learning amongst senior colleagues. We also have a set of interesting topics lined up, such as setting up overseas branch campuses in Mainland China, driving change within institutions, insights in institutional risk management and disaster recovery, and more.

What are some of the major initiatives underway at HKUST you are involved in that might interest our members?

[MF]: There will be a system-wide shift from a 3-year to a 4-year undergraduate system in the Hong Kong universities, starting in Fall this year. This translates to a breathtaking 33% growth in undergraduate enrollment from the next academic year onwards. It has been a hectic past few years planning and co-coordinating the growth, including the redesigning of all our undergraduate programs, hiring of faculty, constructing new teaching and research facilities, enhancing student accommodation and amenities, and stepping up student recruitment locally and internationally. The pace of development and change will continue to accelerate as we approach Fall 2012. These are exciting times for HKUST, and the substantial growth provides a rare opportunity for us to sharpen our strategies and to align our institutions to new growth areas.

Emily Marthinsen

Tell us what first interested you in SCUP and why you became actively involved in the organization's leadership and program development?

[EM]: Campus planning combines multiple disciplines—design, physical planning, program planning and more. SCUP emphasizes—was founded to support—that integration which is what drew me to the organization. I became more actively involved through presenting at conferences and at the suggestion of colleagues. Participation in SCUP became an important component of my own professional development.

What are some of the highlights of the Stanford conference that you are most excited about bringing to the attendees?

[EM]: 1) The connection with Hong Kong will provide the opportunity to engage with colleagues and counterparts in Asia; 2) All three plenaries will provide opportunities to look broadly—in diverse settings—at campus planning, higher education, and leadership.

What is the education mission of UC Berkeley and what is your role in the organization?

[EM]: “The University’s fundamental missions are teaching, research and public service.” I am assistant vice chancellor for physical & environmental planning. In that role I am responsible for early project development including program and project definition, options analysis, and alignment with overall campus plans and planning policy. I am responsible for the campus design review process, coordination with our host cities related to planning issues, and the implementation of the 2020 Long Range Development Plan.

What are some of the major initiatives underway at UC Berkeley you are involved in that might be of interest to our members?

[EM]: Our student community center will be transformative—both for the physical campus and for student life. In the next month or so, we expect that Berkeley’s City Council will approve the Downtown Area Plan (DAP), an effort the City undertook in partnership with us. We are excited about potential physical improvements and economic development in Berkeley’s downtown as a result of programs and initiatives related to the DAP.

SCUP 2012—Pacific Regional Symposium
“Developing Integrated Campus Master Plans to Match Changing Higher Education Imperatives”
Friday, May 4, 2012, the United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, CO

The 2012 “one-day” Pacific Regional Symposium on “Developing Integrated Campus Master Plans to Match Changing Higher Education Imperatives” will focus on how to create comprehensive, integrated campus master plans for higher education institutions facing unprecedented change. As planners, it will be critical that we develop new and integrated ways to think of master planning in light of changing academic, student, and fiscal constraints. It will be important to work with leaders to determine new institutional mission and objectives and then find a means to articulate the most critical activities to accomplish over the next decade. We can do this by understanding new methods to define the future and then help by crafting a plan to implement the objectives.

Special thanks to Duane Boyle, directorate of installations, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado for hosting this event.

Tour Added: Saturday, May 5, 2012, 8:00 am–12:00 pm
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Colorado College

The tour will provide a look at some of the undeveloped land where the UCCS Master Plan calls for a 4,000 to 4,200 seat arena, a Visual and Performing Arts facility and the initial facility that will be part of a branch medical campus. The Tour will then continue and visit a number of the campus’s LEED Gold facilities, such as the Osborne Center for Science and Engineering, The Gallogly Events Center, The Centennial Hall, and more.

Find the latest information here.

Congratulations to New Board Members

Congratulations to the newly elected members of the 2012–2013 SCUP Board of Directors including Phil Simpson from the University of Colorado and Jill Morelli from the University of Washington. New board members will begin their terms of service on July 11, 2012, at the conclusion of SCUP–47 in Chicago, IL.

Pacific Regional Representative

Phillip Simpson Assistant Director for Facilities Planning University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO

At-Large Director

Jill Morelli Director of Facilities, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA