Conference Proceedings

Sunday, March 6, 2011, 6:00 PM–7:00 PM
(PL003) Opening Presentation: "Change you can Believe in? Higher Education over the next Decade.”
Presented by: Michael Halleran, Provost, William & Mary, College of William and Mary

Monday, March 7, 2011, 8:00 AM–8:15 AM
(PL006) Welcome
Presented by: Taylor Reveley, President, College of William and Mary

Taylor Reveley was sworn in as the 27th president of the College of William and Mary on September 5, 2008, after serving as interim president since February 2008. Before assuming his current post, he served as dean of William & Mary Law School for almost a decade, starting in August 1998. He is the John Stewart Bryan Professor of Jurisprudence.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 8:00 AM–10:00 AM
(PL005) SCUPopoly: What the Game Teaches Us About Campus Planning
Presented by: Trina Mace Learned, Director, Operations for Facilities Management & Planning, Wellesley College; Douglas Steele, Partner, H2L2 Architects and Planners

The game of Monopoly® taught us to acquire property, build buildings, invest in transportation and utilities, and manage money--all while avoiding common pitfalls that threaten our success. These are the same objectives of integrated funding and facilties campus planning. Using a customized version of Monopoly®, this session will “play” through many of the strategic moves of campus planning; including, prioritizing capital investments, balancing program needs, dealing with cycle and deferred maintenance burdens, and finding ways to fund it all.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 10:15 AM–11:15 AM
(CN045) A Campus Without Faculty: Creating a Distance Learning Hub
Presented by: Wayne Nickles, Senior Associate, Stantec Inc.; Mark Safferstone, Executive Director, University of Mary Washington

The University of Mary Washington’s new Dahlgren Campus represents a new model in higher education: a facility that allows many institutions to come together to provide instruction in an under-served area. Through the programming and design process, and the involvement of partner institutions, what had been a loosely defined facility revealed itself as a magnet for distance learning. The facility director and architect will discuss how this process worked and the evolutionary path of this campus.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 10:15 AM–11:15 AM
(CN009) Making Sustainable Decisions
Presented by: Carl Elefante, Principal & Director of Sustainability, Quinn Evans Architects; Michael R. Purcell, Assistant University Architect, American University; James Thompson, Associate, Quinn Evans Architects

Today, many institutions of higher education are strongly committed to sustainability on campus through a variety of programs and policies. Green building is a major focus of sustainable strategies on many campuses. With economic resources challenged in an uncertain economy, how can choices about investing in green building projects be made in the new economic context? Using the design and construction of the American University School of International Service (SIS) in Washington, DC, this session will assess the green building program in detail. Participants will assume stakeholder roles and become engaged in making design decisions. Decisions will be tracked to understand their implications on project expenditures, success meeting program goals, and achievement of green building objectives.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 10:15 AM–11:15 AM
(CN064) Quadruple Bypass Surgery: Maintaining Functionality During Master Plan Implementation
Presented by: David Capelli, Vice President, Stantec Inc.; Brian DeWitt, Vice President, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company; Jack E. Nye, Vice President, Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP

Institutions of higher education have come to recognize the value of a master plan in identifying priorities and setting guidelines by which to achieve campus growth. But a master plan can’t describe the nitty-gritty details of what will happen along the way, especially when the transformation is occurring in the heart of your academic precinct. How do you maintain the viability of pedestrian circulation, vehicular circulation, service access, and utility infrastructure in the heart of a functioning university campus?

Monday, March 7, 2011, 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
(CN052) Achieving Signature Buildings; Evolution from Framework Plan to Design/Build
Presented by: Gary L. Brewer, Robert A.M. Stern Architects; Frances Halsband, Partner, Kliment Halsband Architects; Michael J. McCormick, Assistant Vice President, Planning, Design & Construction, Brown University; Ron Simoneau, Vice President, Shawmut Design and Construction

Our panel will describe a process for achieving a signature project, beginning with a framework plan through to the design/build process. Using the example of the new aquatics and fitness center at Brown University, the team will discuss the necessity of a flexible plan, issues of working in a challenging economic environment, implications involved with the design/build process, and the importance of team collaboration. We will conclude with audience presentations representing perspectives of architects, university staff, and builders.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
(CN006) Becoming a Residential Campus
Presented by: Betsy Boykin, President, Core Studio Design; Robert Fenning, Vice President, Administration & Finance, Old Dominion University; Carole Henry, Exec Dir Housing & Residence Life, Old Dominion University

Old Dominion University decided ten years ago that it needed to become “an exciting place where students live, learn, work, and play.”  In the past five years, university-owned housing has more than doubled its capacity, as ODU makes the transition to a residential campus. Simultaneously, student life, academic, and other co-curricular initiatives were expanded. This transformation was accomplished by implementing a development strategy that accelerated design and construction, yet phased the process to ensure success. We will look at the overall build out of the campus, and focus on the development of a major new housing quad as an example of this development strategy.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
(CN018) On the Edge: Why Off-Campus Development is a Smart Move
Presented by: Edmund Klimek, Partner, KSS Architects LLP; Robert J. Rittenhouse, Partner, Aegis Property Group; John K. Ziegler, Director, Real Estate Development, Princeton University

As institutions strive to accommodate burgeoning enrollment figures and infrastructure needs in an environment of physical, financial, staffing, and schedule constraints, off-campus development can provide an ideal solution. Moving administration personnel and support services, such as storage, to off-campus facilities helped Princeton University preserve campus land for programming that directly supports its core mission, while still aligning with its guiding principles. When executed with the right team, off-campus development can also provide greater flexibility in design and financing.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
(CN026) Sustainable Campus Building and Research Partnerships: A Case Study
Presented by: Rob Traver, Professor, Villanova University; Christopher Wood, Architect, SmithGroup

In today’s campus building projects, there are numerous barriers to collaboration between designers and the research interests within the institution. These conflicts can drive apart people who would otherwise be natural partners, with common goals. In this case study, we demonstrate how a well-managed partnership between a design team, a law school client, and environmental research engineers, at Villanova University, was able to deliver a project that benefited each interest through coordinated site stormwater features, research infrastructure, integrated learning tools, and additional LEED credits.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 1:45 PM–2:45 PM
(CN050) From Cars to Campus at the University of Delaware
Presented by: Luanne G. Greene, Principal, Ayers Saint Gross; Peter Krawchyk, University Architect and Campus Planner, University of Delaware

The University of Delaware’s acquisition of a former Chrysler assembly plant has been described as the Louisiana Purchase. The transit-friendly site offers the rare opportunity to redevelop 272 acres immediately adjacent to the existing campus and set a new direction at the university. This session invites the audience to strategize with planners and university staff and envision a future for this property. The process is intended to encourage participants to think about transforming their own real estate in fresh ways.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 1:45 PM–2:45 PM
(CN037) Initiating and Sustaining a Faculty-Led Academic Master Planning Process
Presented by: Angela M. Bartoli, Professor of Psychology, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania; Douglas E. Ensley, Professor of Mathematics , Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania; Christina M. Sax, Associate Provost & Dean, Academic Outreach & Innovation, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania; Tracy Schoolcraft, Associate Provost & Dean, Graduate Studies, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Shippensburg University faculty initiated and led a process for creating an academic master plan that was conceived, completed, and delivered in a two-year window by a task force composed of representatives from various stakeholders in academic affairs. This presentation will focus on the open process we used to create stakeholder buy-in and to solicit discussion on how we can connect this bottom-up momentum to the top-down implementation of new strategic initiatives on our campus.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 1:45 PM–2:45 PM
(CN027) Stand up and Cheer! New Identity for an Urban Campus.
Presented by: David Greenbaum, Vice President, SmithGroupJJR; Bill R. Jones, Principal, SmithGroupJJR

Community colleges recognize the need to include more amenities, like those traditionally provided at larger universities and colleges, for their student population. The campus environment is critical to the success of a college and contributes to how it relates to the student, and how it ensures that the community is an integral part of the learning process. With thoughtful master planning and reflective consideration of the built environment, community colleges can continue to provide excellent education and services to their students.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 1:45 PM–2:45 PM
(CN008) Telling Your Story: Using Planning and Assessment to Court Donors
Presented by: Jo Allen, President, Meredith College; Linda S. Durant, Senior Vice President, University Advancement, Widener University-Main Campus

We review the Widener University planning and implementation process, nationally recognized as a "best practice," that has led to unique collaborative conversations that are engaging donors in a comprehensive campaign. The conversations that staff, administrators, and faculty are having with donors are compelling because of the use of data and assessment results, set within the context of our strategic plan and campaign priorities. These strategies are replicable at any institution that participates in serious data collection and a “donor-friendly” campaign model.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 3:00 PM–4:00 PM
(CN060) A Community College Campus – Reinvented, Not Just Relocated
Presented by: Kimberly A. Beatty, Dean, Tidewater Community College; Terry Jones, Provost, Portsmouth Campus; John Knickmeyer, Principal, Stantec Inc.; John Massey, Marketing, RRMM Architects

The new Portsmouth Campus of Tidewater Community College (TCC) represents a landmark initiative undertaken by the City of Portsmouth and the college to relocate its founding campus in the City of Suffolk to an underutilized site closer to the city's underserved population. By transplanting and reinventing their campus, TCC adopted the idea of the “learning college” that informed the development of new academic programs and student services, and ultimately, the transformational vision of the new campus.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 3:00 PM–4:00 PM
(CN030) Collaborating to Create a Living Master Plan
Presented by: David J. Rodd, University Architect, Rice University; Thomas P Rowe, Principal, Michael Graves & Associates

This session will focus on the development of a master plan for Rice University, in Houston, the first to be formally adopted since the Cram Goodhue Plan of 1913, and its subsequent realization and alterations. Specifically, we will address issues of: increased student and staff population; expanding academic mission, including an increased emphasis on collaborative scientific research programs; connecting and responding to the surrounding neighborhoods and institutions; sustainability; and the maintaiing and reinforcing of the campus culture and physical character.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 3:00 PM–4:00 PM
(CN047) Planning Campus Growth with Neighborhood Collaboration
Presented by: Daniel Kayser, Associate, SaylorGregg Architects; Christopher T. Mendel, Senior Landscape Architect, Andropogon Associates, Ltd; Lauri Strimkovsky, Vice President, Financial Affairs, Chestnut Hill College

Chestnut Hill College completed a master plan that proposed large-scale development at the confluence of a residential neighborhood and an environmentally-sensitive watershed basin. The college was keenly aware that the scale of their master plan would meet significant public scrutiny, and to proceed with any promotion or fundraising, the college needed assurances that their plan would be supported by the community. This session will explore the management of a collaborative, community-planning process utilized to achieve harmony with the impassioned opposition.

Monday, March 7, 2011, 3:00 PM–4:00 PM
(CN059) Planning for International Education: University of Richmond's Story
Presented by: Lori Snyder Garrett, Senior Principal, Director of Higher Education Studio, Glave & Holmes Architecture; John R. Gass, Associate, Glave & Holmes Architecture; John H. Hoogakker, Executive Director of University Facilities, Washington and Lee University

The impacts of globalization are seen in the faces of our students and faculty, in our pedagogy, and in our buildings’ form. The University of Richmond was faced with an enviable situation: a growing international studies program with strong university support and a legacy donor willing to sponsor a new building. This presentation focuses on how strategic planning informed the process of creating a central, iconic, International Studies Center.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 8:30 AM–9:30 AM
(CN039) Assessing Campus Facilities for the New Reality
Presented by: Benjamin Dutton , Vice President, Faithful + Gould; Darrell Scott Jones, Director of Facilities Design & Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Georgia Tech’s Atlanta campus comprises over 125 buildings, including classrooms, laboratories, dormitories, apartments, athletic venues, and utility infrastructure. What innovative tools and techniques are being used to manage this physical plant? How do the new methods aid capital planning and budgeting? How does this enable the university to address its need to keep facilities maintained/improved to accomplish the constantly evolving academic and research missions? These questions will be answered throughout our presentation.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 8:30 AM–9:30 AM
(CN029) Creating and Integrating a Culture of Sustainability at Rider University
Presented by: Jason Kliwinski, Director, Sustainable Design, Spiezle Architectural Group, Inc. ; Thomas S. Perrino, Principal, Spiezle Architectural Group, Inc. ; Michael F. Reca, Assistant Vice President, Rider University

As a signatory of the American College and University President's Climate Commitment, Rider University must eliminate its carbon footprint, while managing growth. Spiezle Architectural Group and Rider University have worked together to develop the blueprint for campus sustainability that comprises completed residence buildings, a planned academic building, and master plan updating, among other aspects of campus life. We will discuss the methods and strategies that Rider University utilizes in its academic and social programs to fit within the larger goal of carbon neutrality.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 8:30 AM–9:30 AM
(CN053) Dancing With an Octopus: Building and Implementing an Institutional-Level Planning Process in a Small College Environment
Presented by: Leslie T. Lambert, Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Ferrum College; Christine Stinson, Ferrum College

The aim of this presentation is to provide an overview of how a small, residential, private college developed and implemented a planning, assessment and budgeting process from scratch. Participants will learn about mobilizing faculty and staff for change, aligning processes and poliicies in order to create vertical and horizontal participatory decision-making structures, and how the many "pockets of zeal" have been brought together to bring a sharper focus to the institution.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 8:30 AM–10:45 AM
(CN048) Lean Thinking: A Proven Approach to Tackle Institutional Planning Challenges
Presented by: Melissa M. McEwen, Senior Vice President, Institutions Practice Leader, Haley & Aldrich, Inc.; Kelly C. Meade, Client Director / Lean Practitioner, Haley & Aldrich, Inc.; Helen T. Schneider, Associate Vice President, Facilities & Campus Services, Loyola University Maryland

Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 9:45 AM–10:45 AM
(CN020) Old Growth Meets New Town: The Bowie State University Plan
Presented by: John Hammond, Senior Project Manager, Bowie State University; Bruce A. Manger, Senior Associate, Hord Coplan Macht, Inc.

Bowie State University faced a number of constraints. Land-bound on all sides, its commuter and residential populations growing, and  aging buildings and space deficits. Overcoming these barriers led Bowie State University to a partnership with the local planning agency. The jointly planned for facilities/campus growth and a 219-acre new-town development, adjacent to the university. Through the illustrative and narrative historical development of both projects, the planners will show how the separate and coordinated planning processes for the campus and the town provided a framework for addressing the university’s and county’s needs.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 9:45 AM–10:45 AM
(CN034) Selecting a Site for a New Building: A Rational Process
Presented by: Melissa L. DelVecchio, Partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects; Anna B. Martin, Vice President, Administration, College of William and Mary; Stuart Williams, Emeritus Professor of the Mason School of Business, College of William and Mary; Graham S. Wyatt, Partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects

Robert A.M. Stern Architects collaborated with the College of William and Mary and its Mason School of Business to select a site for a new business school building. The team developed, weighted and scored appropriate evaluation criteria; used triage and sensitivity analysis; and narrowed 19 potential sites to a single recommendation. This session will engage teams of participants in a simulation: establishing their own criteria, weighting, scoring, and developing a site recommendation. Will they choose the actual project site?

Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
(CN044) Arts Facilities that Deliver: Reputation, Enrollment, Profit
Presented by: Mark Reimer, Director of Music, Christopher Newport University; Robert V. Reis, Principal, Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company

Arts facilities are some of the most expensive campus structrues to build and maintain. Often, they are considered an embellishment, rather than a necessity. Yet, data prove arts project can produce return-on-investment (ROI), build pride, enrollment, reputation, life-time loyalties, and become a revenue source, rather than a budget drain. In its seventh year, the Ferguson Center for the Arts demostrates the relationship between design, nimble budget strategies, and creative programming to positively affect the university's mission and bottom line.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
(CN031) Attracting Students to Science (STEM) Education at Community Colleges
Presented by: David Benn, Principal, Cho Benn Holback & Associates; Sandra Lee Filippi, Campus Planner, Office of Central Facilities, Montgomery College; Katherine Michaelian, Dean of the Business, Science, Mathematics, and Technology, Montgomery College; Brian Oster, Associate, Cho Benn Holback & Associates

Community colleges have been working to increase student success in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines through programs like Project Kaleidoscope. Changing pedagogy, with its hands-on, interactive teaching styles is changing class sizes, layouts, furnishings, and the desire for visibility inside and outside the classroom. What are the impacts of addressing lab needs that can vary from highly disciplinary specific to interdisciplinary in flexible labs and related programs? Can the design of a STEM building aid in creating interest in these programs by also providing comfortable space for commuters and others?  This session discusses these questions in the context of a project for a sustainable STEM teaching facility, one where the costs and benefits of achieving a LEED certification were weighed against 'best practices' as an approach. All these factors will be described, along with the challenges of getting funding support from the county, state, and others.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
(CN035) Integrating Classroom Planning into Institutional Policies and Practices
Presented by: Kathryn Monday, Vice President for Information Services, University of Richmond; Jeanne L. Narum, Principal, Learning Spaces Collaboratory

Classroom planning is part of the larger institutional effort to meet increasing demands to do more with less, enable more engaged learning, accommodate increasingly sophisticated media resources, and be environmentally responsible. This requires formal policies and practices that inform and involve the community at each stage of the process of planning, developing, and assessing learning spaces. This session presents the University of Richmond as a case study for integrated classroom planning and invites participants to share their experiences and expertise.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
(CN036) Learning from the Navy: Campus Appearance Plans
Presented by: Robert C. Allen, Studio Lead, Higher Education, AECOM; Stephanie R. Campbell, Facilities Management Director, Naval Support Activity Bethesda; Dennis B. Carmichael, Principal and Vice President, AECOM

Navy higher education institutions, like their private counterparts, compete for candidates with their campus appearance. Similar to other colleges, these campuses are composed of architectural and landscape elements of diverse function, style, quality, and age. Working with limited budgets, learn how the Navy develops strategies to weave these diverse elements into a whole, including: • Sustainable design • Landscape architecture • Architectural improvements Examples will include the Naval Academy, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and Marine Corps University.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 12:15 PM–2:00 PM
(PL004) Closing Plenary and Lunch: Transformational Leadership - Building a Great Public Liberal Arts University for America
Presented by: Paul S Trible, President, Christopher Newport University

President Trible represented the Commonwealth of Virginia in the US Senate from 1983 to 1989 and the US House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983. Following his term in the Senate, Trible was a Teaching Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.