November 2010
SCUP Mid-Atlantic News ...
For your reading pleasure, find below a short update on upcoming events, specific to our Mid-Atlantic Region. You will also enjoy a short interview with long time council member, Arnie Gelfman, and an informative university member update about Rutgers University. Enjoy!
**Note, this type of news and more will be readily available on our Mid-Atlantic SCUP LinkedIn page. Have you become a LinkedIn Group Member yet? If not, join us today!
A few words from our Regional Council Chair…
On behalf of your regional council, I send you greetings and very best wishes for this holiday season. It has been quite an excellent year in the region, and the spring conference promises to be most memorable–even when compared to the past several. More about this later.
The region had a fine turnout at SCUP−45 in Minneapolis, with 153 of members registered from the Mid-Atlantic. Five firms from the region helped to sponsor that meeting. By all accounts, by the data, and in my opinion, it was an outstanding event in a lovely city. Three of the major annual SCUP awards were won by members of our region. We will be the host region for SCUP−46, which comes to National Harbor, MD, in late July of 2011. Watch for those details to arrive in the Spring. We would like to thank the over 40 firms from our region who annually sponsor our region. See their listing below.
For us, the Spring highlight will be our regional conference in fascinating Williamsburg, VA, March 6−8. Our local hosts are preparing a properly antique reception for us. Three pre-conference tours are planned to the intriguing local campuses. And we even hope to announce, though not sponsor, a pre-conference golf outing. But the big treat will be the conference. Many of you have come up with some amazing proposals for sessions. In fact, we received record numbers, over three times the available slots! This will be our most interactive conference to date. You will learn by doing, by working together with your peers to analyze issues, create programs and the like. Very soon, a call will go out for session conveners. This is a great way to begin volunteering with SCUP. If you want to get a jump on this, either go to the SCUP website and click on the volunteer link, or send an email directly to our regional volunteer coordinator, Rebekah Bibbens, at rbibbens@psands.com.
I hope you will enjoy this newsletter. And I look forward to us all joining together in Williamsburg this Spring.
SCUP 2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference
Save the Date!
SCUP 2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference
Managing Planning, Managing Change:
Transforming the Academic Landscape in 2011
March 6–8, 2011
Williamsburg, VA (USA)
UPDATE:
Registration will open January 2011.
Conference Theme
Managing Planning, Managing Change: Transforming the Academic Landscape
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Join us in a call to academic arms at the College of William & Mary in Colonial Williamsburg, the cradle of American democracy, March 6–8, 2011, to become engaged in Managing Planning, Managing Change: Transforming the Academic Landscape.
Continuing our approach and using the feedback from last year's conference, we will encourage discussion and active participation on managing change and its impact on planning and the development of strategic vision. How are we providing for the resources and infrastructure required for an academic institution in the 21st century? How do we ensure the type and quality of learning facilities needed to explore, teach, and learn NOW to strategically place the institution in a competitive light for prospective faculty, students, and staff? How do we incorporate and maintain sustainable operations and emerging green technologies as we plan? How do we motivate both leaders and followers, rein in competing interests, get true buy-in, and truly implement effective planning that transforms our campuses and industry?
Plan to attend the SCUP 2011 Mid-Atlantic Conference at the beautiful and historic campus of the College of William & Mary in Colonial Williamsburg, VA. We promise this to be an informative, educational, and cultural conference to date, with boundless opportunities for networking and active participation. Appropriately enough, it was Thomas Jefferson himself who stated, “He who knows best, knows how little he knows.” Come share your experience and expertise with others interested in transforming the academic landscape.
From the moment you step into the opening plenary session until the closing session two days later, you will be involved, engaged, informed, and energized by this interactive program. We look forward to seeing you in Williamsburg!
Do you have questions about the conference that are still unanswered? Check the SCUP conference website and/or email our conference chair(s) for more information.
SCUP−45 in Minneapolis—Honors For Our Region
During the SCUP 45th Annual, International Conference and Idea Marketplace in Minneapolis last July, the Mid-Atlantic Region came away with three major honors. One of SCUP’s most prestigious awards, the SCUP 2010 Founders' (Casey) Award for Distinguished Achievement in Higher Education Planning, went to:
Jeanne L. Narum, founding director, Project Kaleidoscope and director of The Independent Colleges Office, Project Kaleidoscope Learning Spaces Collaboratory, Washington, DC.
Two of our campuses and firms were honored for Excellence in Planning for an Established Campus:
The Honor Award went to the Campus Master Plan at Haverford College, Haverford PA, and Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc, Philadelphia, PA.
The Merit Award recipient was VCU 2020: 2004 Master Plan Site and Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA and Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company, Norfolk, VA.
A Closer Look at Rutgers University | SCUP Member-University
By Frank Wong, Executive Director, Facilities Planning & Development
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
As an organization focused on sharing best practices in strategic planning, SCUP’s Mid-Atlantic Region would like to share with you below a summary of the planning efforts our member-University, Rutgers, is currently undergoing in New Jersey.
Rutgers University continues to focus on the important strategic planning necessary to implement and enforce their vision and educate their large student body. The reality is that state support is, as is the case in many states currently, on a downward trend. In 1994, 65 percent of the Rutgers budget came from state funds and 35 percent came from tuition. Today, those numbers are reversed. Less than 35 percent of the budget comes from state funding. Although all the construction activity seems to suggest otherwise, we are operating on extremely tight budgets with decreasing numbers of staff. Tuition increases are capped by the state, and raising tuition too high limits access to the state's residents, which is something that we, as the state university of New Jersey are sensitive to.
The major focus currently of facilities planning and development at Rutgers University has been on the redevelopment of the Livingston Campus. Please find here, a summary of information updating on the efforts we are making:
Rutgers University is investing significant resources in the transformation of the Livingston Campus, part of the university's flagship campus based in New Brunswick. As envisioned by President Richard McCormick, the redevelopment of the university’s Livingston Campus will create a statewide center for business and professional studies. The center will bring together Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick, the School of Management and Labor Relations, the Graduate School of Education, and the School of Social Work.
The new Rutgers Business School (RBS) will be the signature academic facility on the Livingston campus. Currently being designed by Enrique Norten of TEN Arquitectos, the $85M complex will include state-of-the-art classrooms, instructional laboratories, meeting rooms, faculty offices, and a trading floor. The 155,800-square-foot project is expected to begin construction in 2011. More info on the RBS can be found at: http://visionforlivingston.rutgers.edu/newbuilding.shtml.
Earlier this month, the university broke ground for construction of a 1,500-bed student apartment complex on the Livingston campus. The university has seen demand for on-campus housing grow, and the construction of this project will mean that Rutgers will have over 14,500 beds in its housing system, the second largest university housing operation in the country. The seven building complex will feature ground floor retail catering to students and visitors, including restaurants, markets, and a bookstore that front onto a major pedestrian plaza. The project is complemented by the newly completed Student Center Expansion on the campus, and a new Dining Commons that will open in the fall of 2011.
Our intention is to make the Livingston campus a showcase for environmentally sustainable development. Some of the efforts are detailed at: http://visionforlivingston.rutgers.edu/sustainable.shtml
Future projects being contemplated on the Livingston campus include a hotel and conference center, 1,200 seat auditorium, and additional academic buildings. Other significant projects currently in construction include a $47 million Proteomics Research facility and a 500-bed residence hall complex on the Busch campus.
Additionally, the university just launched a $1 billion capital campaign to help address the potential budget gaps on the much needed facilities outlined above and below. Find out more about the campaign at http://support.rutgers.edu/s/896/Foundation/Giveindex.aspx?sid=896&gid=1&pgid=1785
The capital projects that Rutgers expects to undertake in the near future, which have fundraising priority within the capital campaign, include the aforementioned Livingston Campus Redevelopment initiative, and the following:
Chemistry and Chemical Biology Building | This new facility on the Busch Campus will replace a crowded and obsolete building dating to 1947 and provide instructional and research space to support the department’s reputation as a leader in attracting federal research funding.
New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health | As the nation faces an epidemic of obesity and nutrition-related diseases, Rutgers is responding with a multidisciplinary center focusing on research and effective interventions. The facility will bring the institute’s researchers together in a multistory laboratory on Cook Campus.
Mason Gross Music and Dance Wing | Part of the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center on Douglass Campus, this new facility will provide much-needed practice and performance space.
While Rutgers has, as suggested above, focused much energy on the Livingston campus, the overall university master plan was last done in 2003 by Ayers Saint Gross of Baltimore and is due to be updated. We have had internal discussions about initiating the process to undertake the update of the plan and hope to address this in the coming year.
Current Mid-Atlantic Regional Sponsors
Partner
Allex Jordan & Associates, Inc. & University Solar, LLC., www.allexjordan.com, www.universitysolar.com
Platinum Colleague
Turner Construction Company, www.turnerconstruction.com
Gold Colleague
Bovis Lend Lease, Inc., www.bovislendlease.com
Daniel J. Keating Company, www.djkeating.com
Gilbane Building Company, www.gilbaneco.com
Marshall Craft Associates, Inc., www.marshallcraft.com
Michael Graves & Associates, Inc., www.michaelgraves.com
Structure Tone, www.structuretone.com
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, www.whiting-turner.com
VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., www.vhb.com
W.M. Jordan Company, Inc., www.wmjordan.com
Silver Colleague
AECOM, www.aecom.com
Ayers/Saint/Gross, Inc., www.asg-architects.com
Clark Nexsen, www.clarknexsen.com
Design Collective, www.designcollective.com
Environetics Design, Inc., www.environetics-pa.com
Glavé & Holmes Architecture, www.glaveandholmes.com
Haley & Aldrich, Inc., www.haleyaldrich.com
HDR | CUH2A, www.hdrcuh2a.com
Hess Construction + Engineering Services, www.hessconstruction.com
Hord Coplan Macht, www.hcm2.com
KSS Architects, www.kssarchitects.com
L. Robert Kimball & Associates, www.kimballcorp.com
Limbach Facility Services, www.limbachinc.com
Nalls Architecture, Inc., www.nallsarch.com
P. Agnes, Inc., www.pagnes.com
SmithGroup, www.smithgroup.com
STV Architects, www.stvinc.com
WDG Architecture, www.wdgarch.com
Bronze Colleague
BCWH Architects, www.bcwh.com
BL Companies, www.blcompanies.com
BLT Architects, www.blta.com
Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects, www.eekarchitects.com
Grimm + Parker Architects, www.grimmandparker.com
Heery International, Inc., www.heery.com
Mitchell Associates, www.mitchellai.com
Shepley Bulfinch, www.shepleybulfinch.com
Skanska USA Building Inc., www.skanska.com
Spiezle Architectural Group, www.spiezle.com
Tai Soo Kim Partners, www.tskp.com
The Care of Trees, www.treepreservationplan.com
WTW Architects, www.wtwarchitects.com
Sponsor list as of November 29, 2010
Are you interested in becoming a sponsor of SCUP? Please contact Beth Ring, regional sponsorship chair, at bring@wdgarch.com or 202.857.8301.
Meet a Council Member | Interview with Arnold Gelfman
Take a moment to “get to know” one of our most loyal council members!
Arnold (“Arnie”) Gelfman
Executive Director, Planning, Assessment, and Research
Brookdale Community College
Lincroft, NJ
When was your first SCUP event or conference?
“I attended my first SCUP annual, international conference in either 1987 or 1988. To say that I was disappointed would be an understatement. In fact, I was so bothered by what I perceived to be a program absent any relevancy to the community college sector that I wrote a letter (It was well before the days of email) to the conference chair. Shortly thereafter I was contacted by a community college member from Portland Community College who recommended that I get involved.”
What positions have you held on the SCUP regional council during your membership?
“I was contacted by the region during my first year of membership and was asked to join the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council as New Jersey representative, which I did. One of the immediate benefits to SCUP was an increase in New Jersey membership, especially from the community colleges. Before long, I was program chair for a conference to be held in Baltimore.
In 1992, I became Mid-Atlantic Regional Representative during what I think was a very exciting time for SCUP. My predecessor, Helen Giles-Gee had done an absolutely exceptional job in setting a firm foundation. I also had a great council. Its strength was its diversity. We were as representative as we could possibly be with regard to institutional type, consultant venue, gender, ethnicity, age, etc. We also had the largest membership of any SCUP region. During my time with SCUP, some of its greatest leaders came from our region (e.g. Helen Giles-Gee, Beth Sibolski, Mike Middaugh, Andrea Lex, and more).
After completing my term as regional representative, I was elected to the SCUP Board as an at-large representative and served in that role from 1995 to 1999. I really viewed my role as trying to advocate for community college issues.
In 2007, I was asked by Marcia Harrington, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Representative at that time, if the region could hold its 2008 conference in Monmouth County, which happens to be where Brookdale is located. I was delighted by the question and immediately responded that it was a great idea. She then asked if I would serve as conference chair, to which I also responded affirmatively. I did not realize that this also put me on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council until I got an invitation to the council retreat. I also learned that I was “community college representative.” We had a very successful conference in Long Branch. Although many thought that the location and the economy would reduce the attendance, we wound up setting an attendance record. Much of that success was due to the extraordinary team that Marcia had assembled.
At that point, I thought my SCUP service was over. However, not long thereafter, the current regional representative, Mark Curchack, reached out via an email titled “A big favor” where he asked me to serve as program chair for the next conference at Johns Hopkins. Once again, an extraordinary team put on a successful conference. It also beat all previous attendance records!”
How do you manage the challenges of your position at Brookdale?
“Much of what I do is very collaborative. Whatever success we have is due to (1) a highly talented staff and (2) a culture of working together with the College community (as opposed to a we/they mentality). After more than 37 years at Brookdale, I would like to think that people look to me and my staff as being competent, professional, involved, fair, transparent, and honest”.
Brookdale is a community college, but does that mean that your strategic planning efforts are much different than at a four-year institution?
“That’s difficult for me to know since I have only worked in the community college sector. One thing I do know however, that the issues we wrestle with are quite different than those I see represented at SCUP conferences and in its publications. Most of SCUP seems to be focused on buildings, architecture, green technology, landscaping, town and gown, etc. At colleges like mine, we are more focused on labor market alignment, mission differentiation, alternative revenue streams, economic development, partnerships, politics, etc.”
What is your college alum? Major/minor?
“I received my BA in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and my MA in Counseling from Western Michigan University.
I was involved in a doctoral program in Higher Education Student Services (not sure of it’s exact title) at American University when I got the offer to join the Brookdale Community College administrative staff. At that time, I was working as a research psychologist for the Naval Personnel Research and Development Laboratory in Washington, DC. The laboratory was going to combine with the Naval Personnel Research and Development Center in San Diego, and I had been offered the same position there. The research I was involved with (developing a test to measure the psychological correlates of drug abuse among Naval recruits) was directly tied to my dissertation. Thus the choice was going to San Diego and completing the research and dissertation or taking the Brookdale position. The rest is history.”
What is your favorite building/memory from campus life while you were a student?
“My favorite building, by far, was the student union. I think I basically lived there. Many of my meals were in the Hatch. What a great place to hang out and see your friends. I was also involved in a number of student organizations, all of which had their offices in the student union.”
Join Us in SCUP’s Mid-Atlantic Region’s LinkedIn Group
At the beginning of this newsletter we mentioned that upcoming news and events can be accessed on a more immediate way via social media networks, like LinkedIn. SCUP Mid-Atlantic has a “group” on LinkedIn that you can join if you are a LinkedIn member yourself. All it takes is a simple profile setup and a request to join both SCUP and SCUP Mid-Atlantic from your LinkedIn page (find step-by-step directions below)
We look forward to seeing everyone in person in Williamsburg, and in the meantime we’ll stay in touch with everyone on LinkedIn each month!
- Log in to LinkedIn and/or create a LinkedIn profile to allow access to our member only group. Click on the “Groups” tab at the top of your LinkedIn profile page.
- Search for “Groups” = SCUP. You MUST be a SCUP group member before choosing to be a member of the “Group” = SCUP Mid-Atlantic.
- After requesting membership to the SCUP group, then search and request membership to the “Group” = SCUP Mid-Atlantic (a subgroup to SCUP).
- Finally, once you are a member of this “Group”, select the “Settings” tab at the top of your page and choose the specific privacy and networking settings you desire for your personal/professional use of LinkedIn.
Are you still in need of more direction on how to setup a profile and/or use LinkedIn? Check out the LinkedIn “New User Guide” at http://learn.linkedin.com/new-users/.
Note, the news and updates that you will find on LinkedIn will be similar to the content you find in our newsletter, however, it is likely to have more detail and additional resources and member discussions as well. It’s a great new regional resource that needs your engagement!
If you have questions about LinkedIn or any other communications in the region do not hesitate to call or email the communications chair, Marilyn Juban (mjuban@gilbaneco.com).