Acknowledging History + Defining the Future
Join us in Virginia!
The SCUP 2022 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference will be in-person at the University of Virginia (UVA)! As the Mid-Atlantic region’s first in-person, post-pandemic conference, we’ve specifically designed this event around an enjoyable on-campus experience. We look forward to having you join us in Thomas Jefferson’s historic Academical Village to share ideas and solutions for the issues facing higher education today.
This year’s conference theme is “Acknowledging History + Defining the Future,” using UVA as a case study to begin a conversation around addressing historical context and moving our institutions forward. Each day of the conference will feature a keynote presentation from different perspectives, including higher education leadership, current university students, and university planners. To accompany these keynotes, we will be selecting timely and relevant concurrent sessions from our open call for proposals.
Share your lessons learned and more.
You are invited to submit your proposal to present a concurrent session at the Mid-Atlantic conference. Proposals may feature case studies of successes and challenges, explorations of emerging trends and novel approaches, outcome studies, or projects that acknowledge, reinterpret, or preserve the past.
As we return to in-person learning and contemplate the lessons learned from a virtual academic year, we have an extraordinary opportunity to reflect on our experiences and consider the future of higher education through integrated planning on our campuses. Higher education continues to define its future with rapid advancements in educational technology, enhanced virtual platforms, increasing costs, pressure to demonstrate relevance, demand for more equitable access, and the need to proactively demonstrate our approach to addressing climate change. While we acknowledge the impact of COVID-19, we want concurrent proposal submissions to focus on the future of higher education planning.
Learn more about the call for proposals and how to submit.
Mid-Atlantic Regional Sponsors
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Scholarship
In this economic climate that has created challenges for so many colleges and universities, the Society for College and University Planning recognizes that professional development and travel budgets have continued to be reduced or cut. To that end, we are offering a limited number of scholarships to help underwrite costs associated with participating in SCUP events.
Scholarships of up to $500 will be awarded. Preference will be given to members in the region.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the Conference Scholarship, applicants must provide the following:
1. Demonstrate financial need and explain desired benefits from attendance (one paragraph)
2. Optional: A brief statement of support by the institution or organization, such as a supervisor (one paragraph)
Application Review
The Regional Council Chair will review applications and provide recommendations (ranked based on application criteria). Award recipients may elect whether to (1) receive the award directly or (2) have them paid to their institution/employer, and whether or not to use some of the funds as a waiver of the conference registration fee.
Application Deadline
Monday, January 10, 2022
Notification of Selection
Scholarship applicants will be notified of award status by (dates). If you have any questions, please contact Lakeeya Blue at lakeeya.blue@scup.org.
Monday, January 17, 2022
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Call for Proposals
Deadline to submit: October 14, 2021, 11:59 PM Eastern
You are invited to submit your proposal to present a concurrent session at the Mid-Atlantic conference. Proposals may feature case studies of successes and challenges, explorations of emerging trends and novel approaches, outcome studies, or projects that acknowledge, reinterpret, or preserve the past.
As we return to in-person learning and contemplate the lessons learned from a virtual academic year, we have an extraordinary opportunity to reflect on our experiences and consider the future of higher education through integrated planning on our campuses. Higher education continues to define its future with rapid advancements in educational technology, enhanced virtual platforms, increasing costs, pressure to demonstrate relevance, demand for more equitable access, and the need to proactively demonstrate our approach to addressing climate change. While we acknowledge the impact of COVID-19, we want concurrent proposal submissions to focus on the future of higher education planning.
We welcome presentations highlighting your experience in any of the following areas:
The Future of Higher Education
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
- The physical and virtual campus
- Developing successful educational programs
- Reinvigorating historic campus resources
- New horizons in teaching and research
- Smart building design
- Existing and emerging funding models
- The regulatory landscape
Campus Planning
- New construction vs renovation
- Space management
- Alternative faculty and staff office models
- Community partnerships and collaboration
- Institutional/consultant collaboration
- Planning techniques and engagement
- Strategic and physical planning
- Leadership transitions
- Change management
Sustainability and Resiliency
- Environmental sustainability
- Campus security
- Alternative energy
- Climate change
- Financial resiliency
- Social media and risk
Technology and Data in Higher Ed
- Emerging learning technologies
- Big data and data analytics
- Space Management
- KPIs
Students and Spaces
- Active learning
- Virtual learning
- Student expectations and preferences
- Wellbeing and belonging
- Informal and non-classroom learning spaces
- Design impact on health and wellbeing
- The campus as classroom
- Libraries
*Please note that these topics are listed for guidance and are not meant to be prescriptive. Your presentation may cover one or multiple topics in these areas[1] .
Delivery Options for your Session
Expert Lectures
These are formal 60-minute presentations by one or more presenters who will share conceptual or methodological innovations. A lecture format with substantial opportunity for audience questions is acceptable, but other interactive components may be added. The presenter(s) should have a strong background in the proposal topic and be able to demonstrate the importance of the session material.
Panel Discussion
This thematic, 60-minute presentation focuses on a current issue facing higher education. The proposal’s agenda items should clearly describe how each panelist will contribute their expertise to the general topic of the panel. This type of session has a more discussion-oriented format with collaborative back-and-forth between the panelists; it should also invite an appropriate amount of audience participation.
Selection Criteria
The SCUP Mid-Atlantic Conference Committee and Council, Planning Academy members, and other volunteers from the Mid-Atlantic region will review the submitted proposals after the call closes. Reviewers will evaluate proposals based upon the following criteria:
- Presenter qualifications as outlined in submitted bios
- Timeliness and relevance of the proposal topic
- Originality and quality of the proposal
- Presence of multiple perspectives
- Diversity of presenters (i.e., regional, institutional)
- Special consideration for proposals including college or university president presenters, student presenters, and community college presenters.
- Realistic allocation of time (including audience participation) and clearly-written agenda items that offer a thorough description of the session content
- Focus on substantive issues (note that sessions should share knowledge rather than promote products, programs, universities, or services)
Before you start filling out the call for proposals form, you can check out the questions.
The conference committee will select among many proposals, some of which may be similar, and will seek balance among topics and areas of importance to attendees. Proposals of equal merit cannot in all instances be selected if the result would be an imbalance in the conference’s overall topical coverage. Although not required, institutional participation in the presentation team will receive higher consideration than a team without institutional representation. We intend to select a comparable number of each of the delivery styles.
The deadline to submit a proposal for the SCUP 2022 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference is October 14, 2021 at 11:59 PM ET.
Submit your proposal
