Mid-Atlantic 2023 Regional Conference

3:00 PM – 6:00 PM | The Great Court | Mitten Hall

Bus transportation will begin at 4pm from the Loews Hotel.

4:30 PM-5:30 PM | The Great Court | Mitten Hall

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Temple University’s Charles Library: Transformational Visioning and Planning

5:45 PM-6:45 PM | The Great Court | Mitten Hall

Presented by: Steve Charles, Trustee, Temple University

Leading a higher education institution is one of the most challenging jobs today. Temple Trustee, Steve Charles, brings his perspective on meeting these many challenges based on his experience seeing large federal government bureaucracies transform themselves to deliver better service to citizens with less friction. Steve will share how his donation to help future-proof Temple University’s Charles Library was founded on his belief that values-based, long-range transformational visioning and planning is applicable to integrated planning across the university.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Discuss how large urban public universities should consider and prioritize integrated planning given the unrelenting headwinds that higher education is currently experiencing.
2. Explain how Temple is leveraging the concept of removing barriers as part of its evolution to facilitate more meaningful connections across its thousands of resources, out to its dozens of constituencies to increase the institution’s value and relevance.
3. Detail the ways in which the Charles Library serves as an example of strategically reimagining the purpose and role of a unit within a university based on long-range vision and an updated value set.
4. Evaluate the planning successes of the Charles Library and consider how this project can inform future re-design and re-engineering opportunities on campuses.

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7:00 PM-8:00 PM | Atrium| Charles Library

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7:45 AM-4:30 PM | Room 200 Lobby | Student Center

7:45 AM-8:30 AM | Room 200 | Student Center

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Achieving Zero Carbon: Implementing Swarthmore’s Rigorous Energy Masterplan

8:30 AM-9:30 AM | Cinema | Student Center

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Presented by: James Adams, Director of Sustainable Maintenence, Swarthmore College | Andrew Feick, Associate Vice President for Sustainable Facilities Ops. and Capital Planning, Swarthmore College | Michael Gilroy, Associate Principal, BR+A Consulting Engineers | Christopher Lee, Associate & Sustainability Coordinator, Jacobs/Wyper Architects

Campuses are prioritizing carbon reduction goals and reevaluating their reliance on fossil fuels to confront challenges of changing regulations, aging infrastructure, resiliency improvements, risk management, space use assessment, and environmental health. As part of its energy masterplan, Swarthmore College transitioned to a low-carbon central geoexchange plant and designed a study to efficiently analyze campus buildings for connection to the new plant while assessing energy performance. We’ll share lessons learned and tools for connecting large-scale goals to actual campus projects by providing a methodology for analyzing, prioritizing, and understanding the interdependences between potential energy strategies.

Learning Outcomes

1. Engage in discussions and help build consensus among campus stakeholders on carbon and energy reduction goal setting, planning efforts required to achieve actionable goals towards a sustainable, healthy environment, and reducing fossil fuel reliance.
2. Recognize how and when to engage professional services outside of your institution to provide expertise and further define project scope and deliverables, helping you analyze and implement campus energy projects to benefit the campus environment.
3. Describe the process for undertaking a multi-building analysis for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) system upgrades and energy-efficient building modifications.
4. Critically examine your institution’s proposed goals and plans for energy and carbon reduction to improve the health of the campus environment and community.

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2202)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Sustainability Planning
Challenges: Dealing with Climate Change

Tags: Energy Efficiency and Conservation; Energy Infrastructure; Resiliency; Risk Management; Sustainability (Environmental)

Dissolving Boundaries between Academia and Industry

8:30 AM-9:30 AM | 217AB | Student Center

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Presented by: Charles Cartin, Director of Makerspaces, Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University | Jefferson Poole, Principal, Goody Clancy | Paul Rocheleau, Executive Director of Strategic Development, Virginia Commonwealth University | Anita Taylor, Director, VCU College of Engineering Career Center, Virginia Commonwealth University

Long-term student success extends beyond the classroom and beyond the timeframe that students reside on campus. Universities must reimagine how learning environments engage students and build partnerships beyond campus boundaries. This session will explore how higher education is shifting to more personalized pathways, driving a need for facilities and programs that blend academics with real-world experiences to drive student success. Through examining shifts in academic programming, integration of career services engagements, and strategies to build industry collaborations, you will be able to apply experiential learning models to your own campus planning and programming efforts.

Learning Outcomes

1. Find opportunities to implement spatial and programmatic changes to more directly engage student needs in campus learning environments.
2. Identify potential partnerships and linkages with external businesses, collaborators, and sponsors.
3. Integrate flexible space planning to support evolving and potentially divergent academic pedagogies.
4. Help students overcome barriers to employment by providing facilities and programs for experiential learning and connecting students with industry partners.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2166)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning

Tags: Experiential Learning; Facilities Planning; Learning Environments; Student Services; Student Success; Workforce Development

The Future Workplace for Academic Medical Centers

8:30 AM-9:30 AM | Underground | Student Center

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Presented by: Andrew Lewis, Principal, NK Architects | Derek Tasch, Health System Architect, University of Pennsylvania | Allison Wilson-Maher, Vice President, Real Estate, Design and Construction, University of Pennsylvania

Real estate is at a premium at academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, yet there is much high-value campus administrative space that goes unused. The solution to this problem resides in new technology, space planning, and organizational change. The University of Pennsylvania Health System is prototyping a new approach to planning space that will reduce leased space, consolidate staff, and remove barriers to on-campus research by employing new trends in co-working, hoteling, and remote work. Join us to discover new strategies for maximizing your campus workplace space and reaching your institution’s full potential for mission-critical teaching, research, and clinical care.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify forward-thinking workplace trends and best practices, including co-working, hoteling, hot-desking, and remote work.
2. Describe new workplace strategies within an academic medical center or campus context.
3. Review technology solutions that support co-working, hoteling, hot-desking, and remote work.
4. Explain methods for overcoming institutional resistance to forward-thinking workplace strategies.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2173)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning

Tags: Medical / Allied Health Facility; Space Assessment; Space Management

Yahentamitsi Dining Hall: Designing for Authentic Indigenous Representation

8:30 AM-9:30 AM | 217CD | Student Center

Presented by: Mario Harley, Elder, Piscataway Indian Tribe | Lindsay Story, Principal, Creative Director, Ayers Saint Gross | Colleen Wright-Riva, Director of Dining Services, University of Maryland-College Park

Representation matters now more than ever. Institutions have the opportunity to amplify the voices of indigenous people and celebrate them through thoughtful campus design. The University of Maryland, a land-grant institution that sits on Piscataway Conoy land, designed its dining hall in recognition of this indigenous tribe to provide a place that tells their story through authentic voices. This session will share the process of curating a design solution with university stakeholders and Piscataway elders to implement change on campus

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify local indigenous tribes or nations and learn the history of your institution’s land.
2. Reach out to members of local indigenous tribes or nations to listen and learn from their stories.
3. Encourage authentic design rather than interpretations in your planning process.
4. Provide a platform for indigenous stories and histories and find opportunities to incorporate them into your project’s design.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2205)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Planning

Tags: Collaborative Design; Dining Facility; Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Facilities Design

8:30 AM-12:00 PM | Room 200 Lobby | Student Center

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Best Design Practices for Impacting Community Wellness

9:50 AM-10:50 AM | Underground | Student Center

Presented by: Meaghan Paquette, Associate Director of Planning, Harvard Medical School | Kalyn Pavlinic, Senior Interior Desinger, Shepley Bulfinch | Meredith Sullivan, Director of Project Management, Loyola University Maryland | Amanda Vigneau, Director, Shepley Bulfinch

As wellness remains a high priority on campus, built spaces can amplify goals toward community connection and individual wellness. Many variables can impact health and wellbeing, but an understanding of best planning and design practices can help meet specific and holistic campus wellness goals. We’ll explore successful strategies from Harvard Medical School’s Countway Library and Loyola University’s Fernandez Center for supporting whole student and community health through the built environment. Join us to gain an understanding of campus wellness and learn specific, actionable strategies for positively impacting the mental, emotional, social, and physical needs of your campus community.

Learning Outcomes

1. Define your institution’s wellness goals more broadly for both the campus and individual.
2. Identify best practices for prioritizing wellness at different scales and through different design methods.
3. Explain how to use wellness design practices to break down barriers and strengthen connections to neighboring communities.
4. Evaluate your campus planning concepts to improve city and campus connections, accessibility, and community wellbeing.

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AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning

Tags: Collaborative Learning; Facilities Design; Facilities Planning; Health and Wellness; Learning Environments; Library

Creating a Testing Center That Accommodates All Students

9:50 AM-10:50 AM | 217AB | Student Center

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Presented by: Casey Boss, Senior Director Planning Design and Construction, University of Pennsylvania | Caitlin Daley, Principal, BKP Architects | Jane Holahan, Executive Director, Weingarten Center, University of Pennsylvania

The need for accommodated testing has increased exponentially as colleges and universities diversify their student bodies. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, today’s students require specific and tailored accommodations for equitable test taking. The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) designed its academic testing center to meet a range of accommodation needs while destigmatizing the concept of accommodations on the basis of disability. The session will raise awareness of a range of specialized student needs and illustrate how to use design interventions to improve outcomes in both specific testing spaces as well as general use spaces.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify which students may be eligible for accommodated testing and explain why this student population is both important and will continue to grow.
2. Assess your campus spaces for accommodated testing opportunities.
3. Detail specific specialized user needs and determine how to use design elements to meet those needs in a testing environment.
4. Describe how to use design tools to create a specialized and welcoming testing space that fits into the campus context.

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2080)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning

Tags: Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Learning Environments; Student Learning Outcomes; Student Success; Student Support Services

Howard’s Campus Plan: Removing Barriers to Unite University & Community

9:50 AM-10:50 AM | 217CD | Student Center

Presented by: Derrek Niec-Williams, Executive Director for Campus Planning, Architecture & Development, Howard University | Todd Ray, Principal, Page Southerland Page, Inc. | Affan Sheikh, Manager, Hayat Brown

Howard University’s campus planning model demonstrates important best practices in cultivating an environment of inclusivity, wellness, and civility. Through embracing a history of strategic real estate investment, Howard leverages its assets to remove barriers between the university and community, resulting in improved access to academic resources and stronger relationships with research and development partners. Come learn about Howard’s master plan and apply its guiding principles to improve student and community access, attract industry partners and development, and create long-term value on your campus.

Learning Outcomes

1. Emphasize critical partnerships between the university and community for a more successful campus master planning process.
2. Envision and promote university development as an investment in community development.
3. Identify the risks and rewards of your proposed campus projects to attract stakeholder support.
4. Define guiding principles for long-term value of future campus buildings.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2243)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning

Tags: Real Estate; Town and Gown; Urban Campus

Using Gamification to Promote Student Engagement

9:50 AM-10:50 AM | Cinema | Student Center

Presented by: Jennifer Ibrahim, , Temple University | Elizabeth Tutelman, Interim Associate Vice President, Temple University

Colleges and universities are competing for student enrollment now more than ever. The institutions that are best situated to attract students are those that can meet students where they are and engage them in courses and co-curricular activities. This session will explore how emerging gaming technologies are necessary for higher education to remain current and promote student engagement, which can promote student retention and progression as well as individual wellbeing through social networks. Join us to review the existing evidence on student engagement and find opportunities to use gamification to promote student success in a fun and rewarding way.

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the existing evidence regarding student engagement in relation to retention and progression.
2. Define gamification as an emerging technology in higher education.
3. Discuss ways to use gamification to promote student engagement in undergraduate education.
4. Evaluate opportunities for developing gamification efforts on your campus to support student success.

Planning Types: Academic Planning

Tags: Learning Technology; Social Media; Student Engagement; Student Experience; Student Retention; Student Success

A New Facility for Alternative Learning: The CCP Career and Technology Center

11:10 AM-12:10 PM | 217AB | Student Center

Presented by: Sean Landry, Principal, Higher-Ed Studio Leader, Lavallee Brensinger Architects | Eric Weiss, Project Architect, Schradergroup Architecture, LLC | John Wiggins, Associate Vice President of Facilities and Construction, Community College of Philadelphia

Trends emphasize a growing demand for technical training that will support societal and workforce needs. In this session, we’ll share how the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) aims to meet this demand with their new community-supported Career and Technology Center that provides training programs to fill lucrative, technical roles in the workforce. Come learn about this important niche opportunity within higher education and discover how your community can benefit from similar training programs and educational facilities.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify niche opportunities for important career and technical training that your institution could provide.
2. Discuss how career and technical programs support inner-city youth as well as an understaffed segment of the workforce.
3. Explain the unique facility construction requirements for supporting technical training programs.
4. Assess what you need in order to initiate construction projects in an urban environment with positive support from the surrounding community.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2227)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning

Tags: Academic Facility; Community College; Economic Development; Facilities Planning; Teaching and Learning; Underserved Students; Urban Campus; Workforce Development

Humanize Your Strategic Plan’s Messaging to Engage With Stakeholders

11:10 AM-12:10 PM | Underground | Student Center

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Presented by: Kristin Mulrooney, Strategic Planning & Integration Manager, Gallaudet University | Guthrie Nutter, Project Manager, Gallaudet University

A strategic plan’s success depends on everyone doing their part with a full understanding of the road map’s vision. With declining enrollment, institutions must authentically connect with stakeholders by humanizing their messaging. Gallaudet University’s communication campaign is the result of intentional design structured in three parts?inspire, learn, and action. Further humanized by sign language, the campaign has engaged the entire academic community, including students, faculty, staff, and Gallaudet Board of Trustees. In this session, you’ll discover how applying visual messaging can build community cohesion and serve as a tool for a deeper understanding and engagement with the strategic plan.

Learning Outcomes

1. Apply Deaf Gain principles to create visually-enhanced communication approaches at your institution.
2. Implement a language use survey at your institution to determine community language profiles.
3. Articulate how tailored communication can directly benefit, engage, and activate different stakeholders within your academic community, including students, faculty, staff administrators, and board members.
4. Outline a strategic communication campaign that harmonizes with and is driven by institutional community values.

Planning Types: Strategic Planning
Challenges: Engaging Stakeholders
Tags: Communication; Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Engaging Stakeholders; Strategic Planning

Princeton’s Residential Colleges: Fostering Wellbeing for Tomorrow’s Students

11:10 AM-12:10 PM | Cinema | Student Center

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Presented by: Maitland Jones, Partner, Deborah Berke Partners | Arthi Krishnamoorthy, Partner, Deborah Berke Partners | Ron McCoy, University Architect, Princeton University

Institutions must rethink how to foster wellbeing, visibility, and social connections for students on campus by designing living-learning spaces that support agency, discovery, and participation. We’ll demonstrate the value of centering and planning for a sense of belonging and community in campus spaces for tomorrow’s diverse student populations, resulting in more welcoming, inclusive living-learning environments. Come learn about strategies that encourage participation, collaboration, wellbeing, and access at Princeton University’s Residential Colleges and discover how you can apply our lessons learned to your campus projects.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify ways for universities to incorporate strategies for enriching student wellbeing into their facilities, such as integrating indoors and outdoors, connecting students to their surrounding landscape, and creating flexible and adaptable spaces.
2. Detail implementable architectural approaches that contribute to students’ sense of belonging and campus engagement through the creation of spaces that represent and respect different backgrounds and viewpoints.
3. Cite examples and methods for design interventions that can catalyze unique or shared, meaningful, and differentiated experiences through discovery within campus spaces, fostering student wellbeing and belonging.
4. Describe how focusing on equitable shared spaces and their relevant, thoughtful, configurations can positively contribute to a sense of campus community through an emphasis on visibility, interconnectedness, and access.

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2199)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Facilities Design; Health and Wellness; Informal Learning Environments; Learning Environments; Student Housing

The Power of University-City Partnerships

11:10 AM-12:10 PM | 217CD | Student Center

Presented by: Katie Hearn, Senior Vice President, Redgate | Edward Maginnis, Assistant VP–Real Estate, University of Maryland-College Park | Scott Vieth, Principal, Design Collective, Inc. | Kenneth Young, City Manager, City of College Park MD, University of Maryland-College Park

Partnerships between universities and their neighboring cities can provide valuable opportunities to achieve common goals. Through exploring the unique partnership between the University of Maryland and the city of College Park, this panel will illustrate key points as to how universities and surrounding communities can leverage real estate in mutually beneficial ways. In this session, you’ll gain insight into how cities and universities can achieve a common vision through real estate as well as learn tactics for beginning a partnership process with your institution’s neighboring community.

Learning Outcomes

1. Develop a plan for creating a shared vision to improve university-city collaboration.
2. Identify possible creative solutions for enhancing a university-city partnership.
3. Describe how a shared ownership model is one possible solution for strengthening a university-city partnership.
4. Define protocols that account for possible differences in a university-city partnership.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2134)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges: Dealing with Climate Change

Tags: Capital Funding; External Collaboration / Partnerships; Real Estate; Town and Gown; Urban Campus

12:10 PM-1:10 PM | Room 200 | Student Center

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Temple University Panel: The Benefits and Challenges of an Urban Campus

1:15 PM-2:20 PM | Room 200 | Student Center

Presented by: Anne Fadullon, Director, Department of Planning and Development, City of Philadelphia | Alan Greenberger, Vice President, Real Estate & Facilities, Drexel University | Eleanor Sharpe, Executive Director, Department of Planning and Development, City of Philadelphia

Like most urban campuses, Temple University both benefits from and is challenged by the physical, political, financial, and social realties of its metropolitan environment. The same advantages that might come from its close proximity to functions and amenities that serve both the urban campus and civic needs can also create significant challenges to campus development, identity, and a sense of shared community. This keynote panel discussion will explore these challenges, the unique opportunities they present, and the planning and policy—institutional and civic—that can positively impact the campus and its surrounding urban environment.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify a minimum of three campus planning or development initiatives that successfully support community-building among urban campus neighbors.
2. Describe the challenges that urban universities must negotiate at their campus edges to support growth while maintaining good civic relationships.
3. Discuss the relationship an urban campus might have with off-campus housing nearby and how that relationship might support effective housing policies both on and off campus.
4. Demonstrate how investment in campus and neighborhood relationships as well as the resulting campus planning and civic land-use policies provide shared benefits.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23P002)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

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1:30 PM-4:30 PM | Room 200 Lobby | Student Center

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Decarbonizing Historic Landmark Residence Halls: The Challenges and Rewards

2:40 PM-3:40 PM | Cinema | Student Center

Presented by: Marlon Aranda, Project Director, New York University | Jeffrey Rios, Partner, AKF Group LLC | Michael Syracuse, Partner, FXCollaborative

Decarbonizing campus buildings is critical for addressing climate change and meeting institutional goals. It can be especially challenging to find the right solutions for deep energy retrofits of historic landmark campus buildings. In this session, we’ll share how we solved those challenges while renovating New York University’s (NYU) historic Rubin Hall, one of the world’s largest EnerPHit-certified buildings. Come learn how you can identify challenges, opportunities, and real-world architectural and engineering solutions to reduce operational carbon and create a healthier environment through the retrofit of your campus’s historic buildings.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify opportunities for decarbonizing historic buildings to create a healthier campus environment.
2. Discuss how to design historically sensitive architectural solutions to drastically reduce energy use.
3. Apply lessons learned from the design of an all-electric HVAC system in existing buildings to create safer and healthier outcomes for your campus projects.
4. Identify resiliency strategies that overlap with and benefit from deep energy retrofits.

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2137)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Sustainability Planning
Challenges: Dealing with Climate Change
Tags: Energy Efficiency and Conservation; Renovation; Student Housing; Sustainability (Environmental)

MIXing It Up: Ingredients of a High-performing Innovation Space

2:40 PM-3:40 PM | 217CD | Student Center

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Presented by: Paul Harney, Principal, Perkins&Will | Timothy Nielsen, Director, Mason Innovation Exchange (MIX), George Mason University | Lisa Passaglia Bauman, Associate Professor, Art History, George Mason University

Innovation spaces are increasingly common at colleges and universities across the country, but despite the significant investment in these spaces, many institutions struggle to operate them to their full potential. Successful innovation spaces must work for their institutions at multiple levels: making, experiential learning, and entrepreneurship. This session will explore the high-performing example of the Mason Innovation Exchange (MIX) at George Mason University’s new Horizon Hall. We’ll share best practices in the planning, operations, and program development of MIX and other successful innovation spaces to ensure facilities work on all levels of engagement with students, faculty, and the business community.

Learning Outcomes

1. Discuss how to effectively attract a broader student profile as innovation space users who will blur traditional boundaries between STEM, the arts, and humanities.
2. Engage with faculty from all disciplines, including STEM, the arts, and humanities in developing courses and programs that will leverage the facility’s potential for experiential learning.
3. Identify potential industry advisors who will use the innovation space as a platform to coach and mentor budding entrepreneurs, improving student success outcomes.
4. Describe a framework for programming and planning innovation spaces that will achieve the most multi-valent use of the facility and engage with stakeholders to ensure support for broader institutional goals.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2213)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Experiential Learning; Facilities Planning; Innovation; Interdisciplinary; Learning Environments; Student Engagement

Reconceiving the Nature of an Academic Museum for Learning and Engagement

2:40 PM-3:40 PM | Underground | Student Center

Presented by: Erin Coe, Director, Pennsylvania State University | Chelsea Grassinger, Principal, Allied Works Architecture | Thea von Geldern, Associate Principal, Allied Works Architecture

This session will illustrate how the new Palmer Museum of Art at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) employs design tactics to break down physical and perceived barriers to foster interdisciplinary learning and engagement. The museum’s mission is critical to protecting, sharing, and leveraging assets for the campus and community while fulfilling the university’s strategic goal for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Come learn from our collaborative design process for creating a learning environment that protects its collections while remaining open and inviting to the public, ultimately achieving strategic DEI goals and fostering community engagement.

Learning Outcomes

1. Make the case for creating museum connections to landscape, daylight, and surrounding views to foster teaching, wellness, and educational growth.
2. Outline a process that establishes rigorous but achievable project goals for guiding and realizing a design approach that infuses academia into a museum typology.
3. Identify ways in which security and daylighting can still be paramount while also achieving accessibility and transparency.
4. Describe how a museum can support thought-provoking and cross-disciplinary programs, encourage critical thinking, inspire curiosity and creativity, and foster respect for diverse cultures and points of view.

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2242)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Planning
Tags: Collaborative Design; Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Facilities Design; Interdisciplinary; Learning Environments; Museum Facility

Vertical Integration: Bridging the Divide Between Campus and Community

2:40 PM-3:40 PM | 217AB | Student Center

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Presented by: Marc Getty, Assistant Dean of Facilities and Information Technology, Temple University | Nicole LePine, Associate Director of Enrollment Management, Temple University | David McHenry, Principal, Erdy McHenry Architecture, LLC | James Templeton, Assistant Vice President and University Architect, Temple University | Keiko Tsuruta Cramer, Principal, Wallace Roberts & Todd (WRT)

In order to maximize their physical contexts, institutions must seek opportunities for leveraging the shared public realm through the repurposing of underutilized indoor and outdoor transition spaces. This session will explore how Temple University connected an aging academic tower with a major pedestrian spine, rectifying the misguided planning of the 1960s that had segregated the campus from the underlying city streets. Join us to discover how you can adopt defensible space principles in your design approach for a cost effective, equitable shared-use solution that engages your surrounding city and community intellectually, socially, culturally, and economically.

Learning Outcomes

1. Evaluate defensible space potential in existing and proposed campus facilities projects by intentionally engaging the adjacent elements of the campus gateways and circulation network.
2. Consider how your planning process can identify and solve problems such that design becomes the outcome rather than the objective of your campus projects, prioritizing user experience over matters of style.
3. Raise awareness of the value of public space as a mutually beneficial resource for the institution and surrounding community by identifying opportunities for repurposing existing campus transition spaces to expand programs for shared use and increased uti
4. Describe cooperative strategies for maximizing the value proposition of capital projects in the design and construction process by aligning objectives to create a more equitable environment for institutions and communities alike.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2200)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Landscape / Open Space; Town and Gown; Urban Campus

Campus Master Planning as a Catalyst for Broader Economic Development

4:00 PM-5:00 PM | 217CD | Student Center

Presented by: Suzanne Klein, Principal, Associate Vice President, AECOM | Mark McCormick, President, Middlesex College | John Phillips, Principal Associate Vice President New York Metro Education Studio Leader, AECOM

In the face of unprecedented changes, Middlesex College is tackling pressing issues to stay relevant by conducting community outreach, developing partnerships to address workforce changes, supporting non-traditional students, and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). We’ll share how Middlesex went beyond enrollment metrics and traditional master planning strategies with an innovative plan that involves the county and community in supporting a variety of campus and regional initiatives. Come learn how you can apply innovative approaches at your institution to transform long-term academic and master planning while leading cultural changes?internally and externally?and prepare your campus for a post-pandemic world.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify innovative planning opportunities that can promote economic growth for your campus and community.
2. Integrate with a broad range of stakeholders in your local community to identify and advance shared planning strategies.
3. Advance campus goals beyond academic programs to accommodate changes in pedagogy, student populations, and DEI initiatives.
4. Describe a long-term strategy for keeping your institution economically viable and prepared for future challenges.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2139)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges: Dealing with Climate Change
Tags: Campus Master Planning; Community College; Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Economic Development; Master Plan; Underserved Students; Workforce Development

From Cornerstone to Capstone: The Future of the Engineering Student Experience

4:00 PM-5:00 PM | Underground | Student Center

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Presented by: Jennifer Hardy, Senior Associate, Payette | David Mazyck, Head, School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs, Pennsylvania State University | Tom Simister, Director of Space Strategies, Payette | Matthew Zerphy, Chief Administrative Officer, Pennsylvania State University

Institutions strive to link academic initiatives to master planning goals for each campus building project. In order to confront the unique challenges of creating learning environments for engineering students, higher education planners must use innovative approaches. We’ll take an in-depth look at the process for integrating learning experiences with cutting-edge ‘skunkworks’ capabilities as a means to create an inclusive, interdisciplinary engineering community and maker space. Join us to discover innovative planning and design strategies for combining key ingredients of maker spaces and active learning environments with project-based pedagogies for engineering programs.

Learning Outcomes

1. Challenge pre-existing assumptions about interdisciplinary learning and maker spaces within a shared learning environment.
2. Connect space planning and design with the need to increase inclusivity and diversity in academic programs.
3. Find opportunities for programs and pedagogies to share space and resources based on new planning paradigms.
4. Describe an informed planning process for creating hands-on learning spaces and maker spaces with stakeholders.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2152)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Campus Master Planning; Interdisciplinary; Learning Environments; Maker Space; Science / Engineering; Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM); Student Learning Outcomes; Student Success

Removing Barriers: Two Distinct Spatial Strategies

4:00 PM-5:00 PM | 217AB | Student Center

Presented by: Martin Droz, Associate Vice President, Temple University | Gabriel Hohag, Associate and Project Architect, Stantec | Joseph P Lucia, Dean of Libraries, Temple University | Joe Santivasci, Senior Associate Vice President of Financial Aid and Campuses, West Chester University of Pennsylvania | Kristin Shiffert, Associate, Stantec

While higher education planners face many common challenges in campus projects across institutions, others face unique challenges that require a tailored approach for exploring alternate spatial strategies. This session will examine the contrasting strategies for Temple University’s Charles Library and West Chester University’s Commons project to eliminate barriers and define their distinctive academic communities. We’ll share new solutions that you can add to your toolkit for defining new spatial models in your campus projects, helping your institution achieve community goals and transformative results for academic learning environments.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify restrictions of common, outdated patterns for use of campus space.
2. Challenge traditional solutions for achieving security and collegiality on your campus.
3. Accept greater degrees of disorder as a means for achieving defined objectives in your campus projects.
4. Expand your toolkit for developing and employing spatial strategies that support your institution’s mission and goals.

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AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Facilities Design; Learning Commons; Learning Environments; Library; Library Planning; Student Center / Union

Under One Roof: A Holistic Approach to the Wellbeing of All Students

4:00 PM-5:00 PM | Cinema | Student Center

Presented by: Gina Casalegno, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, Carnegie Mellon University | Utkarsh Ghildyal, Principal Project Manager, Carnegie Mellon University | Bob Reppe, Senior Director, Planning and Design, Carnegie Mellon University | Kent Suhrbier, Principal, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

In the face of academic, social, and environmental pressures, today’s students need holistic, integrated campus resources for physical and psychological services as well as opportunities for discovery and connection. Carnegie Mellon University’s Highmark Center for Health, Wellness, and Athletics is a new model for integrated student health and wellbeing, combining existing infrastructure with a new comprehensive facility to support students’ interconnected emotional, physical, and spiritual needs. Come learn how an ‘under-one-roof’ strategy for holistic student wellbeing can provide value for campus planning and support services while confronting the challenges of uniting programming with student wellness objectives.

Learning Outcomes

1. Re-envision your campus’s existing programs and facilities to identify site and infrastructure needs for an integrated facility focused on student wellbeing.
2. Define new and evolving student health and wellness needs to develop a strategy for holistic campus support.
3. Outline the spatial needs for various wellness services and programs as well as important considerations for public and private space.
4. Identify design strategies for student health and wellbeing in a building project that integrates a new building with a restored, historic campus gymnasium.

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPM23C2077)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Facilities Design; Facilities Planning; Health and Wellness; Student Services; Student Support Services

7:15 AM-9:00 AM | Room 200 Lobby | Student Center

7:15 AM-8:00 AM | Room 200 | Student Center

Thank you to our Sponsor!

A Catalyst for Change: Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine

8:00 AM-9:10 AM | Room 200 | Student Center

Presented by: Amy Goldberg, The Marjorie Joy Katz Dean, Temple University

As a trauma surgeon for more than 30 years at Temple Health, Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS has focused on pushing forward through challenges to make an impact in health care, education, and the community she serves. As an educator and dean, she leads an exceptional medical school that trains humanistic clinicians and biomedical scientists to address health disparities and fosters a culturally-aware and responsive health care workforce. Dr. Goldberg’s strategic vision for Temple University’s academic medical center positions the medical school to create a bridge between building knowledge and breaking barriers, leading in education and healthcare best practices.

Learning Outcomes

1. Share how education and health care best practices develop through collaborative strategy between a university and its health system.
2. Discuss how Temple’s medical school connects the health system, the university, and the community through relationships and partnerships with the government and business sectors.
3. Explain the importance of innovation and technology in advancing medical school education and health care best practices.
4. Describe how the thoughtful development of spaces for learning, scientific research, and patient care across the enterprise fosters better collaboration and opportunities for students, clinicians, researchers, and patients.