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Cortex Innovation Community: Driving Economic Growth in St. Louis

In 2001 a forward-looking collection of St. Louis’s top research, health, university, and innovation organizations founded the Cortex Innovation Community. For more than two decades, Cortex transformed a formerly-blighted area into a best-in-class lab, meeting, and office space to accelerate the region’s innovation ecosystem across the realms of bioscience, technology, and social change. Please join an authentic conversation on how we’re leveraging our recent history, our community partnerships, our strategic plan, and our local and global conditions to drive the next generation of this globally recognized innovation community in the St. Louis region.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Review the evolution of the Cortex Innovation Community in its first 20 years.
2. Describe how Cortex acts as a valuable tool in driving economic growth and innovation within the region to differentiate St. Louis from other cities, domestic and global.
3. Explain how Cortex is actively impacting current and upcoming development of the mid-town St. Louis area.
4. Discuss Cortex’s strategic plan, its position in the community, and its future opportunities and challenges.

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7 PM-8 PM | Zodiac Room

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7:45 AM-4:15 PM | Khorassan Pre-Function West

7:45 AM-8:30 AM | Khorassan Main

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8:30 AM-9:40 AM | Khorassan Main

Independent But Interrelated: A Panel Discussion With Three Institutions

Presented by: Nancy Blattner, University President, Fontbonne University | Tami Eggleston, University Provost, McKendree University | Laura Wiedlocher, Interim Provost and Professor of Leadership, Law, and Public Service, Blackburn College

The campus planning issues of small, independent colleges and universities resonate across all of higher education. This panel discussion between leaders of three institutions will delve into campus-level planning, partnerships, and the reexamination of physical and programmatic campus assets in the current higher education climate. Join the President of Fontbonne University, the Interim Provost at Blackburn College, and the University Provost at McKendree University for a thoughtful exploration of currently relevant issues around student success, learning environments, and the renovation and reuse of campus spaces.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Rethink existing physical campus resources with strategies for year-round use of campus resources and learning spaces.
2. Generate master planning ideas around the post-pandemic campus and intra-hybrid work and learning.
3. Describe how independent institutions promote student success and retention through new programs and partnerships that expand instructional reach while considering its space impact.
4. Identify concepts for phased campus building renovations and reuse of existing learning space.

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8:30 AM-12:15 PM | Lindell Ballroom Pre-Function

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A Paradigm Shift: Designing for the Future of Medical Education

10 AM-11 AM | Lindell D

Presented by: Heidi Costello, Senior Associate, Health Sciences & Medical Education Practice Leader, Perkins&Will | Jerry Johnson, Design Principal, Perkins&Will | Natalie Lin, Assistant Director- Internal Design, Indiana University

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The practice of medicine is continually changing, and educational facilities that train the next generation of medical professionals must support this evolution. Institutions can provide future-ready medical education through trusted relationships, creative collaborations, and discoveries in innovation. This session will explore how the new Indiana University School of Medicine building promotes growth, collaboration, and experiential learning for post-pandemic medical students. Come learn how you can employ proactive programming and flexible planning at your institution’s facilities to anticipate the future unknowns of medical training.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Discuss how to meet the legacy of place and context without limiting the design of a forward-thinking school of medicine.
2. Explain how to future-proof a building through flexible and adaptable planning solutions .
3. Identify some of the emerging space typologies and describe what impact they have on planning a medical education facility.
4. Seek consensus through virtual and in-person collaboration throughout the design process.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Facilities Design; Medical / Allied Health Education; Medical / Allied Health Facility

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2582)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Horizons 2025: Integrated Planning at Nicolet College

10 AM-11 AM | Lindell C

Presented by: Christin Van Kauwenberg, Director of Business Intelligence, Nicolet Area Technical College | Erika Warning-Meyer, Chief of Saff, Nicolet Area Technical College

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Two-year institutions often lack the dedicated capacity to create integrated planning frameworks. This session will provide insight into how Nicolet College chose to reimagine its previous planning mindset, shifting to an integrated approach when embarking on a new planning initiative in the summer of 2022. Knowing how to get started can be the hardest part of any planning process, and we’ll share how Nicolet used SCUP resources to help start its initiative. Join us to learn about Nicolet’s progress, lessons learned, and resources that you can use to start an integrated planning process at your institution.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Communicate the value of integrated planning to your colleagues.
2. Create an integrated planning timeline for your institution.
3. Use SCUP resources in your integrated planning process.
4. Discuss how to start implementing an integrated planning process at your institution.

Planning Types: Strategic Planning
Challenges: Planning Alignment
Tags: Building (or Writing) the Plan; Community College; Institutional Planning; Planning Processes; Preparing to Plan

Old Buildings, New Tricks: Address Changing Needs With Limited Funding

10 AM-11 AM | Lindell AB

Presented by: Lisa Gomperts, Project Manager/Principal, Schmidt Associates | Sarah Hempstead, Chief Executive Officer and Principal, Schmidt Associates

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With a looming enrollment cliff and a stock of aging buildings, universities must provide contemporary educational and residential environments with limited resources while avoiding additional square footage. In this session, we’ll show how to evaluate the possibilities of reusing existing spaces, discuss universal design strategies, and explore innovative strategies to re-purpose facilities to meet the needs of a modern campus without new construction. Learn to do more with less—less resources, less financial flexibility, and less capital—through adaptive reuse, universal design strategies, and alternative funding sources.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Realize the possibilities of existing spaces through space utilization analysis and creative design strategies.
2. Discuss how to successfully implement universal design strategies to improve access and inclusiveness to create a welcoming environment in aging buildings.
3. Evaluate innovative renovation strategies for old buildings, from the removal and replacement of walls, HVAC, or lighting systems to incorporating new learning labs into residential facilities.
4. Look beyond capital and donor funding to find opportunities for alternative funding sources, such as energy grants or National Parks Service grants.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges: Funding Uncertainty
Tags: Adaptive Reuse; Facilities Design; Facilities Funding; Renovation; Revitalization

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2533)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Building MCC’s Path Forward For Wide-scale Improvement

11:20 AM-12:20 PM | Lindell C

Presented by: Jacqueline Almquist, Assistant Chief of Staff, Metropolitan Community College Area | Catherine Brown, Director of Planning and Projects, Metropolitan Community College Area | Brigid Howard, Institutional Effectiveness Research Manager, Metropolitan Community College Area | Tracy McTavish-Mlady, Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Metropolitan Community College Area

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Student success initiatives can be short-lived if stakeholders are not engaged in the process. Metropolitan Community College (MCC) is using evidence-based strategies with all-level engagement to improve and institutionalize practices that positively impact student outcomes. This session will discuss MCC’s wide-scale improvement initiative for engaging cross-functional teams of faculty and staff in design-thinking, consensus-building, and evidence-based decision making, the results of which are part of master planning efforts. In sharing how MCC’s improvement effort reflects its unique culture, we’ll demonstrate the ways in which institutionalized engagement and a commitment to improvement can help make success the default for all students.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe the foundation of guided pathways, especially as it pertains to community colleges and the distinctive challenges these institutions and their students face.
2. Outline engagement strategies for different stakeholder groups and how they can lead to unique campus design and implementation processes built on the foundation of guided pathways.
3. Consider how you can use design-thinking and consensus-building to address issues in ways that are reflective and forward-thinking, taking into account the particular culture, systems, and people in their own work environments.
4. Detail the process of integrating campus project goals, such as those of improvement initiatives, with strategic planning efforts.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges: Engaging Stakeholders; Student Success, Retention, and Graduation
Tags: Campus Master Planning; Community College; Educational Master Plan; Engaging Stakeholders; Organizational Culture; Student Engagement; Student Success

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2568)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Mind, Body, and Spirit: Creating a HUB for Holistic Student Wellbeing

11:20 AM-12:20 PM | Lindell D

Presented by: Bill Baker, Principal / Owner, MSA Design | Leah Busam Klenowski, Senior Director for Student Affairs, Student Involvement, Xavier University | Nestor Melnyk, Principal, MSA Design| Robert Sheeran, Vice President, Facilities, Xavier University

Student health and wellbeing are primary concerns within higher education. This session will share how to fully integrate student recreation, health and counseling, and related academic programs into a transdisciplinary, multi-use facility. Realizing a need for a new recreation center, updated health and counseling clinics, and growth accommodation in health professions education, Xavier University blended these programs into a single facility that holistically addresses mind, body, and spirit. Come learn how to interweave academic, student life, and student service functions with intentional, collaborative, and integrated planning to support students’ mental, physical, and emotional health, positively impacting retention and academic success.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Intentionally engage a wide variety of campus stakeholders toward common goals of health and wellness.
2. Discuss how to combine physical recreation, health and counseling services, and academic programs for greater integrated impact.
3. Explain the benefits of co-locating academic programs with related student life functions to provide cohesive, high-performing, and attractive teaching and learning environments.
4. Identify creative opportunities for multipurpose use of spaces for recreational and academic needs to maximize resources and improve student wellbeing.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges: Engaging Stakeholders
Tags: Engaging Stakeholders; Facilities Planning; Health and Wellness; Student Life / Student Affairs; Student Services

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2595)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

The Future of Construction: Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)

11:20 AM-12:20 PM | Lindell AB

Presented by: Javier Esteban, Principal, KWK Architects, LLC | Avin Kallenbach, Education Project Executive, Mortenson | Joe Pritzkow, Project Development Executive, Mortenson

The building of new residence halls continues to be a post-pandemic trend on campuses. Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) provides an alternative approach for delivering these facilities with more predictability to ensure spaces are ready for fall semester. DFMA is becoming more prevalent in the construction industry to address challenges such as workforce, supply chain, and project schedules. This session will keep you current on how campuses are using DFMA to build new residence halls as well as explore its future capabilities in delivering higher education facilities.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Share the capabilities of DFMA as a potential design approach with colleagues on your campus.
2. Evaluate DFMA as a solution for your future capital project needs.
3. Identify future industry challenges that DFMA can help solve.
4. Explain how to manage a DFMA project pre-construction process, including when to bring on a design partner and manufacturer.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Facilities Design; Student Housing

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2547)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

12:20 PM-1:20 PM | Khorassan Main

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1:20 PM-5 PM | Lindell Ballroom Pre-Function

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Inclusive Change Management Strategies for Enterprise Technology System Changes

1:30 PM-2:30 PM | Lindell AB

Presented by: Regina Mosher, Senior Project and Process Coordinator, Madison Area Technical College | Tina Stockton, Senior Process and Project Coordinator, Madison Area Technical College

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Human-centered change management practices that engage the change agency of all stakeholders are imperative to minimizing disruptions and avoiding unforeseen hardship from enterprise system changes. In this session, we’ll share practices that are interchangeably applicable to most major change initiatives with a focus on transitioning from an on-premises student information system to a cloud-based student information system. With our inclusive change management strategy, change leaders can better support their colleagues’ needs in order to overcome initiative fatigue, address change resistance, strengthen employee morale, and achieve institutional outcomes.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Look through the lens of functional users to help you effectively and equitably engage all layers of your organization in the authorship and ownership of the enterprise technology change initiative.
2. Identify the benefits of conducting an impact radius blast analysis to systematically and inclusively engage stakeholders.
3. Explain how to activate the change agency of frontline and mid-level leaders who are key to a successful enterprise technology solution implementation.
4. Collect system agnostic technology requirements from functional end users in a manner that is understandable to them, helps them articulate their processes, and identifies opportunities for process improvements.

Planning Types: Information Technology Planning; Strategic Planning
Challenges: Change Management; Engaging Stakeholders
Tags: Disruptive Change; Engaging Stakeholders; Implementation; Information Technology

Linking Campus and Industry for Collaborative Undergraduate Research

1:30 PM-2:30 PM | Lindell C

Presented by: Daniel Niewoehner, Principal, HOK | Renee Strehlau, Campus Planner for Facilities Planning & Construction, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | Cathy O’Hara Weiss, Principal University Planner, University of Wisconsin System Administration

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Universities increasingly face extreme competition for students and faculty, but offering dedicated space to incubate connections between the university and industry and applied research opportunities can be a real differentiator for campuses. Students and faculty are looking for ways to connect with the industry for deeper research opportunities and more applications-based experience. We’ll explore how programming and space can create these links to support a rich undergraduate research program. Join us for inspiration and specific examples on how to integrate industry partner presence on campus in meaningful ways, maximizing student and faculty opportunities through collaboration in the vision and design process.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Make the case to institutional leadership and industry partners that undergraduate research can lead to more engagement and opportunities with faculty and industry.
2. Describe how to carry out and position the vision for interaction in programming in the building to create opportunities for faculty and students to work with industry partners.
3. Identify opportunities to integrate industry partners into the vision, programming, and planning of a facility to promote interaction and opportunities for applied research.
4. Discuss how to create spaces, such as ideation rooms, dry and wet labs, simulation, etc. that bridge academia and industry and are dedicated for interaction.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: External Collaboration / Partnerships; Facilities Planning; Faculty; Interdisciplinary Learning Environments; Student Engagement; Workforce Development

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2540)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Relationship Building: Strategies for Inclusive, Student-Centered Design

1:30 PM-2:30 PM | Lindell D

Presented by: Christopher Gluesing, Director of Planning & Project Delivery, Marquette University | Kathleen Kugi-Tom, Senior Project Manager, Marquette University | Katherine Nichols, Associate Principal, BNIM Architects | James Pfeiffer, Principal, BNIM Architects

The Dr. EJ and Margaret O’Brien Hall at Marquette University showcases the ways in which relationship building between people, disciplines, space types, and contexts advances design to achieve human-purposed, inclusive outcomes for the department and campus. In this session, we’ll discuss the new convening, inclusive, student-focused hub for business and innovation leadership and demonstrate how it exemplifies the core tenets of relationship building in navigating campus engagement, design process, and future success. Join us to learn useful strategies around relationship building within your campus communities, collaborative design processes for hybrid learning, intersecting purpose-built and loose-fit design, and post-pandemic student wellbeing.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Discuss how to strengthen stakeholder relationships through an inclusive engagement process addressing programmatic and user needs and establishing a design vision that aligns with campus identity and values.
2. Identify the challenges of remote and hybrid education and consider how a collaborative, integrated design process can maintain key relationships and project goals.
3. Explain how a student-centered design process that co-locates purpose-built departmental and learning spaces with interdisciplinary learning and social spaces can promote campus, community, and regional connections for wellbeing and belonging.
4. Describe design features and programming of welcoming, inclusive spaces that support interdisciplinary collaboration across different schools and colleges.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges: Engaging Stakeholders
Tags: Business School Facility; Collaborative Design; Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Facilities Design; Flexible Learning Spaces; Hybrid Learning; Innovation; Interdisciplinary

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2560)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

A Collaborative Research Ecosystem at the Nexus of Science and Engineering

2:50 PM-3:50 PM | Lindell C

Presented by: Mike Daly, Senior Project Manager, University of Notre Dame | Melanie DeFord, Assistant Vice President for Research, University of Notre Dame | Michael Hildreth, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Notre Dame | Andrew Lough, Principal, BSA LifeStructures Inc.

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Solving global problems requires an integrated approach. To facilitate that approach, research environments must foster collaboration and blur boundaries between disciplines. This session will illustrate how a collaborative ecosystem across science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame (UND) promoted the discovery and implementation of solutions to address global problems at the intersection of human, environmental, and techno-social health. Come learn from UND’s approach to collaborative research efforts and alignment of space governance to gain insight into a different way of using space and developing research endeavors

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify the major drivers of research facility needs and space allocations.
2. Make the case for expanding your institution’s research footprint and developing governance for research team selection and space needs.
3. Discuss how to program and plan campus research facilities for interdisciplinary teams.
4. Explain how to develop a space typology mix for collaborative research ecosystems on your campus.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Collaborative Design; Facilities Planning; Interdisciplinary; Interdisciplinary Learning Environments; Science / Engineering; Science / Engineering Facility

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2559)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Achieving Big Carbon Reduction Goals With Small Targeted Building Actions

2:50 PM-3:50 PM | Lindell D

Presented by: Rebecca Berry, President, Principal, Finegold Alexander Architects | Jess Farber, Vice President, Partner, CMTA, Inc. | Michelle Maheu, Director for Planning, Design & Construction, Wellesley College | Lara Pfadt, Architect, Finegold Alexander Architects

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In order to achieve carbon neutrality for a healthier environment, institutions must identify and solve daunting challenges relating to the age, programmatic use, energy generation, and mechanical, electric, and plumbing (MEP) systems of campus buildings. Backlogs of deferred maintenance and multiple demands on facilities budgets hinder campus decarbonization efforts, but leveraging data can help planners prioritize and achieve their goals with targeted actions for the biggest impact. This session will provide insight on useful data types for existing building stock and a process for existing conditions exploration to address carbon neutrality and deferred maintenance within time and budget constraints.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Detail an existing conditions exploration process to address the characteristics and challenges of each of the buildings on your campus relative to your carbon reduction goals.
2. Describe an inclusive process of engaging various stakeholders and leveraging collected data to prioritize projects for a healthier, carbon-neutral campus.
3. Evaluate the energy use intensity (EUI) implications of targeted building actions and establish priorities.
4. Identify ways to fit and phase project schedules into institutional calendars to create less disruption.

Planning Types: Campus Planning; Sustainability Planning
Challenges: Dealing with Climate Change
Tags: Carbon Neutral; Deferred Maintenance; Energy Efficiency and Conservation; Energy Infrastructure; Sustainability (Environmental)

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2570)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Design(ed) for All: Strategies for Creating an Interdisciplinary Design Center

2:50 PM-3:50 PM | Lindell AB

Presented by: Bill Loose, Principal, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson | Ryan Miller, Associate, Silman | RACHEL SWITZKY, Director, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Interdisciplinary design centers provide vital shared educational and creative spaces for all students. Thoughtful planning and design can positively impact student engagement at all levels while helping prepare schools for future change. This session will explore how the planning and design of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s (UIUC) Siebel Center for Design created an inclusive, welcoming, and flexible environment for everyone on campus. Come learn about key findings, outcomes, and useful strategies for organizing design centers that encourage immersion and engagement for a diverse student body, aligning program mission with physical space requirements, and designing for flexibility and change.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Evaluate key campus planning considerations for an interdisciplinary design center.
2. Analyze the primary space types for inspiration, ideation, and implementation.
3. Explain the benefits of a human-centered design approach for diverse academic disciplines.
4. Assess strategies for continuous user feedback, engagement, and retention from a broad campus population.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Facilities Design; Flexible Learning Spaces; Interdisciplinary; Interdisciplinary Learning Environments

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2558)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

A New Space for Collaboration: Reimagining Inter-professional Medical Education

4:10 PM-5:10 PM | Lindell C

Presented by: David Coleman, Principal, Regional Leader of S+T, HOK | Morgan Daenzer, Senior Associate, HOK

This session will examine the programming, schematic design, and design-build team selection for a new inter-professional Health Science Building (HSB) at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). We’ll showcase an innovative approach to meeting the growing demand for healthcare providers while promoting interdisciplinary education and research as well as highlight the benefits and challenges of design-build bridging for large scale university projects. Come explore how the new SIUE HSB applied inter-professional planning and programming to combine multiple schools into one facility, review benchmarking and metrics for medical education and simulation, and provide insights on an innovative approach to project delivery.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Discuss how to promote interdisciplinary education and research by bringing together different colleges or schools under one roof to eliminate redundancies and leverage programmatic synergies.
2. Consider the benefits of implementing a design-build bridging methodology in your own campus projects.
3. Explain how to incorporate state-of-the-art metrics in medical education and simulation facility design.
4. Define a planning framework for a new undeveloped zone of campus that respects the legacy of the original core campus.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Design-Build; Facilities Planning; Interdisciplinary Learning Environments; Medical / Allied Health Education; Medical / Allied Health Facility

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2564)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Preparing for the Future: Solving the Student Housing Shortage

4:10 PM-5:10 PM | Lindell D

Presented by: Lisa Fiorentino, Assistant Director, Vanderbilt University | Lauren Shelton, Senior Associate, Valerio Dewalt Train Associates | Joseph Valerio, Founding Principal, Valerio Dewalt Train Associates | Joe Winters, Vice President, Brailsford & Dunlavey

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Lowering housing costs is a universal priority for students, but institutions often can’t achieve the desired student experience for upperclassmen and graduate students without intervention in the local market. In locations where housing costs are skyrocketing, universities struggle to support their students and create a sense of community. Vanderbilt University has employed strategies to unlock below-market rents, improve campus connectivity, and enhance the graduate student experience. Come discover how Vanderbilt achieved a safe, high-quality environment and preserved capital for other initiatives to help them compete with peer institutions.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Outline Vanderbilt’s strategic market advantage in terms of privacy, proximity, and sustainability.
2. Describe a cultural campus view of affordable housing as an avenue to maximize accessibility, diversity, and inclusion as well as a means to enhance community interaction by integrating learning into the living environment.
3. Evaluate a research-based approach for identifying the needs and demand of the student body and for fine tuning project programming and cost on the path to below market-rate student housing.
4. Discuss the outcomes for the Vanderbilt design team’s housing project, from data to design.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Capital Funding; Facilities Funding; Informal Learning Environments; Public-Private Partnerships (P3); Student Housing

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2606)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

STEM Diversity: Designing a Catalyst for Change

4:10 PM-5:10 PM | Lindell AB

Presented by: Thomas Hanley, Vice President, CannonDesign | Thomas Keyser, Founding Dean of Engineering, Illinois State University | Swapna Sathyan, Principal, Director – Blue Cottage of CannonDesign

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Diversifying the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) pipeline can increase educational opportunities for historically underrepresented students and may help reverse the projected decline in higher education enrollment. Illinois State University (ISU) is pursuing a strategic goal to reverse regional trends and dramatically increase underrepresented populations in STEM education by leveraging differentiated design to drive diversity and inclusion. Prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is critical for preparing the next generation of students, and this session will model a useful strategy for adopting DEI as a core imperative in higher education STEM facilities planning and design.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Gain the vocabulary and tangible case studies you need to engage in inclusive conversations that are aligned with your institution’s strategy and governance.
2. Review a detailed framework to intentionally recognize and reflect DEI as a requirement for holistic informed decision making in the planning and design of STEM facilities.
3. Model aligning experiences with expectations by crafting inclusive cultures that will create learning spaces of choice for students, faculty, and staff.
4. Identify examples of the nuances of designing ‘beyond the building’ to meet the comprehensive needs of communities within your institution’s ecosystem.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Facilities Design; Science / Engineering Facility; Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM); Underserved Students

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2592)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

8:15 AM-11:30 AM | Khorassan Pre-Function West

8:15 AM-9 AM | Khorassan Main

9 AM-12:30 PM | Lindell Ballroom Pre-Function

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Building as Pedagogical Tool: Engineering Reality from Shared Vision

9 AM-10 AM | Lindell C

Presented by: Maura Donnelly, Principal University Architect & Planner, Michigan State University | Stephanie McDaniel, Principal, BWBR Architects, Inc. | Philip Parker, Interim Dean, College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science, University of Wisconsin-Platteville | Leigh Streit, Principal, BWBR Architects, Inc.

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This session will take a deep dive into the design process of the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Platteville’s Sesquicentennial Hall, a model of shared vision and passionate stakeholder engagement that promotes engineering student success and interactive, hands-on learning. We’ll walk through the collaborative process that faculty, students, and the design team implemented to realize their shared goal of seamlessly integrating pedagogy, inclusivity, cross-disciplinary functionality, and aesthetics. Discover how our comprehensive, goal-focused process can help you appreciate and harness the creative possibilities in combining academic, community, and architectural goals, resulting in a building greater than the sum of its parts.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Build common vision and foster cross-functional engagement.
2. Discuss how to balance the needs and priorities of multiple stakeholder groups and facilitate common ground.
3. Connect curriculum goals to architectural and engineering opportunities.
4. Explain how to adapt and apply a similar comprehensive creative process to your campus educational facilities.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges: Engaging Stakeholders
Tags: Active Learning; Engaging Stakeholders; Facilities Design; Science / Engineering Facility; Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM)

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2531)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Integrated Planning Metrics to Optimize and Consolidate Space

9 AM-10 AM | Lindell D

Presented by: Jamie Matthys, Director of Strategic Planning, Flad Architects | Laura Serebin, Principal, Flad Architects | Scott Utter, Architect/Project Manager, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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R1 research institutions like the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison commonly struggle to meet research demands with aged infrastructure. A multifaceted approach is necessary for responding to highly-varied, dynamic academic programs and creating a future-forward framework. This session will discuss how to build a resilient research planning methodology, inclusive of metrics and an allocation policy, to evaluate and optimize space utilization while consolidating overall net square footage. We’ll share examples of successful applications at UW-Madison to provide you with customizable concepts for overcoming burdens in assessing complex research and instructional space types on your campus.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify best practices for developing a space utilization study, including metrics for future academic research facilities.
2. Evaluate defensible planning recommendations for complex and varied research space programs.
3. Integrate quantitative and qualitative space assessment methods into your planning framework and allocation policy.
4. Make the case for ongoing investment in existing facilities, revitalization, or building new to support future research demands.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Metrics; Resource Allocation; Space Assessment; Space Management

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2588)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Mapping Social Identity and Belonging: Lessons from Marquette University

9 AM-10 AM | Lindell AB

Presented by: Christopher Gluesing, Director of Planning & Project Delivery, Marquette University | Loren Rullman, Principal & Director, Higher Education, Workshop Architects, Inc. | Brian Schermer, Principal, Design Research, Workshop Architects, Inc. | Lora Strigens, Vice President for Planning & University Architect, Marquette University

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Inclusion and belonging on campus are critical issues for student retention and success. Campus capital mapping measures belonging as a function of how students perceive campus places for social, intellectual, restorative, and symbolic engagement. This session will detail overall findings and lessons learned from mapping at Marquette University, one of ten universities in our mapping survey to measure how physical campus places contribute to students’ sense of inclusion and belonging. We’ll share tools for conducting capital mapping on your campus, which can help prioritize policy and physical design changes and provide a benchmark for future interventions.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Communicate to campus administration the value of understanding inclusion and belonging from a physical place perspective.
2. Share with campus administration how campus capital mapping can help assess the role that the physical campus plays in promoting a sense of inclusion and belonging for students of all identities.
3. Explain the differences in perception among students from different social identity groups and the impact these differences have on belonging and wellbeing.
4. Consider how a similar process can inform planning, policy-making, and strategic planning as well as measure the effectiveness of future campus planning and design projects.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges: Student Success, Retention, and Graduation
Tags: Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Facilities Assessment; Student Retention; Student Success; User Research

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2600)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning for Transformational Change: Reshaping UMSL’s Role in St. Louis

10:20 AM-11:20 AM | Lindell D

Presented by: Chip Crawford, Managing Director, Lamar Johnson Collaborative | Liz Kramer, Lecturer, Washington University in St Louis | Leigh McGrath, Partner, Urban Strategies Inc. | Kristin Sobolik, Chancellor, University of Missouri-St Louis

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In the face of changing regional economies and demographic shifts, community-serving institutions must evolve to meet the needs of their learners and communities. We’ll unpack the University of Missouri-St. Louis’s (UMSL) transformational master plan to illustrate how this urban, tier-one public research university and regional anchor strategically approached enrollment changes and the future of its land assets. The session will share current approaches in campus planning for changing institutional conditions and improve your working knowledge of the key process and leadership requirements for transformational plan making.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and align key institutional priorities that contribute to the decision to undertake a master plan and describe the key leadership-level factors for creating a successful master planning process.
2. Identify and structure the key components of an engagement process from different parts of the campus community while understanding the interlocking needs for communication, policy, and spatial changes.
3. Explain the benefits of synthesizing a large amount of data and input into a coherent narrative that communicates big, strategic institutional ideas and objectives into a physical strategy.
4. Discuss how to structure a flexible implementation strategy for major projects.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Campus Master Planning; Enrollment Management; Town and Gown

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2569)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Redefining Research: Creating a Culture of Convergence

10:20 AM-11:20 AM | Lindell C

Presented by: Trevor Calarco, Vice President, CannonDesign | Mariah Harris, Director of Campus Space Planning, Washington University in St Louis

Competition is fierce, but redefining programs to support the convergence of diverse research teams, rapidly changing technologies, and robust environments can bolster an institution’s success in recruiting and retaining highly-valued talent. We’ll show how a top medical school—under social, economic, academic, and competitive pressures—redefined its research programs and stimulated growth by creating a culture of team-based research. In this session, you’ll discover planning strategies to engage diverse faculty, build consensus, and create dynamic environments that address the individual researcher while encouraging collaboration, improved utilization, and operational efficiencies.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Build a case for investing in programs and facilities that accommodate team-based discovery and innovation around common themes rather than traditional departmental structures.
2. Generate creative ideas on how to meet competing objectives (from department, to administration, to facilities), build consensus among decision makers, and incorporate flexibility into projects.
3. Discuss strategies for cataloguing research equipment to improve access, reduce redundancy, and increase utilization.
4. Discuss strategies for managing and adapting space assignments as well as changing systems and project teams.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Collaborative Learning; Facilities Planning; Learning Environments; Medical / Allied Health Education; Medical / Allied Health Facility

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2597)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Using Surveys to Bridge DEI Goals with Physical Space Design

10:20 AM-11:20 AM | Lindell AB

Presented by: Nina Ebbighausen, Architect and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Minnesota College of Design, Alliiance | Anna Pravinata, Principal, Alliiance | Mandi Tauferner, Design Project Manager II, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Mandy Yang, Director of Facilities Maintenance, University of St Thomas-Minnesota

Demographic data on the makeup of faculty, staff, and student body is not always adequate to inform the design of campus environments. We need data with greater specificity to illustrate how different demographics perceive physical space. As institutions prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals, this session will discuss how surveys that use a stratified sampling prototype can solicit data to bridge the gap between DEI goals and physical space design. We’ll provide you with access to a prototype survey that collects relevant information on the design of physical spaces and then demonstrate its implementation and range of possible uses.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Recognize where gaps exist between your institution’s DEI goals, available demographic data, and criteria for space design.
2. Explore a stratified survey prototype aimed at establishing DEI criteria for physical space design to understand the impact of four foundational decisions on the development and data collection capacity of the survey.
3. Investigate procedures for implementing the survey, including timing, administrative channels, and accessibility considerations.
4. Identify additional ways in which to use survey results to advance your institution’s DEI goals.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Facilities Assessment; Facilities Design; Student Demographics

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPC23C2574)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

11:30 AM-12:30 PM | Khorassan Main

Rooted Community Engagement: Reflections on Building Town/Gown Partnerships

Presented by: Matthew Bernstine, Associate Director, Office for Socially Engaged Practice, Washington University in St Louis | Laura Ginn, City Vacancy Strategist, St. Louis Development Corporation | Laura Perry, Assistant Director for Research and Public Engagement, Washington University in St Louis | Aaron Williams, Project Manager, Penn Sevices, Co-Chair & Board Chairman, 4theVille, Chairman, Sumner High School Advisory Board

University planners and designers are futurists by nature, actively developing long-term plans to enhance the campus and grow its roots further into the city and community. But what is an institution’s responsibility to its home city? In this interactive panel, we’ll discuss community-based town/gown partnerships, pluralistic models for long-term projects, and methods of maintaining community participation. Join us to explore two in-process St. Louis projects, Peace Park in College Hill and Sumner StudioLab, and discover how they successfully serve as inclusive and pluralistic town/gown partnerships.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Define partnership models for interdisciplinary community engagement.
2. Identify methods for creating mutually beneficial community partnerships.
3. Apply lessons learned from successful community partnerships with higher education to your institution, research, and creative work.
4. Describe the intersection of pedagogy and practice through the lens of community-engaged programs within higher education.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Community Engagement; External Collaboration / Partnerships; Town and Gown

12:30 PM-1 PM | Khorassan Pre-Function West

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