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Events & Programs

SCUP’s events, conferences, and programs are where higher education leaders with the same goals, meeting the rapid pace of change and competition, come together. They’re where conversations intersect, where learning strategies are shared, and where connections are made.

Trends that Impact Higher Education Planning Fall 2025

Trends that Impact Higher Education Planning Fall 2025

September 17, 2025
Online | 1:00–2:00 PM Eastern | Free
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Strategic Planning, Design, and Assessment with the Learning Space Rating System

Strategic Planning, Design, and Assessment with the Learning Space Rating System

Join higher education peers to put the Learning Space Rating System (LSRS) into practice. This interactive workshop (Sept 16–Oct 14, 2025) blends shared learning, real campus examples, and hands-on scoring to help you align classroom design with academic and equity goals. Together, you’ll gain strategies to strengthen student success, advocate for better spaces, and connect facilities decisions to broader institutional priorities. Program Speakers: Shannon Dowling, Principal, Learning Environments Strategy + Design, Ayers Saint Gross and Adam Finkelstein, Association Director, Learning Environments in the Office of the Associate Provost, McGill University
September 16 – October 14, 2025
Online | 11:00–1:00 PM Eastern
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Community Conversation: Why Is Change So Hard in Higher Ed?

Community Conversation: Why Is Change So Hard in Higher Ed?

Join your peers for an open, peer-led discussion about the roots of resistance to change in colleges and universities. This conversation will set the stage for our upcoming read-along series inspired by Essential Practices for Organizational Change in Higher Education, by Nicole Gahagan. Together, we’ll share experiences, frustrations, and ideas—and begin thinking about new ways to lead change with more empathy, strategy, and purpose.
September 11, 2025
Online | 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern
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Strategic Doing: Turning Ideas into Action

Strategic Doing: Turning Ideas into Action

September 10, 2025
Online | 12:00–2:00 PM Eastern
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Contingency Planning in Uncertain Times
Working Group

July 30, August 13, and August 27
Online | 11:00–12:00 PM Eastern
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SCUP 2025 Annual Conference

SCUP 2025 Annual Conference

Campus and the Built Environment Faculty Research and Instruction Multiple topics
July 13–16, 2025
Honolulu, HI
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Planning Institute: Design

Planning Institute: Design

July 12–13, 2025
At SCUP 2025 in Honolulu, HI | 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
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Planning Institute: Foundations

Planning Institute: Foundations

July 11, 2025
At SCUP 2025 in Honolulu, HI | 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
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Community Conversation: Connecting Before the Annual Conference

Community Conversation: Connecting Before the Annual Conference

Peer Connection
June 26, 2025
Online | 1:00 - 2:00 PM Eastern
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Student Success Series

Student Success Series

February 25, 2025 - July 9, 2025 (monthly sessions)
Webinar Series
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North Atlantic Symposium | Building the Future, Preserving History: The Evolution of Columbia University

North Atlantic Symposium | Building the Future, Preserving History: The Evolution of Columbia University

June 13, 2025
Columbia University
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Community Conversation: Accreditation, Compliance, and Responding to Executive Orders

Community Conversation: Accreditation, Compliance, and Responding to Executive Orders

June 6, 2025
Online | 1:00 - 2:00 PM Eastern
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