SCUP

Planning Institute: Foundations

At SCUP 2026 in Minneapolis

Registration closes July 9, 2026.

Successful planning starts with engagement, reflection, and action. Successfully used at countless institutions, our methodology will help ensure that the right people are involved, the right information is analyzed, and the right process is followed for your institution. At SCUP’s Planning Institute, we help bring clarity to a complex process and bring your community together to unleash your institution’s potential.

Workshop Topics Include:

  • Integrated Planning Overview
  • Plan to Plan
  • Assembling a Planning Team
  • Institutional Context: Your institution’s specific challenges, conditions, and history
  • Stakeholders and Culture
  • Communication and Engagement
  • Internal Scanning
  • Environmental Scanning
  • Competitor Analysis
  • Strategic Issues

Registration Pricing

Member $475
Nonmember $675

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Whether you’re an individual SCUP member or work at a college or university with a SCUP group membership, you can attend this event—and any SCUP event—at the member rate.

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Registration Deadlines and Logistics

Deadline Date
Cancellation* Thursday, July 9, 2026
Registration Closes Thursday, July 9, 2026

Registration for this workshop is coordinated with the SCUP 2026 Annual Conference. You will have the option to register for the workshop alone or with your conference registration.

Note: If you have already registered for SCUP 2026 and wish to add on this workshop, please email registration@scup.org.

The workshop will take place at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, MN.

Policies

Cancellation Policy

*Cancellations must be made in writing and may be submitted by email to your registration team registration@scup.org by 7/09/2026. Refunds are subject to a processing fee—10% of the total purchase. No-shows are not eligible for a refund, and funds committed by purchase order must be paid in full by the first day of the event. Refunds will be issued within 30 days of received written notification.

SCUP Photo Policy

Attendance at, or participation in, any workshop or conference organized by the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) constitutes consent to the use and distribution by SCUP of the attendee’s image or voice for informational, publicity, promotional, and/or reporting purposes in print or electronic communications media. Video recording by participants and other attendees during any portion of the workshop or conference is not allowed without special prior written permission of SCUP. Photographs of copyrighted PowerPoint or other slides are for personal use only and are not to be reproduced or distributed. Photographs of any images that are labeled as confidential and/or proprietary is forbidden.

Facilitators

Randy Simon

Randy Simon

Director, Capital Plan & Space Management

Georgia Institute of Technology

Deborah Shepley

Deborah Shepley

Principal

Gensler