Learning Resources

Conference Presentations

Creating a Vision and Value Proposition for the Urban Campus

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. In this session, presenters will show how the Student Center launched the institution’s comprehensive strategy to create a new interdisciplinary culture and an urban ecosystem for Chicago’s South Loop. Learn how you can harness capital assets and resources on your campus to deliver on a vision and drive business objectives, academic mission, and interdisciplinary engagement.

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The Planning Continuum

How Campus Plans Inform Purposeful Decision Making

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. We’ll discuss how Purdue University’s culture of continuous planning leverages data, facility information, and design to engage new stakeholders, implement a campus-wide vision, and fast-track decision making.

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Opening Remarks

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference.

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Campus Tour: University of Illinois at Chicago

Adapting to COVID-19: Evolving Campus Spaces and University Partnerships

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. This virtual tour will explore formal learning spaces, the social spaces that connect them, the outdoor built environment, and the COVID-19 response strategies implemented to fulfill the academic and research mission of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) while protecting the health and safety of the university community.

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Making Colleges Student Ready

It’s About Time!

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. We will share a tool we developed through the National Institutes for Historically-Underserved Students for institutions to assess their readiness to support underserved students. In this session, you will learn about this tool and the detailed survey of relevant research that went into its development as well as discover how you can employ this tool on your campus.

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Lessons Learned From The Fall 2020 Reopening

What Will Stick?

SCUP 2020 Pacific Regional Conference. During the Fall of 2020, institutions across the Pacific Region will develop and implement protocols for reopening. What will stick? What’s been merely disruptive versus an acceleration of much needed changes as higher education evolves to better serve students? How are new approaches supporting an institution’s core mission?

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Hillsborough Community College Ybor City Campus Tour

SCUP 2020 Southern Regional Conference. This virtual tour will explore how the campus embraces its multi-cultural history and uses the Ybor City National District as a living laboratory to facilitate its programs with a focus on Hillsborough Community College’s community connections.

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Keynote: USF Health Downtown

An Evolving Strategic Plan

SCUP 2020 Southern Regional Conference. In this panel discussion, you’ll learn how the University of South Florida (USF) is remaking an urban landscape through their medical programs in downtown Tampa.

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Bringing a Program Back to Campus

SCUP 2020 Southern Regional Conference. For cultural and financial reasons, Eastern Michigan University explored bringing its College of Business back on campus from downtown Ypsilanti. Learn how bringing a program back to campus can provide your institution with opportunities for reinforcing or changing campus culture, building partnerships, and enhancing program integration.

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Keynote: Healthy People, Healthy Planet

WELL Buildings Ignite a Second Wave of Sustainability Amidst a Global Health Crisis

SCUP 2020 Southern Regional Conference. Learn about the latest evidence behind WELL’s new Health-Safety Rating for Facilities Management and Operations, and how the WELL Building Standard can elevate the role of buildings in the fight against COVID-19.

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Leading in a Crisis

The Power of One

SCUP 2020 Southern Regional Conference. This session will introduce you to concepts about preparing for adversity. Institutional leaders often rely on ineffective processes for crisis management, but we’ll provide you with a framework and tools that will allow you to more constructively navigate crises.

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Designing an Inclusive Engagement Process for Diverse Campus Representation

SCUP 2020 Southern Regional Conference. In this session, presenters share their layered, inclusive planning process that engages and empowers campus and community constituents to celebrate cultural expression through the built environment.