7:00 AM– 5:00 PM

8:00 AM– 5:00 PM

Many strategic planning models don’t work in higher education because they’re not designed for higher education. Strategic planning processes designed for corporations or non-profits don’t account for higher education’s complex environment and the unique challenges it faces.

The SCUP Integrated Planning Model is different. It has been developed exclusively for higher education. Our model will help individuals, teams, and institutions solve their thorniest problems. When you use the SCUP Integrated Planning model, you will get an accurate picture of your external environment, ask hard but necessary questions, and build actionable plans. The result? You’ll do more than implement a strategic plan. You’ll foster a campus-wide culture of resourceful anticipation.

This workshop series guides you through the SCUP Integrated Planning Model. After each workshop, you will go back to your campus with tangible takeaways and tools that you can use to grapple with practical problems.

Who Should Attend

SCUP’s Integrated Planning Model is widely applicable and easily adaptable. It can be used to solve departmental issues or reach an institution-wide goal. It can tailored to any institution, regardless of size or type.

Learning Outcomes

1. Assess your institution’s readiness for change so you can remove change inhibitors and pave a pathway to success.
2. Identify and analyze stakeholders for your institution’s planning efforts, convince necessary stakeholders to adopt integrated planning practices at your institution, and create a communication plan that ensures a transparent and inclusive planning process.
3. Analyze your institution’s internal and external environment, including global forces and trends, internal mandates, and competitors.
4. Adapt integrated planning to your institution’s unique situation.

Cost: Member $300 / Nonmember $430

12:00 PM– 4:30 PM

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) opened its doors in Tennessee's geographical center in 1911. A close proximity to a large population combined with ever-expanding academic programs propelled MTSU from its once-humble origins to a cutting-edge university that boasts the largest undergraduate population in the state. To attract this amount of growth, the academic and administrative planners invested heavily in key areas of the arts and sciences.

By the 1990s, the infrastructure of the existing science buildings was woefully unprepared to effectively support current programs, so planners began work on rectifying these deficiencies. In the new Science Building, you will notice not only the latest in scientific equipment but the innovative lab spaces that facilitate expanded research. Designers made use of natural light and transparent labs to facilitate learning and to attract observation. MTSU’s first vivarium creates opportunities for biological research and the three-story atrium provides spaces for study and gatherings that encourage students to linger in its welcoming environment.

MTSU renovated and repurposed the existing science buildings to fit changing needs. Wherever possible, the designers retained or duplicated original architectural elements. As a result, the Wiser-Patton Building has become one of the most attractive buildings on campus. A new lobby/study area between the two buildings provides a means of bringing both buildings into ADA compliance. These facilities are now home to physics, geosciences, forensics, mechatronics, and fermentation programs.

Years of planning and work have produced a Science Corridor that has transformed the science learning experience. Please join us as we tour the buildings and programs of MTSU’s new Science Building, renovation of Wiser-Patten and Davis Science Buildings, the new Observatory, and the Naked-Eye Observatory, which is modeled on Stonehenge.

Tour includes boxed lunch and transportation.

Learning Outcomes

1. Discuss how natural light enhances mood, which improves a student's ability to learn and to perform intricate experiments.
2. Describe an approach to shared lab works areas that makes maximum use of available space.
3. Explain how to design science buildings to be adaptable by scrutinizing systems and architecture for flexibility and robustness.
4. Identify opportunities to create storage space, especially in labs and offices.

Cost: $75 USD

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 2.0 units (SCUP53T005)

2:30 PM– 4:00 PM

Take a walk back into Nashville's past on this 1.5-mile stroll to many historic locations around downtown Music City. Take in the sights and stories that made the city what you see today. We can guarantee you will experience the echoes of Nashville through old buildings, historic photographs, and great stories.

Tour Highlights:

• Walk the historic honky-tonks along Broadway and see the history of this world-famous street before the music began
• Visit Riverfront Park and learn about the early settlers of Nashville
• Uncover how the story of the Civil Rights Movement unfolded at some iconic places in the city
• See three National Historic Landmarks including the Tennessee State Capital, Downtown Presbyterian Church, and Ryman Auditorium
• Learn how Nashville became Music City

Cost: $20 USD

7:00 AM– 7:00 PM

8:00 AM– 5:00 PM

10:00 AM–11:30 AM

Take a walk back into Nashville's past on this 1.5-mile stroll to many historic locations around downtown Music City. Take in the sights and stories that made the city what you see today. We can guarantee you will experience the echoes of Nashville through old buildings, historic photographs, and great stories.

Tour Highlights:

• Walk the historic honky-tonks along Broadway and see the history of this world-famous street before the music began
• Visit Riverfront Park and learn about the early settlers of Nashville
• Uncover how the story of the Civil Rights Movement unfolded at some iconic places in the city
• See three National Historic Landmarks including the Tennessee State Capital, Downtown Presbyterian Church, and Ryman Auditorium
• Learn how Nashville became Music City

Cost: $20 USD

3:00 PM– 4:00 PM

5:30 PM– 6:45 PM

Tags: Higher Ed Trends

Presented by: Jaime Casap, Global Education Evangelist, Google, Inc.

They’ve been called “post-millennials” and the “iGeneration.” However you label them, Generation Z is coming to college. They are the first truly native digital generation; they have never known a world without constant connectivity to the cloud. Technology and the cloud are just part of their lives. This impacts what and how they learn, what they care about, and how they will work in the future. They are also experiencing a renewed focus on critical skills such as problem solving, collaboration, iteration, and global competency. While K12 is undergoing a transformation, higher education has been slower to adapt. Is higher education ready for the cloud generation?

Learning Outcomes

1. Discuss the impact digitalization is having across all industries, including education.
2. Discover why the next generation is truly different than previous generations.
3. Describe the three factors regarding the use of technology that is impacting education.
4. Discuss the essential skills needed now in the workplace.
5. Describe strategies for how to transform your learning environments to meet the needs of the next generation.

6:45 PM– 8:15 PM

7:00 AM– 8:15 AM

7:00 AM– 4:00 PM

8:30 AM– 9:45 AM

Tags: Governance, Institutional Direction, Institutional Effectiveness, Student Success

Presented by: Mildred García, President, American Association of State Colleges & Universities

Mildred García assumed the presidency of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) on January 22, 2018. 

As AASCU's president, García is an advocate for public higher education at the national level. She works to influence federal policy and regulations on behalf of member colleges and universities, serves as a resource to presidents and chancellors as they address state policy and emerging campus issues, develops collaborative partnerships and initiatives that advance public higher education, and directs a strategic agenda that focuses on public college and university leadership for the 21st century. She is the first Latina to lead one of the six presidentially based higher education associations in Washington, DC. 
 

Prior to joining AASCU, García served as the president of California State University, Fullerton—the largest university in the CSU and the third largest university in the state, serving over 40,000 students and having an operating budget of almost half a billion dollars. Under her leadership, the university saw a 30% improvement in six-year graduation rates and a 65% improvement in four-year graduation rates for first-time freshmen—both university records; the achievement gap was eliminated for transfer students and cut in half for first-time freshmen; and annual gift commitments nearly tripled (from $8.5 million to $22 million).

In 2016, for the first time in history, U.S. News & World Report heralded the institution as a top "national university," rather than "top regional university," the far narrower category in which it had previously been ranked. The institution is now number one in California and second in the nation in awarding bachelor’s degrees to Hispanics, as well as sixth in the nation in graduating students of color.

President García previously served as president of CSU Dominguez Hills where, as the first Latina president in the largest system of public higher education in the country, she eliminated a structural deficit of $2.8 million; increased media placement by 192%; received the highest reaccreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges; exceeded enrollment targets not met for eight years; increased donor giving by 140%; and increased retention rates for first-time full-time freshmen by 10%.

Before to CSU, President García served as the CEO of Berkeley College where she was the first system-wide president for all six campuses, implemented the institution's first system-wide strategic planning process, and increased enrollment by 25% during her six-year tenure.
 
She is the recipient of a myriad of awards—from the American Council on Education’s Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award to being named a Distinguished Alumni Honoree of Columbia University. García was also appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.

A first-generation college student, García earned a Doctor of Education degree and a M.A. in Higher Education Administration from Teachers College, Columbia University. 

10:00 AM–11:00 AM

Tags: Campus Planning - Existing Campus

Presented by: Judith Nitsch, Founding Principal, Nitsch Engineering

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has been using a research-then-build approach since 1865, so strategic, academic, and physical planning are part of its DNA. This presentation will detail WPI's planning history that incorporates all perspectives, from institutional stewards to their design teams and contractors. When architects know trustees' concerns, administrators understand contractors' issues, and facilities professionals appreciate engineers' challenges, the result yields better projects. Come learn from a WPI trustee's engaging 20 lessons learned.

Learning Outcomes

1. Convince others that data-driven studies are more easily implemented.
2. Gain confidence to "take a right-hand turn" when it makes sense.
3. Engage the city to further your institution's goals.
4. Prepare trustees and influencers to support building and campus expansion and deferred maintenance.

10:00 AM–11:00 AM

Tags: Organizational Innovation, Facilities Planning

Presented by: Ted Harro, Founder, Noonday Ventures | Krisan Osterby, Principal, DLR Group

In today’s rapidly changing educational, environmental, financial, and societal climate, new projects are both a risk and an opportunity and new strategies are required to “future-proof” projects for flexibility. Institutions are using new approaches to identify critical issues, minimize risks, and maximize return on investment for improvements. We will provide examples of evolving information, processes, and exercises to engage stakeholders, identify disruptive ideas, and create resilient strategies so that you can develop an institution-specific framework for problem seeking and systems thinking.

Learning Outcomes

1. Implement an engagement exercise that supports creative disruption.
2. Create a campus engagement session that integrates multiple perspectives and systems.
3. Develop a problem-seeking framework of big questions.
4. Integrate experiential learning within a planning workshop.

10:00 AM–11:00 AM

Tags: Resource Planning

Presented by: Stephanie Morris, Associate Vice President, Finance and Budget, Regis University | Linda Osterlund, Vice Provost, Regis University

Intentional collaboration between academics and finance is critical to ensuring the academic portfolio creates financial sustainability, which ultimately advances the overall mission of the institution. We will outline an integrated academic budget planning process that mobilizes units to take responsibility for sustainable programming, using key academic and financial data for essential decision making and resource allocation. You will learn strategies for collaboration between academics and finance, identify key data points to guide both academics and finance, and identify a process for decision making to support program sustainability.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify key stakeholders needed to create collaboration within finance, admissions, and academics.
2. Gain tools for creating a process for budgeting beginning with prioritizing mission and integrated strategic planning.
3. Use key data points to inform allocation and reallocation of annual budget funding.
4. Implement process evaluation by using feedback from academic and financial affairs for sustainability.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Finance

10:00 AM–11:00 AM

Tags: Governmental Policies and Regulations, Higher Ed Trends, Institutional Effectiveness

Presented by: Terry W. Hartle, Senior Vice President, Government Relations and Public Affairs, American Council on Education (ACE)

Convened by: Michael D. Moss, President, Society for College and University Planning

The Trump Administration has significantly changed the political environment in Washington, DC in ways that have created a far more unpredictable and challenging public policy environment. Given how much money the federal government provides to college students and their families and the extent to which federal agencies regulate higher education, it is important that campus officials understand the key issues that federal policy circles discuss as well as the implications for colleges and universities. This session will describe the major changes in the federal policy-making process as well as the major controversies that might affect students, families, and institutions in the year ahead.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify how the federal government has changed over the last 15 months and what this means for public policy. 
2. Identify the major Trump Administration federal policy decisions that have affected higher education and their impact on your campus.
3. Predict which policy debates are likely to occur in the near future.
4. Evaluate the major shifts in public opinion that challenge our institutions.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

10:00 AM–11:00 AM

Tags: Landscape/Open Space, Adaptation/Redevelopment

Presented by: Mark Hough, University Landscape Architect, Duke University | Eric Kramer, Principal, Reed Hilderbrand

With constrained budgets, congested campuses, and ever-changing student program needs, institutions can benefit from transforming underperforming sites into innovative, adaptive, and multi-functional venues that enhance student life. This session will show how Duke University took a utilitarian service zone at the edge of its historic campus core and successfully reinvented it as a contemporary and vibrant hub for student life.  Come learn how a small project galvanized support from leadership and the broader community to facilitate district planning and the implementation of a long-term vision.

Learning Outcomes

1. Educate administrators to recognize the potential of upcycling underperforming back-of-house spaces.
2. Build your case as an advocate for transformative projects that may not be on campus leaders' radar.
3. Gain tools for repurposing major circulation infrastructure into active, multi-purpose spaces.
4. Unite student life programming with maintenance and operations to create resilient landscapes.

10:00 AM–11:00 AM

Tags: Student Success, Academic Planning

Presented by: Amanda Phillips, Academic Recovery Specialist, University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Dana Saunders, Director, Students First Office, University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Whitney Scott, Academic Recovery Specialist, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Despite increasing pressure for institutions to improve completion rates, national data shows academic recovery students are significantly less likely to graduate. At University of North Carolina at Greensboro, we utilized institutional data and predictive analytics to develop and implement a multifaceted program to increase the graduation rates of academic recovery students. We will share strategies for how we aligned predictive analytics, data-informed decisions, and university partnerships to implement our tiered program model.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify students in academic recovery or academic difficulty at your institution.
2. Use institutional data and predictive analytics to develop an academic recovery student profile.
3. Collaborate with institutional partners to develop and implement an academic recovery program model.
4. List the necessary tools to create an assessment plan using qualitative/quantitative evaluation for initiative development.

10:00 AM–11:00 AM

Tags: Space Management/Utilization

Presented by: Kelly Combs, Associate, Gensler | Dana Karwas, Lecturer of Integrated Digital Media, New York University | Alex O'Briant, Associate Principal, Ennead Architects, LLP | Brent Stringfellow, University Architect, Lehigh University

Sharing space resources between departments and disciplines can help address administrative pressures to build and operate more efficient projects while simultaneously providing vital and engaging collaborative learning environments. Unfortunately, it can be culturally challenging for different groups, departments, and disciplines to share space. Learn to manage cultural differences between groups in order to plan and construct successful shared spaces that efficiently and effectively advance a collaborative and interdisciplinary agenda.

Learning Outcomes

1. Assess opportunities to introduce shared resources into projects.
2. Identify ideal shared resource space and project types.
3. Mediate between various users to foster a successful sharing culture.
4. Develop and deploy basic planning and design strategies for shared-resource projects.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C192)

10:00 AM–11:00 AM

Tags: Infrastructure/Energy

Presented by: Nathan Brown, Major, University of Kentucky | Thomas Sorrell, Principal, CMTA Consulting Engineers

When the University of Kentucky (UK) reviewed campus-wide physical security, they realized there were no real standards in place. UK subsequently embarked on a $4.8 million capital program to address this problem. Come learn about our experience with integrating existing video and access control into a vendor-neutral platform leveraging current electronic security system solutions. We'll also discuss how UK Police Department coordinated with engineers and campus stakeholders during assessment, scope definition, and implementation.

Learning Outcomes

1. Evaluate security needs in your facilities and identify stakeholders.
2. Assess policy barriers to security system integration.
3. Incorporate a vendor neutrality policy in security system administration.
4. Describe how technology-based systems using analytics can provide a safer environment for users.

10:00 AM–11:00 AM

Tags: Facility Design, Facilities Planning

Presented by: Charles S. Klee, Principal, Payette | Jonathan Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, Harvard University

Social spaces are ubiquitous and diverse, but identifying what makes one vibrant and another desolate can be elusive. Success lies in understanding how the space serves a population's functional needs. Institutions want spaces that encourage collaboration, and to really serve their populations, these need to go beyond comfy seating—functional spaces are able to draw people in and encourage them to stay. You will learn which questions to ask and see examples of how programmatic elements promote work, casual interaction, and above all else, draw in a diverse population.

Learning Outcomes

1. Facilitate detailed planning sessions to learn what users really need and desire in a social space.
2. Categorize social spaces in terms of core functions and unique characteristics.
3. Evaluate existing problem spaces and suggest strategies that make the spaces more conducive for sustained social interaction by users.
4. Identify elements within facilities that draw people into an environment for teamwork, collaboration, and inclusion.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C203)

10:00 AM–11:00 AM

Tags: Learning Environments

Presented by: Christiana Moss, Principal, Studio Ma, Inc

This session explores why many hybrid degree students (those who take both online and on-campus classes) prefer living on campus and what they need to thrive academically and socially. We will present successful adaptation strategies implemented across Arizona State University (ASU), a vanguard public university offering traditional online and hybrid degrees, that address online student needs and new campus demographics. You will gain tools and insights for improving the academic and co-curricular experiences of hybrid degree students on your campus.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify and map how online and hybrid students use a physical campus for learning and social engagement
.
2. Plan and design classrooms and informal learning areas more effectively for online, hybrid, and traditional students.
3. Locate and design deliberate centers of clustered online learning on your campus.
4. Make the connections between online and on­-campus learning more effective.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C003)

11:20 AM–12:20 PM

Tags: External Collaborations/Partnerships, Facility Design

Presented by: Christopher Linn, Principal, Bora Architects | Jennifer McCalley, Principal, Faubion PreK-8 School | Sheryl Reinisch, Dean, College of Education, Concordia University-Portland | Gary A. Withers, Executive Vice President - External Affairs, Concordia University-Portland

Concordia University and Portland Public Schools have launched a living lab, co-locating a pre-K–8 school and the College of Education under one roof, advancing a partnership that is generating remarkable results. Through a discussion of lessons learned from the operation's first year, this session will evaluate the impact of a fully integrated planning process for an innovative, nationally relevant educational model. This session will inspire you to consider the power of strategic partnerships and will provide planning tools to guide your financial, academic, and facilities development.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the organizational, financial, and social circumstances enabling successful partnerships.
2. Advocate for expanding student learning opportunities through innovative resource sharing.
3. Envision physical co-location models that support the goals of all institutions involved.
4. Facilitate progressive partnership opportunities involving academic, administrative, and design teams.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C040)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

11:20 AM–12:20 PM

Tags: Governmental Policies and Regulations, Facilities Funding/Capital Planning

Presented by: Steven Gentile, Associate Chief Fiscal Officer, Tennessee Higher Education Commission

As more and more states adopt completion initiatives that align with funding policies, university planners must identify and communicate how their campus infrastructure supports such initiatives. We will demonstrate how college completion initiatives in Tennessee, such as the outcomes-based funding formula, influence the state's distribution of capital outlay funding. You will be informed about a state funding trend that has grown from a handful to 35 states in less than ten years, which will help you to connect planning to funding at your institution.

Learning Outcomes

1. Align your own state policies with capital planning and funding.
2. Leverage state economic analyses and projections to convey capital needs to policymakers.
3. Communicate state funding policy with support professionals, such as designers, to enhance the planning process.
4. Prioritize campus planning to address state policy completion goals.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Finance

11:20 AM–12:20 PM

Tags: Facility Design, Sustainability (Environmental)

Presented by: Mary Carroll, Core Team Leader for Science and Technology, CRB | Brian Rebuck, Architect

The new research and development boom in the pharmaceutical sector encourages research environments to produce innovative science. Through real-life project examples, we will illustrate how to attain a sustainable center for research that celebrates scientific innovation with efficient planning and designs that create light-filled, human-centered spaces. You will learn about the various sustainable opportunities beginning at 2,000 feet above the campus and dive into the infrastructure design of the “bones” and the “systems” of a research center.

Learning Outcomes

1. Visualize a sustainable center for research that celebrates scientific innovation.
2. Explore various sustainable opportunities.
3. Utilize building envelope strategies.
4. Recognize and correct challenges in the design of research centers.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUP53C228)

11:20 AM–12:20 PM

Tags: Information Technology

Presented by: Michael H. Hites, Chief Information Officer, Southern Methodist University

Data breaches and threats to cyber security are increasingly a major risk for many colleges and universities. Research shows that higher education is the industry most susceptible to hacks. Build your understanding of the threats and the ways that institutions are combating possible breaches and are learning from others. We will discuss some of the big issues related to cybersecurity and hear examples and lessons learned from two institutions.

Learning Outcomes

1. Discuss major threats and themes in cybersecurity and identify the risks associated with your institution's valuable data holdings.
2. Balance the importance of physical security with cybersecurity.
3. Verify the components of a cybersecurity program and the structure of a cybersecurity team.
4. Describe how to recognize incidents and respond to breaches.

11:20 AM–12:20 PM

Tags: Change Management

Presented by: Aspasia Apostolakis Miller, Director, Office of Change Management, Northwestern University | Jennifer Puchtel, Director of Change Management, Northwestern University

Effective change leaders engender creative and diverse solutions to persistent challenges. The cultivation of change leaders across an institution instills a culture of transformational change within a constantly evolving environment. This session will demonstrate novel approaches for you to instill change competencies in leaders throughout your institution, including the benefits and challenges of each model and considerations in engaging key stakeholders.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify characteristics of effective change leaders.
2. Employ two distinct approaches to build change leadership capacity among mid– and senior-level leaders.
3. Discern the inherent strengths and challenges of each model.
4. Identify opportunities to build change leadership capacity at your institution.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C129)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Personnel/HR

11:20 AM–12:20 PM

Tags: Facilities Performance Measurement, Facility Design

Presented by: Christopher Blaszczak-Boxe, CUNY Medgar Evers College | Sara Grant, Partner, Murphy Burnham Buttrick Architects | Eve B. Klein, Co-Founder, User Design Information Group, CUNY Graduate School and University Center

Equitable design of spaces outside the classroom provides students with more opportunities to take ownership of their environment and their futures rather than having physical place reinforce patterns of marginalization. At Medgar Evers College, we deployed tools to understand and measure effectiveness in achieving equitable design. Discover how research methods empower schools to link physical place with social transformation. We'll discuss how to incorporate social science research methods into projects and ideas from environmental psychology that better evaluate project objectives and outcomes from the perspective of building occupants.

Learning Outcomes

1. Use data collection to refine project objectives and measure effectiveness.
2. Engage students as co-researchers and deploy research methods to address social objectives.
3. Demonstrate, via field research, how spaces outside classrooms contribute to learning.
4. Obtain tools to design more equitable space on urban college campuses.

11:20 AM–12:20 PM

Tags: Facility Design, Facilities Planning

Presented by: Steve Ansel, Chairman of the Board of Directors, SLAM Collaborative | Nate Appleman, Director of Sports, Recreation and Entertainment, HOK | Missy Conboy, Senior Deputy Athletics Director, University of Notre Dame

University administrators overseeing facility development on campuses must find ways to balance the needs of the institution’s educational offerings and the value and revenue that collegiate athletics generate. A new hybrid of projects is marrying academics, athletics, recreation, and student life, thereby changing the way projects are managed, financed, and programmed.  By examining the University of Notre Dame’s Campus Crossroads project, this session will address collaboration opportunities that elevate collective campus facility needs and create projects that serve every student, every day.

Learning Outcomes

1. Find and act on synergies between otherwise siloed facility plans.
2. Build collaborative relationships across academics, athletics, and student life.
3. Engage in strategic analysis and reconsideration of your campus master plan.
4. Guide university leadership in defining facility goals for athletics, academics, and student life.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C092)

11:20 AM–12:20 PM

Tags: Learning Environments, Campus Planning - Existing Campus

Presented by: Dennis Pieprz, Principal, Sasaki | Romil Sheth, Senior Associate, Sasaki | Jose Antonio Torre

The Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, which has 29 campuses throughout Mexico, is re-thinking existing pedagogical and spatial constructs as well as developing strategies for implementation and integration. Creating a pedagogy and space paradigm shift across a university system is complex. We will demonstrate how our integrated process facilitated the development of this visionary framework for change. This collaborative process integrates a new type of academic planning for the 21st century, one that facilitates student success and wellness as well as related spatial strategies that enable the implementation of a flexible system.

Learning Outcomes

1. Leverage strategic planning goals to guide the evolution of new pedagogical structures.
2. Acquire tools to design 21st century physical environments that accommodate evolving growth and pedagogical needs.
3. Develop an inclusive implementation plan and a structure for testing new ideas.
4. Determine a framework for assessing the integration of new strategies and measuring success.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C060)

11:20 AM–12:20 PM

Tags: Change Management, Academic Planning

Presented by: Vicki L. Squires, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Administration, University of Saskatchewan

Introducing new academic programs on campuses can be extremely difficult. Campuses are expected to be innovative but governance processes on campuses can present obstacles to new ideas. By understanding these processes, the likelihood of successfully adopting curricular changes and innovations increases. This session will explore strategies and planning tools to improve chances for successful adoption and “mitigate the thousand points of whoa.” You can use these insights as a framework for developing your own change journey.

Learning Outcomes

1. Examine institutional processes and highlight a proposed timeline for curricular changes.
2. Identify key stakeholders to consult during the process and take campus culture and governance into consideration.
3. Predict possible barriers and develop plans to address those barriers.
4. Develop a case for adopting the proposed program and determine key messages for stakeholders.

11:20 AM–12:20 PM

Tags: Facilities Performance Measurement, Sustainability (Environmental)

Presented by: Guilbert L. Brown, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Millersville University of Pennsylvania | Sally Grans-Korsh, Director, Facilities Management & Environmental Policy, National Association of College and University Business Officers | Jessica Rose, Associate Director, Analytics and Communications, Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

With climate issues impacting all of society, we must know how to measure and manage key facilities elements. This session will discuss four years' worth of APPA and NACUBO data survey results from all regions and institutional campus types on key consumption issues—British thermal units (BTU), electricity, water, waste (recycling/garbage), and carbon emissions—and explore how leaders can use this data to reduce consumption and operational costs. Learn how knowledge of this data has changed behavior, impacted projects, and improved operational costs.

Learning Outcomes

1. Evaluate consumption issues at a personal as well as institutional level.
2. Identify the five metrics of consumption on campus.
3. Evaluate graphics presentation ratios to maximize impact.
4. Analyze methodologies and ways to improve cross-connectivity and communication.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

12:20 PM– 1:45 PM

1:00 PM– 3:00 PM

Explore Vanderbilt University’s campus through the framework of Vanderbilt's recent campus master plan, FutureVU. This tour will focus on how Vanderbilt analyzed its campus to arrive at its core master planning vision, articulated this vision to the campus community and beyond, and implemented its master planning efforts.

Tour includes transportation.

Learning Outcomes

1. Ensure master planning efforts are rooted in the core values and strategy of an institution.
2. Describe how to move from master planning vision to implementation.
3. Maintain and execute an inclusive and adaptable strategy for strategic master planning while thoughtfully connecting multiple and disparate players (students, faculty, staff, local government, consultants, architects, etc.).
4. Integrate master planning with implementation partners and tie everything back to the core values and mission of the institution.

Cost: $50 USD

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.25 units (SCUP53T006)

1:55 PM– 2:55 PM

Tags: Operational Planning

Presented by: Frances Mueller, Associate Vice Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Loren John Rullman, Principal, Higher Education Planning and Strategy, Workshop Architects, Inc. | Robert R. White, President, Envision Strategies

When it comes to new food service offerings, different parts of an institution often make uncoordinated decisions, leading to oversupply, reduced revenues, financial subsidies, and unnecessary capital expense. This session will discuss the University of Michigan's ten-year approach to better coordination for food service delivery. This session will help you better understand the impact of adding new food service operations to your campus and to take a more strategic, thoughtful approach to food service planning.

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe to decision makers a better way of planning for food service operations.
2. Be able to implement a successful model for integrating planning across campus neighborhoods.
3. Develop criteria for determining the feasibility of new food service operations.
4. Identify key data that are useful in analyzing the need for new food service operations.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C184)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

1:55 PM– 2:55 PM

Tags: Sustainability (Environmental)

Presented by: Monique Mackenzie, Director, Planning and Space Management, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | John B. Rice, Partner, AKF Group LLC | Stephen Svoboda, Senior Mechanical Engineer for Facilities and Operations at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | John Zurn, Director of Design and Construction, University of Pennsylvania

This panel of stakeholders from private and public institutions will discuss climate commitment goals, their progress to date, and how they financed their efforts as well as the challenges, pitfalls, and successes they encountered. We will provide a forum for shared practices from the institutions represented on the panel and among attendees of what strategies have or have not been successful and how to overcome those challenges.

Learning Outcomes

1. Choose a baseline year for carbon reduction goals and a target commitment for your facilities and operations.
2. Identify a starting point for initiating an energy master plan that achieves your goal.
3. Develop strategic tools for implementing climate commitment measures in your buildings, landscapes, and operations.
4. Contact funding resources for financing options.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUP53C113)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

1:55 PM– 2:55 PM

Tags: Enrollment Planning

Presented by: Peter Baratta, Chief Planning Officer, Stockton University | Nicole C. Davis, Data and Financial Analyst, Stockton University | Jessica Kay, Planning Analyst, Stockton University

Stockton University grew its 2017 freshman class by 32 percent (375 students) by implementing a systems approach to enrollment management. We will present the strategic and collaborative methods to our success and share how Stockton’s Chief Planning Office played an important role in breaking down common silos that impeded efforts to collaborate, innovate, and succeed. We will discuss the statistical tools, operational improvements, and leadership techniques put in place to support Stockton’s growth, including new weekly reports and cross-divisional planning efforts.

Learning Outcomes

1. Enhance quantitative enrollment information dissemination to help establish accountability.
2. Incorporate enrollment management planning institution-wide.
3. Build long-term projected enrollment goals utilizing past data and provide comprehensive reports.
4. Establish the foundations of a strategic enrollment management planning (SEMP) council.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

1:55 PM– 2:55 PM

Tags: Learning Environments, Adaptation/Redevelopment

Presented by: Jay M. Brotman, Managing Partner, Svigals + Partners, LLP | Katelyn Chapin, Project Architect, Svigals + Partners, LLP | Daniel May, Provost, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of New Haven

Today’s students require state-of-the-art facilities, resources, technology, and learning opportunities to succeed in the workforce after graduation. Unfortunately, many existing buildings on campus were not designed to support these features. We will outline a collaborative method for incorporating interdisciplinary learning spaces into dated academic facilities using a case study of a 1970s campus structure. You will come away with a deeper understanding of the challenges facing your students, and an applicable approach to assessing your existing campus' potential to add spaces for interdisciplinary and collaborative teaching modes.

Learning Outcomes

1. Gather a crossection of stakeholders to find out how your campus can stand out amongst competitors.
2. Address short-term facility issues to serve as steps towards long-term goals.
3. Identify lessons from campuses with successful track records to apply on your campus.
4. Strategically update and expand campus facilities to support vital interdisciplinary teaching and learning models.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C063)

1:55 PM– 2:55 PM

Tags: Integrated Planning

Presented by: Aaron Brower, University of Wisconsin-Extension | Steve Wildeck, Vice Chancellor for Administrative and Financial Services, University of Wisconsin Colleges

The chief academic officer (CAO) and chief business officer (CBO) must have a strong, collaborative relationship in order to move an institution's mission and strategic priorities forward. Unfortunately, higher ed is strewn with examples of power plays and competition between CAOs and CBOs. Moreover, little guidance exists on how to foster a productive working relationship. We will provide examples, warts-and-all, of how to build a positive relationship that will benefit your institution.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the qualities of an effective working relationship between the CAO and CBO.
2. Identify ways to build mutual appreciation and respect for the roles of the CAO and CBO.
3. Create opportunities for your executive colleague to shine—in your territory.
4. Define roles for both the CAO and CBO in planning and implementing major initiatives.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Personnel/HR

1:55 PM– 2:55 PM

Tags: Facilities Performance Measurement

Presented by: Dennis Grimard, Managing Director, MIT.nano, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Samir Srouji, Principal, Wilson Architects | Jeffrey A. Zapfe, President, Acentech

MIT.nano is a state-of-the-art nanotechnology facility at Massachusetts Institute of Technology that houses sensitive imaging and lithography. As it accumulates more equipment and its systems reach full capacity, the building’s environment degrades. The facility’s director plans for a unique system of monitoring to maintain designed high-performance levels: a building automation system (BAS). You will learn how continuous monitoring technology allows facility managers to provide building occupants with the best conditions to conduct their research as well as help identify and correct issues when they arise.

Learning Outcomes

1. Specify the type of facility your institution needs to provide a successful environment for sensitive research.
2. Plan facilities—layout, structure, mechanical—to minimize the impact on sensitive areas.
3. Evaluate the potential impact of user equipment on other facility occupants.
4. Use monitoring strategies to address short- or long-term vibration/acoustic/electromagnetic interference (EMI) issues.

1:55 PM– 2:55 PM

Tags: Governmental Policies and Regulations, Higher Ed Trends, Institutional Direction

Presented by: Scott Jaschik, Editor and Co-Founder, Inside Higher Ed, Inside Higher Ed

American higher education has undergone unprecedented change within the past year as institutions have grappled with a shifting political landscape, challenges to their economic models, and demands for more (of everything) from students, parents, politicians, and others. Once concerns over demographics and diversity are also factored into the equation, institutional leaders' jobs may never have been more difficult. This session will review these challenges and discuss the approaches that some institutions are taking to meet them.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the newest challenges that institutions are now facing.
2. Explore the top challenges for various sectors within higher education.
3. Describe where institutions are effectively approaching these challenges, and where they aren't.
4. Identify some of the strategies your institution can use to mitigate the impact of the changes ahead.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

1:55 PM– 2:55 PM

Presented by: Sue Ott Rowlands, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Northern Kentucky University | James W. Simeo, Principal, CO Architects | Dale Stephenson, Dean, College of Health Professions, Northern Kentucky University

Northern Kentucky University (NKU) used transdisciplinary pedagogies and innovative architecture to create space for the advancement of collaborative change around critical population health issues. Through pioneering academic programs and integrated campus planning, NKU illustrates an effective model on how to educate future healthcare professionals who will have an immediate impact on their communities. We will outline concrete solutions through transformational approaches as universities are called upon to increase their roles in solving chronic health and addiction problems crippling communities across the country.

Learning Outcomes

1. Use collaborative space planning methods to promote transdisciplinary academic programming.
2. Envision design that supports institutional effectiveness in addressing community needs.
3. Leverage architecture for academic needs through engagement with campus stakeholders.
4. Increase awareness of how to future proof architectural investments for evolving academic needs.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C229)

1:55 PM– 2:55 PM

Tags: Facility Design, Learning Environments

Presented by: Ann Lippens, Practice Manager, EAB

Facilities leaders must understand what capital investments will help their institution accomplish its strategic priorities—and which flashy investments aren’t worth the cost. This session explores the design trends that are here to stay in higher education—and how much those trends, such as makerspaces and open-concept offices, are likely to evolve. Learn how to separate fads from trends in higher education design and ensure facilities executives understand which substantial investments will yield ROI for your campus.

Learning Outcomes

1. Advocate for less costly upgrades to create active learning classrooms.
2. Determine the best starting point for developing open-concept office space.
3. Obtain tools to create a makerspace that will be both aesthetically and practically impressive.
4. Pursue the right type of industry interface space to meet student and industry needs.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C014)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

1:55 PM– 4:15 PM

Awards programs are a way to not only recognize and applaud those individuals and organizations whose achievements exemplify excellence but also to provide learning opportunities for everyone whose lives and passions involve higher education. The 2018 jurors will share observations and trends from this year's entries and award recipients. Certificates will be given to award recipients at the end of the program.

Congratulations to the 2018 winners!

Learning Outcomes

1. Discover ways that projects can articulate an institution's mission.
2. Recognize innovations in planning, architecture, and landscape architecture.
3. Discuss how the effective use of materials and aesthetic choices demonstrate design's highest quality.
4. Identify opportunities to apply new innovations on your own campus.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.5 units (SCUP53C241)

3:15 PM– 4:15 PM

Tags: Facility Design, Student Success

Presented by: William Goodman, Assistant Dean for Administration and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Richard A. Lehner, Partner, LCM Architects LLC | Nicholas Osborne

Veterans are some of the most nontraditional students on campus. While enrollment is growing, many existing resources are designed for traditional students and are insufficient to meet veterans' unique needs. We will review a comprehensive model that successfully supports veterans' transition, academic readiness, and integration into an academic and civilian environment. You will learn about student veterans' unique needs and acquire best practice recommendations and strategies for creating programs and spaces that help student veterans succeed in higher education.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify common programmatic and physical obstacles facing student veterans on your campus.
2. Evaluate existing programs and services to support student veterans' unique needs.
3. Review and plan the quality of spaces to create a "veteran friendly" campus.
4. Identify organizations/institutions as potential assets to assist in supporting student veterans.

3:15 PM– 4:15 PM

Tags: Resource Planning

Presented by: Zhanina Boyadzhieva, Architectural Designer, Leers Weinzapfel Associates | Juliet Chun, Designer, Leers Weinzapfel Associates | Leigh Stringer, Workplace Strategist and Author of "The Healthy Workplace", EYP

Is your institution struggling with recruiting and retaining top talent? The planning and design industry suffers from high turnover and young professionals’ different expectations about work. Understanding the wants and needs of top talent as well as the state of the industry is critical to advancing the profession. Learn what really matters to planners and designers, and how you can engage them to be their best.

Learning Outcomes

1. Analyze employee human resource (HR) policies.
2. Engage staff in methods to improve recruiting and retention.
3. Create a business case for leadership that considers why investing in talent matters.
4. Share best practices from companies and institutions that successful engage design talent..

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Personnel/HR

3:15 PM– 4:15 PM

Tags: Facilities Funding/Capital Planning, Project Management/Delivery

Presented by: Calvin Jamison, Vice President for Administration, The University of Texas at Dallas | Joshua Smith, Senior Vice President, Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions

Supporting growth at The University of Texas (UT) at Dallas required several approaches, using traditional and public-private partnership (P3) programs simultaneously to develop student housing. Universities benefit from risk transfer, balance sheet protection, and the lean mindset of P3s, which offer creative latitude in standardized planning and design processes. Come and discover which P3 levers for project feasibility might hold the most power based on your institution's unique circumstances and learn how to assess delivery methodologies for a mixed-use development.

Learning Outcomes

1. Evaluate the potential impact of five common P3 levers on your project.
2. Lead campus constituents in dialogue about review and approval options.
3. Build a basic P3 project pro forma to support exploration of project feasibility.
4. Assess the suitability of private sector strategies in your unique institutional condition.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C108)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

3:15 PM– 4:15 PM

Tags: Facilities Planning

Presented by: Molly Brown, User Experience and Outreach Librarian, Stetson University | Charles O'Bryan, Director of Libraries, SUNY College at Oneonta | Lyndsie Robinson, UX Librarian, SUNY College at Oneonta

By demonstrating that constituent opinions are highly valued and given due consideration, users will feel invested in what the future holds. This session will show how we prioritized student space needs during a college library renovation, including the planning and implementation of an inclusive, data-informed, and transparent process. Come learn about "future-proofing” building projects, which ensures that a campus can quickly respond to changing programs and priorities by being responsive and program-driven.

Learning Outcomes

1. Prioritize student concerns about space during a large-scale library renovation.
2. Utilize qualitative and quantitative evaluation to drive planning and process during renovations.
3. Use data to help others make informed decisions about library renovations with multiple stakeholders.
4. Create user experience design (UX) studies for space use, website design, and furniture choices.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUP53C069)

3:15 PM– 4:15 PM

Tags: Adaptation/Redevelopment, Facility Design

Presented by: Joe Bower, Associate, Senior Architect, Leo A Daly | Tarrell Portman, Dean of the College of Education, Winona State University

Urban institutions often struggle to find space on their campuses. In this session, we will explore the adaptive reuse of existing buildings on and near campus. A creative approach to adaptive reuse can transform underutilized campus buildings into vibrant places, and transform off-campus areas into new enclaves of innovation. You will gain insights from Winona State University’s Education Village about the challenges and opportunities of reimagining existing buildings for new academic uses.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify new opportunities for campus expansion.
2. Transform outdated buildings into cutting-edge learning environments.
3. Use a building's age as an asset and turn architecture into a teaching tool.
4. Find character and vibrancy in unlikely places.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C225)

3:15 PM– 4:15 PM

Tags: Academic Planning, Facilities Planning

Presented by: Danny Gibbs, Vice Chancellor of Business and Finance, Tennessee Board of Regents | Woody Giles, Community Planner, TSW

Institutions and state higher education systems must study job markets to inform academic planning at each campus and avoid unintentional competition. Demographic and enrollment trends should also inform facilities decisions. The Tennessee Board of Regents’ statewide demographic and labor market analysis examines demographic, enrollment, and job data to inform coordinated, statewide decision making for academic planning and facility expansions. We'll discuss a methodology that is relevant to all state systems of higher education and individual institutions interested in coordinating academic offerings and facilities investments among campuses.

Learning Outcomes

1. Apply relevant population and demographic trends from your region to enrollment planning.
2. Work with other institutions in your state to coordinate program offerings.
3. Tailor academic programs to labor market needs.
4. Utilize demographic data to inform decisions about facility expansions.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C032)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

3:15 PM– 4:15 PM

Tags: Space Management/Utilization

Presented by: Whitney Brand, Academic Scheduler, University of West Georgia | David Jenks, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of West Georgia

Centralized scheduling is an abstract concept for some universities, the University of West Georgia (UWG) among them. For as long as anyone can remember, departments have controlled classroom utilization at UWG. In the fall of 2017, however, we changed everything. We will share how we moved to centralized classroom scheduling, including how we collected data, created a shared database and decision tree, and introduced the change to upper administration and the campus as a whole.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify data on campus that can help with classroom scheduling.
2. Identify obstacles preventing you from moving from decentralized to centralized scheduling.
3. Evaluate the best course of action and a time frame for implementation.
4. Present a plan to upper administration that is well-structured and supported by data.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C017)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

3:15 PM– 4:15 PM

Tags: Higher Ed Trends, Facilities Planning

Presented by: JoEllen Baldwin, Principal, Comprehensive Facilities Planning, Inc. | Arthur J. Lidsky, President, Dober Lidsky Mathey | Lisa H. Macklin, Principal, Comprehensive Facilities Planning, Inc.

Changes in pedagogy, student expectations, and competition elicit radical transformations in the built environment. For institutions to embrace innovation and be successfully competitive, it is critical that planners be able to distinguish between trends and best practices. In this session, we will show you how to identify resources and utilize evidence to choose the best practices—proven through experience and research to reliably lead to the desired result—that are the right fit for your institution or organization.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the difference between chasing a trend and adopting a best practice.
2. Align facilities planning with best practice goals and outcomes.
3. Determine what evidence or resources are needed to embrace a best practice.
4. Determine which best practices are appropriate for your institution or organization.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C038)

4:15 PM– 5:45 PM

7:00 AM– 8:15 AM

7:00 AM– 6:00 PM

8:00 AM–10:30 AM

This tour features Columbia State Community College's (CSCC) new campus that was built on the hillside of a former mining site. The initial campus development includes three new buildings that house the satellite campus's complete operation. The tour will present the planning process through the initial buildings' master planning, programming, design, and construction as well as the development of the upcoming Technology Building and parking garage. You will learn about the primary spaces of the three buildings, including student commons, testing labs, science labs, nursing labs, academic classrooms, faculty areas, and specialty entertainment industry studios.

Tour includes transportation.

Learning Outcomes

1. Define key components of creating a collaborative collegiate experience in a community college setting.
2. Review how to develop an accessible campus on a topographically challenging site.
3. Evaluate how to leverage multiple funding sources to accomplish a project.
4. Illustrate ways to develop public-private partnerships in a skeptical environment.

Cost: $50 USD

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.25 units (SCUP53T003)

8:30 AM– 9:30 AM

Tags: Campus Planning - Existing Campus, Space Management/Utilization

Presented by: Steven Gonzales, President, GateWay Community College-Arizona | James Hyatt, Vice Chancellor for Budget and Finance and CFO Emeritus / Associate Director, University of California-Berkeley | David Paul Johnson, Vice President, SmithGroupJJR | Neal E. Kessler, Principal, SmithGroupJJR | Alexandria Roe, Associate Vice President, Capital Planning and Budget, University of Wisconsin System Administration

Space and facilities are strategic assets that serve multiple constituencies. CampusForward is an ongoing initiative to reconceive campus space and facilities within higher education's dynamic ecosystem. The result is a predictive planning framework developed in collaboration with several institutions. This framework evaluates multiple drivers of change to identify hybrid space solutions at multiple scales—room, building, and campus. We will show how you can apply this research process, predictive framework, and range of physical planning responses to your institution.

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the development of analytical frameworks and tools that respond to demographic and technological changes.
2. Organize institutional data beyond facilities inventories to support complex analyses.
3. Differentiate major physical planning responses that vary by institution type and characteristics.
4. Prepare for change impacting campuses at every scale to provide an informed view of the future of learning.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C183)

8:30 AM– 9:30 AM

Tags: Landscape/Open Space

Presented by: Ted Furst, Project Manager, Biederman Redevelopment Ventures | Dean Gregory, Landscape Architect, University of British Columbia-Vancouver | Dennis J. Swinford, Higher Education Planning Practice Leader, Goody Clancy

Planners and administrators can create a unique experience and capitalize on considerable investments in the campus open space system by delivering thoughtful activities and installations that provide opportunities to teach, research, and play. This interactive session will show how campuses have used collaborative processes to create and deliver unique social, academic, and community building programs to leverage investments in campus open spaces. We will help you understand how to organize and advocate for the creation of a beautiful and sustainable public realm through investments in innovative open space programming.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the value of a "hidden" campus resource—open space.
2. Articulate why your campus should begin an open space program.
3. Begin a process to program your campus's open space system.
4. Identify the range of program opportunities and how your campus can benefit from them.

8:30 AM– 9:30 AM

Presented by: Bryan Ballegeer, Regional Education Leader, KI | Jonathan Matta, Vice President, Education Markets, KI

Learning is a byproduct of culture, context, and activity, which makes designing for authentic change all the more challenging. In this session, we will use design thinking to sprint through an experiential immersion in designing for change. Designing intentional drivers that support a culture inspires human-centered innovation that has a transformative impact on learning. By way of democratizing creative confidence, you can solve complex problems at your institution in meaningful, specific ways.

Learning Outcomes

1. Frame expeditions at home with warm-up activities that encourage creative confidence.
2. Pattern map qualitative, human-centered ideas and convert them into actionable drivers.
3. Design lo-fidelity prototypes that help advance change projects with intention.
4. Practice design thinking at the intersection of instructional practice and physical space.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C232)

8:30 AM– 9:30 AM

Tags: External Collaborations/Partnerships, Facilities Planning, Facility Design

Presented by: Wendell D. Brown, Principal, Earl Swensson Associates, Inc. | Misty Chambers, Clinical Operations and Design Specialist, Earl Swensson Associates, Inc. | Beth Hallmark, Director of Simulation, Belmont University | Lee Ann Hanna, Staff Development Manager, TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center

This session will discuss successful partnerships and outcomes 10 years after opening a health sciences facility at Belmont University. The discussion between educator, practitioner, and architect illustrates the mutual needs and benefits in forming partnerships, including the foundation of academic professional programs and their training spaces, student education, and the development of new graduates in the workforce. You will learn strategies for building strong partnerships, reviewing designs, utilizing simulated clinical environments, and identifying ways to bridge the preparation-practice gap for graduates entering the workforce.

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the mutual benefits of successful partnerships.
2. Identify key components for programing and designing clinical simulation environments for students.
3. Evaluate the growth of a nursing simulation program from start-up to one supporting advanced practice.
4. Gain tools that will help you use simulation to educate well-trained graduates for professional partners.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C075)

8:30 AM– 9:30 AM

Tags: Space Management/Utilization, Operational Planning

Presented by: Jim Newton, Senior Planner, Dewing Schmid Kearns Architects + Planners | Allan Weatherwax, Provost, Merrimack College

This session will explore the development of a new campus schedule that considers the "fourth dimension"—time. This optimizes utilization, aligns schedules across schools to improve interdisciplinary student access, and reduces the impact of dining, recreation, and parking on campus infrastructure. We will present lessons learned from Merrimack College's schedule optimization, including strategies for approaching a schedule change as well as how to negotiate the complexities of endorsement and rollout.

Learning Outcomes

1. Create a framework with which to evaluate your own course schedule.
2. Frame institutional planning drivers that affect scheduling.
3. Establish course scheduling metrics.
4. Frame "smart parameters" associated with course scheduling.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C188)

8:30 AM– 9:30 AM

Tags: Facilities Planning

Presented by: Michael C. Lauber, Principal, Ellenzweig | Dominick Roveto, President, Ellenzweig | Catherine Summa, Associate Provost & Director of the Science Center, Wellesley College

In this session, a roundtable will discuss the goals, measures of success, education outcomes, curricular changes, and new pedagogies associated with STEM initiatives. We will provide an expansive view of the many current viable pathways to achieving new STEM programs by detailing the differing strategies employed by several US colleges and universities. By sharing our recent varied experiences, we will help you effectively prioritize continued significant investments in new STEM programs at your institution. 

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe varied institutional perspectives on STEM programming and planning process.
2. Identify ways to work with your leaders to prepare faculty to be effective STEM educators.
3. Obtain tools to formulate an effective program to monitor and track your STEM education outcomes.
4. Evaluate the success of built solutions by viewing recently completed STEM buildings.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C091)

8:30 AM– 9:30 AM

Tags: Facilities Funding/Capital Planning

Presented by: Roger Husser, Assistant Vice President, Planning, Design and Construction, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | Dan Layzell, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | Tony Lombardo, Associate Vice President, Facility & Property Oversight, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | Megha Sinha, Senior Associate, Urban Design and Planning, NBBJ

There is no better time to be strategic about capital investments than in today’s environment of reduced funding; doing so ensures that investments are calculated, organized, and efficient. Take an in-depth dive into strategic capital planning processes and methodologies—building portfolio solutions, project bundling/prioritization/cost estimation, funding, and governance models—developed as part of Louisiana State University’s (LSU) Comprehensive and Strategic Campus Master Plan. These innovative capital planning and funding methodologies can better determine institutional priorities to which potential funding sources can be applied, rather than funding dictating institutional priorities.

Learning Outcomes

1. Develop a clear roadmap that aligns university strategic planning, academic planning, and campus planning.
2. Develop a robust master plan implementation tool and funding strategies.
3. Establish a well-defined structure and process of strategic capital plan governance (decision making).
4. Strategize for continued investment in deferred maintenance needs while balancing investments in new construction.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

8:30 AM– 9:30 AM

Tags: Strategic Planning, Implementation

Presented by: Melody Bowdon, Associate Dean, College of Undergraduate Studies and Executive Director, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Central Florida | Lynn Hepner, Associate Dean of Academic Programs, College of Arts and Humanities and Chair, Faculty Senate Strategic Planning Council, University of Central Florida | Lisa Guion Jones, Associate Provost for Strategy and Special Assistant to the President, University of Central Florida

Convened by: Michael D. Moss, President, Society for College and University Planning

It is not the strategic plan that transforms an institution, but rather the focused actions and changes the institution undertakes to produce transformative results. Therefore, it is imperative that faculty be engaged in developing an institution's strategic plan and have a voice in charting its future—changes are unlikely to occur without significant faculty input into implementation-level details. This session will share strategies and lessons learned from the University of Central Florida for authentically engaging faculty in the planning and execution of our Collective Impact Strategic Plan.

Learning Outcomes

1. Develop strategies for fostering a culture of shared ownership of the plan among faculty. 
2. Engage faculty in collective thinking around strategic plan execution strategies.
3. Forge authentic relationships with key faculty groups across campus to promote connectivity, mutual respect for various roles, individual responsibility, and collective action.
4. Describe various types and levels of incentives to promote faculty involvement in change initiatives and drive desired behaviors.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Business Management and Organization

8:30 AM– 9:30 AM

Tags: Learning Environments

Presented by: Eleanor J. Magennis, Project Development Manager, Estates and Commercial Services, University of Glasgow

If we want to create effective and inclusive learning spaces, then we need to learn from each other, work in partnership, and adopt best practices. This session will share best practices in United Kingdom (UK) universities from the Learning Space Toolkit, a collaborative project based on empirical research conducted by UK professional bodies, academics, and students. You will learn about a dozen institutions’ best practice learning spaces and be inspired to generate your own plan of creating, delivering, and managing better learning spaces for your institution.

Learning Outcomes

1. Use the Learning Space Toolkit as a resource for creating more effective learning spaces.
2. Enhance working partnerships between academics, students, and design teams.
3. Plan and manage more inclusive and better learning spaces.
4. Utilize top tips for change management, transition, and evaluation.

9:50 AM–10:50 AM

Tags: Adaptation / Redevelopment

Presented by: Andrew Barnett, Senior Partner, Hopkins Architects Partnership LLP | Tom Jenkins, Partner, Hopkins Architects Partnership LLP

By focusing inwards rather than outwards, re-developing and re-using where possible, campuses can increase their value and create circulation patterns that are shorter and more sustainable. This session will discuss how the adaptive re-use of buildings and sites can generate projects with strong identity that minimize energy use.  We will provide evidence and inspiration from projects in the US and UK and ask you to reflect on where adaptive re-use might benefit your campus projects.

Learning Outcomes

1. Review tools that will help you gain a more sustainable approach to campus planning through adaptive re-use.
2. Identify existing building structures with potential for re-use.
3. Create spaces that are richer in identity and meaning through a multi-layered approach to history.
4. Plan for buildings that actively promote good health and wellness.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUP53C066)

9:50 AM–10:50 AM

Tags: Integrated Planning

Presented by: Larry Goldstein, President, Campus Strategies, LLC

Institutions that fail to plan in an integrated manner will not succeed in the long term. Institutions can become more effective by integrating strategic, infrastructural, and operational planning and aligning it with resource allocation and assessment. You will discover key aspects of collaboration, integration, and alignment that are all focused on achieving institutional success. We will provide comprehensive models built on collaboration and show how they have been successfully implemented at institutions.

Learning Outcomes

1. Engage in strategic and infrastructural planning to drive operational planning.
2. Align resource allocation and assessment with operational planning to achieve success.
3. Identify your institution's core programmatic and essential support areas.
4. Craft an organizational model depicting aligned planning, resource allocation, and assessment.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C009)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Business Management and Organization

9:50 AM–10:50 AM

Tags: Space Management/Utilization

Presented by: Tyler Patrick, Principal, Sasaki | Dwight Raby, Associate Director of Facilities and Planning, Emory University | Christina Roberts, Campus Planner, Planning Design & Construction, Emory University

In order to build consensus within a decentralized institution, Emory University first launched more focused unit-specific space planning initiatives as a precursor and accelerant to a university-wide master plan. This session will outline a process and methodology for assessing unit-specific space needs by viewing them independently and then examining the common emerging themes, efficiencies, and synergies. We'll review how to build trust and buy-in from the ground up, ultimately laying the groundwork for increased collaboration and sharing.

Learning Outcomes

1. Design a successful process for engaging faculty in a space utilization study.
2. Use data to establish common ground and de-politicize space use and management.
3. Connect unit-specific needs to broader institutional goals.
4. Apply planning tools to identify synergies and spaces of mutual interest across academic units.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C073)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

9:50 AM–10:50 AM

Tags: Facilities Funding/Capital Planning, Facilities Planning

Presented by: Brian Kowalchuk, Global Director of Design, HDR, Inc. | Stacey Sickels Locke, Director of Development, University of Maryland-College Park

Major donors play an important role in the funding landscape and are increasingly participating in the projects they support, adding complexity to a multi-faceted process. Successfully working alongside donors strengthens both the donor’s reputation and supports institutional growth by achieving an outcome that addresses the needs and desires of all key stakeholders. From the perspectives of an institution and an architect, we will examine strategies for co-creating with philanthropists by using the design process for mission-driven facilities that set new precedents. 

Learning Outcomes

1. Use proven communication strategies for pitching capital projects to donors.
2. Introduce the donor and architect early in the project process to achieve long-term buy in.
3. Overcome actual or perceived barriers in donor/institution relationships to achieve consensus.
4. Meet multiple donors' requirements without sacrificing institutional goals.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

9:50 AM–10:50 AM

Presented by: Kevin Chriswell, Lab Planner, CRB | Christopher A. Ertl, Senior Laboratory Planner, CRB | Niranjan Kulkarni, Director of Operations Improvement, CRB

This session will outline the key successes of the workflow-centric design concept and demonstrate how to implement these techniques in laboratory facilities to uncover opportunities that will reduce construction and operational expenses. We will discuss how to evaluate value-added opportunities for improving efficiencies and testing those concepts through virtual modeling and simulations. We will review common problems facing facility planners and operators, such as space and budget constraints, quality and operations deficiencies, and equipment utilization, as well as provide you with methods to improve efficiencies.

Learning Outcomes

1. Evaluate how workflow-centric design concepts can be applicable to your planning process.
2. Leverage the value of workflow-centric design as key to developing lean laboratories.
3. Utilize workflow-centric design concepts to resolve the concerns of increased operating expenses.
4. Demonstrate how workflow-centric design can make laboratory operations more efficient.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C230)

9:50 AM–10:50 AM

Presented by: Ken Steele, President and Chief Futurist, Eduvation Inc.

Intensifying demographic, fiscal, economic, and technological pressures are driving colleges and universities in divergent directions in order to improve efficiency, attract new markets, improve outcomes, generate revenue, and meet economic and societal needs. The dizzying array of potential trajectories can lead to strategic paralysis or hyperactivity. In this dynamic session, you will gain a comprehensive perspective on the full range of innovation that will remake our institutions over the next two decades as well as guidance to help focus institutional strategy.

*Please bring your smartphone to add your perspective to real-time polls. 

Learning Outcomes

1. Define pressures and trends that will impact higher education in the decades ahead.
2. Provide a coherent overview of potential institutional innovations in response to these pressures and trends.
3. Evaluate distinctive strategies based on institutional context.
4. Reflect on and share implications for your own institutional planning.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C238)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

9:50 AM–10:50 AM

Tags: Student Success, Facilities Planning

Presented by: Adam Griff, Director, brightspot strategy | Dick Minturn, Senior Academic Facility Planner, Office of the Provost, University of Virginia-Main Campus | Robert E. Nalls, President, Nalls Architecture, Inc.

Student services are in a perfect storm; student needs are more complex but services are typically delivered in silos and expectations are increasing while funding is decreasing. How can you bring disparate academic and administrative services together to collaboratively help students rather than giving them the runaround? The University of Virginia's (UVA) Total Advising Center provides a model for other institutions. We will show you how to bring partners together to provide a more effective and efficient experience for students at your institution.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the needs of your students and staff.
2. Define how diverse service providers can work together.
3. Forecast needs for dedicated and shared spaces.
4. Measure the success of spaces and services.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C093)

9:50 AM–10:50 AM

Tags: Implementation, Information Technology, Personal Development

Presented by: Beth Ziesenis, Owner, Your Nerdy Best Friend

Many professionals have their favorite time-saving, productivity-increasing, rear-kicking technology secrets. Author Beth Ziesenis will share her top must-have apps and tech tools as well as facilitate discussions on real-world examples of how to make them work for you. You will also have the opportunity to introduce your favorite technology tools to your colleagues.

Learning Outcomes

1. Discover the top tech tools for organization, productivity, and general life management.
2. Identify ways in which the tools can fit into a planner's world.
3. Create a list of technology to take back to your team.
4. Collaborate on technology best practices for your industry.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Computer Software

9:50 AM–10:50 AM

Tags: Sustainability (Environmental)

Presented by: Steven F. Baumgartner, Principal, SmithGroupJJR | Brad Ives, Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Enterprises, UNC Chapel Hill | Anna A. Wu, Associate Vice Chancellor, Facilities Services Division, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina (UNC) has set a new global standard for sustainability in higher education's constantly evolving environment. UNC is scaling its impact through the Three Zeros Initiative—net zero greenhouse gas emissions, water usage, and landfill waste—a framework that is critical to its physical, operational, and community planning. Learn how the chancellor’s initiative is reinventing the great global public research university through sustainability and apply lessons learned at your institution.

Learning Outcomes

1. Build road maps for achieving triple zero initiatives on campuses.
2. Weave the university-scale sustainability charges into capital building and planning projects.
3. Embed sustainability into your campus's DNA through engagement, awareness, and team building.
4. Challenge conventional sustainability pathways with pan-campus initiatives to achieve a triple zero initiative.

9:50 AM–10:50 AM

Tags: Campus Planning - New Campus, Academic Planning, Strategic Planning

Presented by: Valarie L. Avalone, Director of Institutional Planning, Monroe Community College | Joel Lloyd Frater, Executive Dean, Downtown Campus, Monroe Community College

Developing an educational facility in a neighborhood that has experienced decline can be a catalyst for economic revitalization and urban renewal as well as a unique learning community for students.  Monroe Community College (MCC) opened its new urban campus in the fall of 2017. This campus promotes student success through town/gown relationships that leverage partnerships with the community and an emerging eco-district. You will gain insights into the relevant planning and operational steps MCC has taken to support student success in the face of competing internal and external stakeholder needs and wants.

Learning Outcomes

1. Leverage the unique possibilities provided by a rich historical urban setting to enhance learning.
2. Apply strategies for balancing needs versus wants in light of competing priorities.
3. Integrate partnerships as a student success strategy.
4. Take away tools from lessons learned in operating a new campus grounded in community integration.

11:10 AM–12:10 PM

Tags: Space Management/Utilization

Presented by: Lisa M. Keith, Principal, Ayers Saint Gross | Kate Sullivan, Senior Institutional Planner, University of Wisconsin-Extension

A space assessment is just the beginning of solving facility concerns. Choosing which needs get met is a process of determining priorities and understanding dependent and interdependent projects. In this session, we will focus on what you can do after the space assessment. We will share techniques for interpreting space needs outcomes. We will explore quantifiable measures that help determine priorities and discuss how these priorities are combined with bigger picture facility plans to determine capital projects.

Learning Outcomes

1. Translate the outcomes of a space needs assessment into a list of needs.
2. Propose quantifiable measures and weighting scales to combine factors to help determine priorities.
3. Create an appropriate action plan for master planning or capital improvement plans.
4. Review meaningful visualizations that communicate the assessment outcomes.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C204)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

11:10 AM–12:10 PM

Tags: Organizational Innovation, Change Management

Presented by: Denise Overfield, Associate Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, University of West Georgia | Amber Smallwood, Interim Chair, Sociology, and Professor of Mass Communications, University of West Georgia

Institutional barriers exist where committees operate within silos and don’t incorporate all necessary perspectives. Even cross-divisional executive teams can be blind to everyday efficiency and effectiveness barriers. This session showcases the process developed by the University of West Georgia's barriers team—a cross-divisional group created to identify barriers to efficiency, effectiveness, and success, as well as develop and propose solutions. You will leave this session feeling empowered to create processes that identify challenges and resolve them, thus helping to develop a culture of innovation, strategic collaboration, aligned problem solving, and shared governance.

Learning Outcomes

1. Guide a diverse group of people to consensus on identifying barriers to strategic imperatives.
2. Contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, problem solving, and shared governance
3. Build a campus-wide community that values creative thinking to address long-standing issues.
4. Work with both executive leadership and the campus community at large to create change.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C035)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Business Management and Organization

11:10 AM–12:10 PM

Tags: Institutional Effectiveness

Presented by: Richard Boyer, Partner and Lead Consultant, ModernThink

Employee engagement surveys provide first-hand workplace culture data, measuring higher-education specific dimensions such as supervisor/department chair relationships and shared governance. Data from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Great Colleges to Work For® program can explain how integrative approaches within institutions correspond to high levels of employee engagement. We will show you how identifying strengths and areas for growth can inspire tangible changes to improve day-to-day workplace quality at your institution.

Learning Outcomes

1. Institute employee engagement surveys to collect data on current workplace culture.
2. Develop an integrative planning committee to analyze and interpret survey results.
3. Use survey data to identify strengths and opportunities for growth and inform institutional direction.
4. Work collaboratively to bring about institutional changes that improve employee engagement and workplace quality.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C090)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

11:10 AM–12:10 PM

Tags: Campus Planning - Existing Campus, Facility Design

Presented by: Carl Dieso, Director of Housing, University of Cincinnati | Arnie Slaughter, Assistant Vice President for Student Engagement & Dean of Students, Northern Kentucky University | Zachary E. Zettler, Associate, GBBN Architects

Residential institutions requires flexible housing master plans that consider increased competition for students, financial restraints, student’s choices, and operational efficiencies. We will explore how Northern Kentucky University (NKU) and University of Cincinnati (UC) used different strategies to achieve these goals. Learn to navigate politics and barriers in implementing a gender-inclusive housing program and discover financial, operational, and design strategies to minimize cost increase while growing and modernizing facilities.

Learning Outcomes

1. Validate your housing master plan's ability to adapt to current and future trends.
2. Identify ways to facilitate stakeholder buy-in to implement a gender-inclusive housing program.
3. Review your facilities for operating efficiencies to enable cost savings.
4. Implement strategies to increase bed counts and modernize facilities.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C112)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

11:10 AM–12:10 PM

Tags: Facilities Performance Measurement, Learning Environments

Presented by: Robert J. Koester, Director, Center for Energy Research, Education & Service, Ball State University | Gary Pavlechko, Director, Teaching Technology, Ball State University | Mark J. Thaler, Senior Associate, Gensler | Nicholas Watkins, Performance Analytics Manager, Gensler

A study by Ball State University, in collaboration with a design firm and the International WELL Building Institute, measured the impact of activity-based classrooms through pre- and post-occupancy observational analysis. Findings identify and prioritize simple and cost-effective design interventions to improve the learning environment. This collaborative study sets a precedent for repeatable and scalable diagnostics of classroom settings. By using these diagnostics, you will learn how to make a value case for the right design interventions at your institution.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify collaborators for pre- and post-occupancy study of classroom settings and surroundings.
2. Implement and assess simple, effective design and pedagogical interventions.
3. Incorporate the WELL Education Facilities Pilot and its implications for future facility projects.
4. Refer to findings of data and strategy on the effectiveness of activity-based classrooms and learning settings.

11:10 AM–12:10 PM

Tags: Project Management/Delivery

Presented by: Stefanie Becker, Integrated Design Director, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. | Paul Erb, Senior Vice President of Operations, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

High-performing teams create project success and maximize value to users through better delivery experiences, yielding faster schedules, lower end cost, and enhanced building performance. Learn how to mine for this level of performance to achieve desired engagement on alternative-delivery higher education projects. There are numerous ways to get from "A" to "B"—our session will provide you with actionable methods that will enhance the performance of your project teams, resulting in collaborative problem solving and improved project experiences and outcomes.

Learning Outcomes

1. Develop a project-specific strategy that fosters and maintains a high-performing team culture.
2. Enhance your project delivery process to attract and establish a high-performing team.
3. Establish more efficient and productive communication within your project team’s organization.
4. Identify areas of dysfunction within project teams and implement meaningful and impactful solutions.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C227)

11:10 AM–12:10 PM

Tags: Facilities Planning

Presented by: Mahauganee Shaw Bonds, SCUP Fellow, Miami University-Oxford

Convened by: Daniel R. Kenney, Principal, Page

After disaster or tragedy touches a campus community, it is commonplace to see memorials erected or annual commemorative events incorporated into the normal life of the institution. Yet, there are instances of tragedy that also go un-commemorated. Both developing and pre-existing memorials on US-based campuses were visited over the past year to interrogate the decision to remember moments of campus crisis in a public and perpetual manner. This session reports the findings of this study, illuminating how and why institutions remember times of campus and community crisis through physical memorialization and commemoration.

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the scope of campus memorials and the types of events typically commemorated, helping others to understand how frequently campus memorialization has occurred over several decades.
2. Compare different approaches that institutions take in regards to memorialization.
3. Explain your thoughts and preferences regarding the commemoration of campus tragedy.
4. Discuss key considerations surrounding memorialization.

11:10 AM–12:10 PM

Tags: Student Success, Information Technology

Presented by: Roma Khanna, Director, Northwestern University | Susan Olson, Assistant Dean, Northwestern University

Technology-enabled advising is an evolving aspect of supporting student success. This session will look at Northwestern University’s journey to unite undergraduate students and advisers on an advising platform. We will explore the intersections of technology, advising, and student experience while identifying change management techniques that enabled this transformation. You will learn about emergent considerations surrounding technology-enabled advising, along with approaches for moving a diverse group of stakeholders from idea to implementation on initiatives requiring collaboration across the institution.

Learning Outcomes

1. Develop a plan to translate strategic imperatives into action plans for implementation.
2. Navigate issues that arise at the intersections of advising, technology, and student support.
3. Drive diverse institutional stakeholders to consensus on matters related to the student experience.
4. Collaborate across the institution to implement changes to student supports and achieve outcomes.

11:10 AM–12:10 PM

Tags: Facilities Planning, Facilities Funding/Capital Planning, External Collaborations/Partnerships

Presented by: Richard C. Fort, Architect, Clark Nexsen | John Mitchell | Molly A. Parkhill, former President, Blue Ridge Community College-North Carolina | Chad Roberson, Managing Principal, Clark Nexsen

A university, community college, hospital, and local government desired a state-of-the-art health education campus. Through innovative "matchmaking," they now each enjoy a stake in the Health Sciences Center. Consolidating numerous stakeholder projects into one allows partners to build something much sooner in a time when procuring higher education capital funding has become increasingly challenging. This session describes how we built this health education campus collaboratively through creative partnerships and consolidating resources to bring everyone's campus vision to reality more quickly, efficiently, and sustainably.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify projects that are well-suited for synergistic collaboration and attractive to stakeholders.
2. Identify community and regional stakeholders with whom mutually beneficial project outcomes are likely.
3. Create a strategy for stakeholder buy-in that manages inherent diversity and optimizes synergies.
4. Contact local leadership and find opportunities that dovetail with your own project list.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

11:10 AM–12:10 PM

Tags: Facility Design

Presented by: Lily Berrios, Principal and President | W. Jeff Floyd, Principal, Fitzgerald Collaborative Group, LLC | Ed Meadows, President, Pensacola State College | Devin Stephenson, President, Northwest Florida State College

Onboarding is a student's first impression of the institution. It's an opportunity to either engage or lose the student. We will share new ideas to improve the admissions onboarding process and their impact on the organization, staffing, and use of existing (or new) student services space. We will present current trends in student behavior and discuss how these trends drove change in the organization, staff, space, furniture, and technology at two institutions.

Learning Outcomes

1. Examine your student profile and identify those factors that will engage students on arrival.
2. Review your student service program against your student profile and the trends presented, then determine what needs to be changed.
3. Assess whether the current staff is equipped to make necessary changes.
4. Assess what space changes need to be considered in order to support your student profile.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C197)

12:10 PM– 1:30 PM

12:45 PM– 2:45 PM

This will be a one-hour guided tour of Vanderbilt University's new Engineering and Science Building (ESB). Afterwards, we will take a 30-minute walking tour through three other engineering and science buildings.

Tour includes transportation

Learning Outcomes

1. Explain why extra programming, design, and start-up time is required for transdisciplinary buildings
2. Describe how having undergraduates located on upper floors of science buildings introduces them to research.
3. Describe the rationale for combing science, engineering, and business programs.
4. Anticipate how a newly acquired building manager (post-occupancy) may operate a particular building.

Cost: $50 USD

1:40 PM– 2:40 PM

Tags: Historic Preservation/Campus Heritage, Adaptation/Redevelopment

Presented by: John Cook, President, Springfield Technical Community College | Jacqueline Mossman, Project Architect, Ann Beha Architects

What happens when building stock and a college's mission no longer align? Adaptive reuse provides fiscally and environmentally responsible opportunities for revitalizing underutilized spaces so they meet fundamental campus goals. We will look at how one college transformed a historical storehouse into a new campus center. Through interactive exercises, you will learn to use campus mission to identify needs, establish project priorities, inform institutional restructuring, and weave modern spaces into a historically sensitive building and campus fabric.

Learning Outcomes

1. Examine campus spaces and your institution's mission to identify improvement opportunities.
2. Set project priorities to provide a framework for decision making in the planning and design process.
3. Evaluate opportunities for restructuring/consolidation of departments to address modern campus needs.
4. Assess existing conditions to creatively intertwine new programs with historic context.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C210)

1:40 PM– 2:40 PM

Tags: Assessment / Analytics, Accreditation

Presented by: Linda Baer | Ann Hill Duin, Professor, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Improving integrated planning success requires a systematic approach to data identification and use, building insight, getting to action, knowing what works, and presenting complex information. In particular, aligning assessment, accountability, analytics, and accreditation functions requires identifying concrete measures across all four areas to improve planning outcomes and success. Using a planning readiness tool, you will learn the four As to improve planning success.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the multiple dimensions of assessment, accountability, analytics, and accreditation.
2. Clarify the paradoxes inherent in the demands behind accountability and accreditation.
3. Improve the alignment of standard metrics and outcomes through enhanced use of analytics.
4. Develop skills to move from data to insight to action to improve planning accountability.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

1:40 PM– 2:40 PM

Tags: Facilities Planning, Operational Planning

Presented by: Melody Ablola, Associate, Logistics Consultant, Arup | David Philip Levo, Principal, Perkins Eastman | Steve Maruszewski, Assistant Vice President, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | Chad Spackman, Facilities Project Manager, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

Few groups are on the front line of behavioral, operational, cultural, and technological change as much as facilities groups. Asked to do ever-more, The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) pushes the answer of “how”. Get a rare peek under the hood at how one of America’s largest universities envisions meeting the needs of students, faculty, staff, and administrators through integrated 21st century facilities operations. We will discuss how we evaluated current operations, what we learned from other complex campuses, and the new strategies we're adopting.

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the potential benefits of integrating diverse campus demands.
2. Evaluate the pros and cons of technology, media, and automation.
3. Compare various operations, technology, and logistics considerations.
4. Make the business case for integrated operations investment.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C207)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Business Management and Organization

1:40 PM– 2:40 PM

Tags: Campus Planning - Existing Campus

Presented by: Shannon Brown, Director of Residence Life, Southern New Hampshire University | Chris Drobat, President, Lavallee Brensinger Architects | Heather Lorenz, Vice President for Student Affairs, Southern New Hampshire University | Clay Phillips, Principal, Mackey Mitchell Architects

In today’s competitive educational environment, universities need to balance the reach of distance learning with the stability of a local, vibrant, and student-focused campus life. This session will show how Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), a global leader in distance learning, has expanded its focus to shape their local campus and help improve their community and regional presence. You will learn how SNHU is transforming their local campus and attracting new students with innovative campus planning concepts and ambitious housing projects.

Learning Outcomes

1. Use lessons learned at the global level to inform actions at the local level.
2. Guide planning efforts to create innovative campus buildings, helping to recruit students to the physical campus.
3. Ensure that designs for new buildings on campus (as well as renovations) are used to create collaboration and encourage student social interaction.
4. Take steps to turn the global growth into positive growth on the physical campus, all while encouraging online students to experience the on-campus life themselves.

1:40 PM– 2:40 PM

Tags: Change Management, Institutional Direction

Presented by: Bill Cario, Senior Vice President of Academics, Concordia University-Wisconsin | Gretchen Jameson, Vice President for Strategy, Culture, and University Affairs, Concordia University-Wisconsin | John Rathje, Dean of Students, Concordia University-Ann Arbor

Moderated by: Loren John Rullman, Principal, Higher Education Planning and Strategy, Workshop Architects, Inc.

Convened by: Michael D. Moss, President, Society for College and University Planning

Financial and societal pressures on higher education are growing, with all universities facing change, and some facing internal reorganization, institutional merger, or even outright closure. How do committed leaders manage change of this magnitude with purpose, foresight, care, and skill? Using Concordia University’s merger as a case study, this session will demonstrate how you can manage organizational, cultural, curricular, financial, and symbolic change at the institutional or departmental level.  

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify indicators, clues, and trends that signify the need for major change.
2. Assess how to navigate varying institutional values and histories in change efforts.
3. Anticipate which people and groups will require involvement to assure success and support.
4. Define typical stages of change processes and their impact on people.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Business Management and Organization

1:40 PM– 2:40 PM

Tags: Sustainability (Environmental), Risk Management

Presented by: Willa Kuh, Director of Planning, Affiliated Engineers, Inc. | Cindy Villarreal, Perkins+Will

Climate risk is no longer abstract and planners must learn how to evaluate climate risks on campuses and within host communities. Strategies for mitigating these risks can be incorporated into comprehensive plans specific to each institution's location, risk tolerance, and budget. In this session, you will learn how to access information about natural hazard event risks and gradual climate projections in your campus's region. By sharing resilience design lessons, we will give you tools for integrating resilience into campus planning and adapting strategies on a campus-wide scale.

Learning Outcomes

1. Assess vulnerabilities facing your campus and community resulting from climate projections.
2. Characterize climate science analysis in layperson's terms.
3. Apply best practices for resilience planning and design.
4. List the tools available to engage your campus community in planning for climate projections.

1:40 PM– 2:40 PM

Presented by: Gary L Altergott, Project Principal, Huitt-Zollars, Inc. | Torben Arend, Vice President, Gilbane Development Company | Samuel Franco, Director, Center for Alternative Finance, Texas Facilities Commission | Phillip Ray, Vice Chancellor, Business Affairs, Texas A & M University-System Office | Andrew Schatte, Founder, Americus Holdings, LP | Chris E. Whitney, Architect and Vice President, Huitt-Zollars, Inc.

As institutions struggle to look for ways to enhance the non-state-funded services on campus, a mixed-use garage and hotel public-private partnership (P3) at Texas A&M University did just that. We will discuss how the university leveraged the demands of game-day resources to construct a huge parking garage along with top hotel property that serves the campus year-round. We will present the project's results and answer hard questions about process, financing, institutional control, and many other topics.

Learning Outcomes

1. Serve critical high-volume alumni needs that only occur eight days a year.
2. Take away tools from P3 veterans' unique viewpoints.
3. Select the right team to make your project successful.
4. Plan a project schedule from financing discussions through ribbon cutting.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C233)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

1:40 PM– 2:40 PM

Tags: Facility Design

Presented by: Alison Adcock, Assistant Professor, Associate Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University | William Browning, Founding Partner, Terrapin Bright Green | Celine Larkin, Associate Vice President, Urban Design and Planning, HGA Architects and Engineers

Students routinely report poor health, stress, depression, sleep deprivation, and anxiety. As a result, higher education institutions confront student health and wellbeing issues daily. New understanding of the physiological and psychological relationship we have with our environment applied to campus planning, design, and architecture can improve daily experience, support resiliency, and ameliorate many negative health effects. This session will explore the latest correlations between health and place that can influence campus design and offer proven, implementable strategies for any campus.

Learning Outcomes

1. Improve students' daily lives through environments that support wellbeing and learning.
2. Apply new knowledge to inform decision making and direct consultants to create a healthy campus.
3. Grasp economic and performance implications for confident future planning and capital investment.
4. Apply nature-inspired design for positive health outcomes, social connectivity, and resilience.

1:40 PM– 2:40 PM

Tags: Personal Development, Strategic Planning

Presented by: Dale Braun, Campus Planner, University of Wisconsin-River Falls | Robert Delprino, Assistant Dean, School of Natural and Social Sciences & Professor of Psychology, Buffalo State SUNY | Maureen Lindstrom, Chair, Library Faculty, Buffalo State SUNY

The ability to successfully move the institution and its members through the strategic planning process despite lack of organizational clout, power of position, or leadership support is a vital planning skill. This session will provide strategies a planner can use to leverage influence to successfully lead a strategic planning process in situations where they may lack authority and cooperation from others. You will learn from seasoned professionals about the potential roadblocks planners face and influencer strategies you can use to successfully manage the planning process.

Learning Outcomes

1. Evaluate power structures, culture, and personalities to identify factors that can influence process.
2. Distinguish types of personal influencing styles and apply those to institutional contexts.
3. Develop strategies to build strategic influence and grow that influence.
4. Address challenges from other influencers who could derail a successful planning process.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C062)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Personal Development

3:00 PM– 4:00 PM

Tags: Personal Development

Presented by: Beth Ziesenis, Owner, Your Nerdy Best Friend

Take a deep dive into the free and bargain-price apps that will help you move up the ladder. Learn the tools you need for personal organization as well as game-changing tech tools to help your organization function more efficiently and support team collaboration. Showcase your leadership ability by capitalizing on the technology tools that will keep you organized, productive, informed, innovative, and ahead of the crowd. 

Learning Outcomes

1. Analyze how technology fits into every part of your day.
2. Identify the top tech tools to make your life easier and save you hours of time.
3. Discover dozens of free and bargain-price apps and online tools that help you put ideas into action.
4. Apply technology systems that streamline your projects and tasks.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Computer Software

3:00 PM– 4:00 PM

Tags: Learning Environments

Presented by: Katia Karadjovia, College Librarian for Natural Resources and Sciences, Humboldt State University | Danuta A. Nitecki, Dean of Libraries, Drexel University

There are no common and effective methodologies currently in existence that assess the relationship of informal environments to learning. Examining concepts of learning and library designs may offer insights for diverse stakeholders to assess informal learning environments. Through the review of learning behaviors, illustration of assessment projects in libraries, and shared exploration of the applicability of resulting insights, we will strengthen your confidence to discuss, analyze, and solve challenges at your institution.

Learning Outcomes

1. Recognize behaviors in informal environments that relate to academic success.
2. Respond thoughtfully to a proposed assessment of informal learning environments.
3. Distinguish data collection methods about learning environments based on learning behaviors.
4. Critique space designs for such learning concepts as active learning and contemplative pedagogy.

3:00 PM– 4:00 PM

Tags: Campus Planning - Existing Campus

Presented by: Krisan Osterby, Principal, DLR Group | Stephen F. Troost, Campus Planner, Michigan State University | Paul Westlake, Global Leader, Cultural & Performing Arts Studio, DLR Group

Public art, events, and projects that are embedded in the curriculum, facilities, and campus promote a positive social climate, activate learning, and provide key resources for an inclusive academic community. We will show you how institutions can leverage their campus and facilities to increase diversity, global relevance, community engagement, and creativity. You will learn how precedents, projects, and protocols can enable you to embrace trends in placemaking and pedagogy in your institution.

Learning Outcomes

1. Establish planning and design procedures to embed arts, expression, and creativity across your campus.
2. Identify protocols for free expression within campus programs and curriculum.
3. Design safe places to support both creativity and difficult conversations.
4. Create spaces that support diversity and inclusion.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUP53C145)

3:00 PM– 4:00 PM

Tags: Facilities Funding/Capital Planning, Project Management/Delivery

Presented by: Janette Blackburn, Principal, Shepley Bulfinch | Geoffrey Cromarty, Vice President for Planning and Institutional Research, Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University | Robert M. Sheeran, Vice President for Facilities, Xavier University

In response to dynamic campus shifts, whether triggered by institutional mergers, mission alignment, or innovative community partnerships, planners and designers are exploring new models to fund and create student spaces. You will learn about the experiences of two different campuses implementing new organizational structures and creative project delivery models for student space and how you can apply their methods on your campus.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify considerations for planning student spaces in the event of an institutional merger.
2. Evaluate decision points and potential outcomes when planning a traditionally funded project.
3. Determine at what points decisions need to be made and what potential outcomes could be when planning a developer-financed project.
4. Implement techniques for engaging stakeholders and incorporating unique methods for different models.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C116)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

3:00 PM– 4:00 PM

Tags: Resource Planning

Presented by: Larry Goldstein, President, Campus Strategies, LLC

It is increasingly difficult to articulate to non-financial audiences how resource reductions and increased costs impact institutions’ ability to fulfill their missions. Financial ratios are a useful bridge that connect complex financial data with easily understood metrics that can help assess financial health and shape strategic decision making on campuses. This session explains the Composite Financial Index (CFI), which is the industry standard for assessing institutional financial health and describes best practices for utilizing it to guide decision making. 

Learning Outcomes

1. Apply the key elements of institutional assessment focused on financial considerations.
2. Discuss the four key ratios that comprise the Composite Financial Index (CFI).
3. Describe the limitations of ratio analysis for assessing institutional financial health.
4. Discover how to avoid the pitfalls from excessive reliance on quantitative measures when assessing institutional financial health.

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Finance

3:00 PM– 4:00 PM

Tags: Space Management/Utilization

Presented by: James Downey, Vice President for Planning & Institutional Effectiveness, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary | Natasha Dunwoody, Christner Inc. | John R. Reeve, President, Christner Inc.

Maintaining excess campus facilities and properties consumes resources that could otherwise advance the mission and enable growth. However, strategically aligning these assets can support an institution's vitality. We will discuss how institutions with declining enrollment can avoid budget stress by using benchmarks to right-size space allocation, including functional and condition assessments to reduce assets while partnering to develop new revenue sources. Learn about a planning approach that overcomes inertia and garners support for actions that drive impactful change. This approach is data-focused and analytically rigorous, thereby minimizing politics to build consensus.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify and seize opportunities to exercise good stewardship of your space and facilities resources.
2. Evaluate developer partnerships in terms of risk and reward.
3. Present facts to bring reluctant stakeholders on board with right-sizing your institution.
4. Catalog campus facilities inventory with utilization, function, and condition benchmarks.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C195)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

3:00 PM– 4:00 PM

Tags: Student Success

Presented by: Emily Benson, Partner, LaunchingU, LLC | Susan Hay, Managing Partner, LaunchingU, LLC

Students enter college believing they will be highly employable afterwards, but institutions typically offer inadequate support for students who are about to transition from college to a career. This leads to poor outcomes and erodes belief in college education. However, institutions that develop a systems approach to career development with a guarantee of post-graduation employment will improve recruitment, retention, and alumni engagement. This session will build a case and provide tools for a systems approach to career development that offers a guarantee for committed students and creates competitive advantage for the institution.

Learning Outcomes

1. Present the guarantee challenge to interested stakeholders.
2. Define a clear strategy for approaching potential allies within your institution.
3. Gain tools for implementing a pilot career transition program.
4. Gain tools for guiding stakeholder discussions.

3:00 PM– 4:00 PM

Tags: Institutional Effectiveness

Presented by: Maya Evans, Executive Director, Research and Planning, Oakton Community College

The college experience is centered on connection, which begins the moment a prospective student selects their college. User experience (UX) design principles provide techniques to create student-centered processes that are central to maintaining student connection. This session will describe how Oakton Community College applied UX design principles to improve our application and registration process. We will give you step-by-step guidance for designing UX improvement projects that assess and improve a student's interface with your institution, from data collection to modeling alternatives and evaluation.

Learning Outcomes

1. Complete a process map of the student experience from entry to completion.
2. Design a project to assess student interface with the institution.
3. Collect data using UX techniques to learn how students experience college processes.
4. Design, prototype, and evaluate new processes that improve the student experience.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C134)

3:00 PM– 4:00 PM

Tags: Implementation, Institutional Direction

Presented by: Linda Clark, Associate Professor, Central Connecticut State University | Zulma Toro, President, Central Connecticut State University

Challenging fiscal environments and decreasing numbers of traditional-age students are forcing institutions to narrow the scope of operations and prioritize funding resources consistent with their institutional vision. This session will discuss effective symbolic leadership strategies that implement a vision statement across all segments of campus, including messaging and operational strategies used by leaders to demonstrate how change is accomplished. You will learn how a symbolic leadership style uses a variety of consistent messaging to move from an abstract vision statement to develop both day-to-day and long-term strategic change.

Learning Outcomes

1. Implement elements of symbolic leadership strategies in practice.
2. Develop and/or refine institutional vision statements.
3. Conduct highly visible activities and send messaging that articulate the institutional vision.
4. Infuse daily operations by recognizing and supporting behaviors and activities reinforcing vision.

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUP53C109)
NASBA CPA CPE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Business Management and Organization

4:15 PM– 5:30 PM

Tags: Governance, Institutional Direction

Presented by: Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin is a world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Goodwin is the author of six critically acclaimed and New York Times best-selling books, including her most recent, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism (November 2013). Winner of the Carnegie Medal, The Bully Pulpit is a dynamic history of the first decade of the Progressive era, that tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air. Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners has acquired the film and television rights to the book.

Spielberg and Goodwin previously worked together on Lincoln, based in part on Goodwin’s award-winning Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, an epic tome that illuminates Lincoln's political genius, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president. Team of Rivals was awarded the prestigious Lincoln Prize, the inaugural Book Prize for American History, and Goodwin in 2016 was the first historian to receive the Lincoln Leadership Prize from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation.

Goodwin was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II, and is the author of the bestsellers Wait Till Next Year, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream and The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, which was adapted into an award-winning five-part TV miniseries.

Goodwin is currently working on a book on Presidential leadership that incorporates her five decades of scholarship studying Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, FDR and LBJ. It was Goodwin's experience as a 24-year-old White House Fellow, working directly for President Johnson as an assistant in his last year in the White House, and later assisting him in the preparation of his memoirs, that fueled her interest in becoming a presidential historian and author.

Goodwin graduated magna cum laude from Colby College and was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Government from Harvard University, where she taught Government, including a course on the American Presidency. Among her many honors and awards, Goodwin was awarded the Charles Frankel Prize, given by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Sarah Josepha Hale Medal, the New England Book Award, and recently the Carl Sandburg Literary Award and the Ohioana Book Award.

Goodwin lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with her husband, the writer, presidential advisor, speechwriter, and playwright Richard N. Goodwin. She was the first woman to enter the Boston Red Sox locker room and is a devoted fan of the World Series-winning team. 

6:30 PM– 8:00 PM

8:00 AM–11:30 AM

Tags: Sustainability (Environmental)

Presented by: Roger Chang, Principal, DLR Group | Elizabeth Hawkins, Senior Associate, DLR Group | Prem Sundharam, Global Sustainability Leader, DLR Group

Institutions are required to holistically plan for overall resiliency, net-zero energy, payback, and best management practices. In this workshop, will will present a practical tool kit for rethinking buildings as part of larger campus systems to provide innovative, integrated utility solutions and strategies. You will learn campus-level gaming strategies and scenario testing that integrates human experience with facility data and achieves savings. Through hands-on exercises, you will also apply energy concepts through multiple perspectives of net-zero, campus sustainability, and programmatic goals. 

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the challenges and limitations of achieving net-zero energy at a building scale.
2. Educate stakeholders how to scale net-zero energy concepts to the campus level.
3. Implement the key steps involved in planning for a net-zero campus.
4. Apply effective strategies that overcome the practical challenges of scaling net-zero concepts.

Cost: Member $225 / Nonmember $325

8:00 AM–11:30 AM

Tags: Learning Environments

Presented by: David Suder, Deputy Executive Director and Director of Campus Development, Monash University

Increasingly, recruiters look for soft skills competencies. Collaborative space design helps students develop these soft skills. Virtual and physical teaching spaces vary in strength to capture students’ attention and increase their learning potential. Appropriate design principles support trainer performance, thereby increasing learning outcomes. In this workshop, you will gain tools to redesign existing spaces so they promote the development of soft skills. We'll also discuss how to introduce a mock-up phase before building new teaching space to improve design effectiveness.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the soft skills you need to develop for your teaching and learning strategy.
2. Identify the mix of relevant space types for infrastructure design that will develop the soft skills you identified.
3. Develop an interaction matrix to help the design support soft skill development.
4. Translate the matrix in a full-size mockup to test, proof, and refine the design.

Cost: Member $225 / Nonmember $325

8:00 AM–11:30 AM

Tags: Organizational Innovation

Presented by: Robert Brodnick, Founder, Brodnick Consulting Group | Donald M. Norris, President and Founder, Strategic Initiatives, Inc.

Many believe the current financial model for higher education is broken, so institutions need to innovate their strategies, programs, and business models if they are to meet emerging value expectations. A business model is a design for running an institution that includes details regarding operations, revenue generation, defining students and markets, services, and financial management. Armed with tools from the world of innovation, you will learn how models can help higher education and transform your planning approaches to bring fresh ideas to traditional methods and practices.

Learning Outcomes

1. Apply business model innovation in higher education.
2. Craft the elements of the Business Model Canvas.
3. Use modeling tools to describe, diagnose, and optimize the business model at your institution.
4. Extend traditional approaches to program realignment and innovation.

Cost: Member $225 / Nonmember $325

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 3.25 units; Field of study: Business Management and Organization

8:00 AM–11:30 AM

Tags: Academic Planning

Presented by: Janet Hyde, President, Academic Strategic Directions

The academic environment is changing, labor market needs are changing, and learners have more choices than ever. Post-secondary institutions need to align programs with economic development, emerging employment, and learner expectations. This workshop offers a research-based approach to identifying emerging opportunities, prioritizing program options, and enhancing traditional as well as non-traditional student attraction and retention. Come learn how to identify emerging program opportunities not currently defined, prioritize new program options across department lines, and achieve enrollment growth objectives.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify new emerging program opportunities.
2. Assess and prioritize program options institution-wide.
3. Meet enrollment targets.
4. Align programs with learner needs and labor market needs.

Cost: Member $225 / Nonmember $325

Continuing Education Credits

NASBA CPA CPE 3.25 units; Field of study: Specialized Knowledge

8:00 AM– 1:00 PM

Tags: Facilities Planning

Presented by: Ilya Avdeev, Associate Professor; Co-Founder and Co-Director of UWM Student Startup Challenge, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Amin Mojtahedi, Design Researcher, HGA Architects & Engineers | Rich M. Smith, Principal, HGA Architects and Engineers

In this rapidly changing landscape of work and learning, universities and planners need to implement methodologies that are designed to provide desirable, viable, and feasible solutions in highly ambiguous situations. This workshop engages you in a design-thinking process using a set of tools customized for envisioning places that equip students for success. You will leave this workshop equipped with design thinking as a methodology, toolbox, and mindset that helps you to develop empathy with diverse stakeholders and turn the ambiguity of “wicked problems” into opportunity.

Learning Outcomes

1. Engage diverse stakeholders to create solutions for students in a changing work and learning landscape.
2. Align feasibility and viability of solutions with individual and institutional goals and values.
3. Develop new values and create metrics for measuring the success of your solutions.
4. Deploy low-investment solutions for gauging outcomes before launching capital-intensive initiatives.

Cost: Member $275 / Nonmember $395

8:00 AM– 5:00 PM

Tags: Space Management/Utilization

Presented by: Lisa M. Keith, Principal, Ayers Saint Gross | Kate Sullivan, Senior Institutional Planner, University of Wisconsin-Extension

Assessing space is difficult. The following components are essential in this process: incorporating planning efforts, creating a transparent process, classifying space, evaluating quality, measuring utilization, applying space metrics, benchmarking, and most importantly, communicating outcomes. In this workshop, you will learn from real world examples of integrated planning components, space inventory issues, and utilization expectations. We will also discuss the pitfalls of different space metrics and benchmarking and how to communicate outcomes.

Learning Outcomes

1. Articulate to campus leadership the value of assessing your institution's space portfolio.
2. Evaluate how other institutional planning efforts or studies impact space.
3. Locate, interpret, and analyze relevant institutional data to establish a solid baseline assessment.
4. Assess the impact of program mix, pedagogy, strategic plans, and space quality in the analysis.

Cost: Member $335 / Nonmember $480

8:00 AM– 5:00 PM

Presented by: David Liberatore, Director of Learning, Raleigh, BSA LifeStructures Inc.

Many strategic planning models don’t work in higher education because they’re not designed for higher education. Strategic planning processes designed for corporations or non-profits don’t account for higher education’s complex environment and the unique challenges it faces.

The SCUP Integrated Planning Model is different. It has been developed exclusively for higher education. Our model will help individuals, teams, and institutions solve their thorniest problems. When you use the SCUP Integrated Planning model, you will get an accurate picture of your external environment, ask hard but necessary questions, and build actionable plans. The result? You’ll do more than implement a strategic plan. You’ll foster a campus-wide culture of resourceful anticipation.

This workshop series guides you through the SCUP Integrated Planning Model. After each workshop, you will go back to your campus with tangible takeaways and tools that you can use to grapple with practical problems.

Who Should Attend

SCUP’s Integrated Planning Model is widely applicable and easily adaptable. It can be used to solve departmental issues or reach an institution-wide goal. It can tailored to any institution, regardless of size or type.

Learning Outcomes

1. Assess your institution’s readiness for change so you can remove change inhibitors and pave a pathway to success.
2. Identify and analyze stakeholders for your institution’s planning efforts, convince necessary stakeholders to adopt integrated planning practices at your institution, and create a communication plan that ensures a transparent and inclusive planning process.
3. Analyze your institution’s internal and external environment, including global forces and trends, internal mandates, and competitors.
4. Adapt integrated planning to your institution’s unique situation.

Cost: Member $300 / Nonmember $430

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 7.0 units (SCUP53W015)

8:00 AM– 5:00 PM

Presented by: Lynn Akey, Associate Vice President, Institutional Research, Strategy and Effectiveness, Minnesota State University - Mankato

This workshop is two full days - Wednesday, July 18 and Thursday, July 19

There is a stereotype about strategic planning—it only creates plans that sit on the shelf, collecting dust. But plans that are created without building bridges across boundaries are doomed to fail. With the SCUP Integrated Planning Model, you develop an integrated strategic plan and put that plan into action. How? By using a process that is participatory, robust, and sustainable. You will identify who you need to succeed and work with them. You will articulate goals that are relevant, translate those goals into assigned actions, and be ready to adjust those goals when inevitable changes happen. Planning Institute 2 gives you the framework to develop and implement your strategic plan. You will return to your institution with tools, techniques, and skills you can use to leverage your institution’s complex operating environment for change.

Learning Outcomes

1. Assess your institution's resources and culture so you create a strategic plan that can be implemented.
2. Identify strategic issues that must be addressed and map strategies and tactics to address those issues.
3. Align plans both vertically with the overall strategic plan and horizontally with other unit plans so the entire institution works together towards goals.
4. Implement your plan and prepare for common implementation challenges.

Cost: Member $1,250 / Nonmember $1,785

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 12.0 units (SCUP53W014)

8:30 AM–12:30 PM

Lipscomb University is a private and intentionally Christian co-educational institution that has been educating students since 1891. Lipscomb currently serves more than 4700 students who seek bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees on a campus that was once founder David Lipscomb's working farm. The scenic campus is located in the heart of Green Hills, an established and popular residential area of Nashville. 

This campus tour will focus on four things: (1) an architectural plan resulting in the campus's transformation, (2) the challenges of transforming and expanding a campus within the confines of an upscale residential neighborhood, (3) an existing building's repurposing and revitalization for 21st century purposes, and (4) Lipscomb’s current vision for expansion, the downtown off-site location called Spark. We will share the challenges and successes of developing an architectural plan for an almost 100-year-old university and navigating the growth of the university's physical plant, which is situated above a system of underground caves. Next, we will address the concerns of expanding the campus within the limits of an established community while maintaining good relationships with our neighbors. The Burton Health Sciences building (the former administrative building" will serve as an example of necessary growth management by creatively and strategically repurposing existing space. The tour will end downtown at our newest off-site location, Spark, which is housed in a former renovated parking garage and offers innovative meeting and classroom space for the downtown community.

The tour includes transportation and light refreshments. The bus ride is about 25 minutes each way. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the contrast in perspectives that take place while transitioning a campus without an architectural plan to a campus with an architectural plan.
2. Analyze the challenges of transforming and expanding a campus within the confines of an upscale residential neighborhood.
3. List the benefits and challenges of repurposing and revitalizing existing buildings for 21st century purposes.
4. Discuss the challenges of expanding a campus beyond its physical, philosophical, and historical boundaries.

Cost: $75 USD

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 3.0 units (SCUP53T004)

8:30 AM– 1:00 PM

Austin Peay State University (APSU) is located just 45 minutes from Nashville in downtown Clarksville, TN. APSU is the designated Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) for the state of Tennessee. CECA supports the creative arts in the university, the local community, and the Southeast region by sponsoring the creation, presentation, study, and research of significant and distinctive works of art. CECA also provides an enriched environment conducive to the individual understanding and basic literacy of the creative arts disciplines through curricular and co-curricular arts education designed to meet the needs of the general university student, the arts major, the general public, and the professional artist.

At the beginning of the 2017 fall semester, APSU opened a new $21.3 million, 46,000 square foot building for the Department of Art + Design. The new building's highlights include state-of-the-art studios, a lecture and recital hall, the Student Gallery, the museum-quality New Gallery featuring contemporary art, and the innovative Living Gallery. The building was designed to maximize student engagement and use as well as to showcase highlights from the university’s 2,000+ object art collection.

The tour includes transportation and lunch.

Learning Outcomes

1. Use materials and form to reduce contextual conflict and help new construction fit into a changing/growing campus.
2. Create semi-public and private spaces to bring students and faculty together outside of the classroom.
3. Provide a blank canvas—an uninterrupted corridor that serves as a display avenue for students.
4. Describe how to incorporate green space into an art and design building.

Cost: $75 USD

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 1.75 units (SCUP53T001)

9:00 AM–12:45 PM

Experiencing phenomenal growth in the past 15 years, Belmont University has more than doubled its enrollment size from just under 3,000 to well over 8,000. Belmont has grown from a 1.5 million square foot campus to a 50 building, 4 million square foot campus. Leaders undertook energy efficient and sustainable design improvements that held energy cost increases to just 10 percent despite such a large increase in square footage.

This extraordinary change has occurred without losing focus on its mission or students. Rather, Belmont has transformed its business model to adapt to rapidly changing world economics, community needs, and environmental demands.

This tour will highlight how Belmont approaches campus planning in the midst of consistent and impressive growth, all while keeping its mission and vision at the forefront. Speakers include campus experts and architects, engineers, and contractors engaged in sustainable building efforts. The tour provides time for discussion, questions, meeting the experts, and networking with colleagues from around the country.

The tour includes transportation and lunch.

Learning Outcomes

1. Observe cutting-edge facilities that meet local educational needs, contributing to high-quality academic programs.
2. Design for growth while incorporating institutional goals committed to stewardship and the responsible use of resources.
3. Discuss how innovative approaches to sustainable building design, specifically community partnerships, can enhance curricular offerings and provide significant cost savings.
4. Describe new technologies and strategies that surpass expectations of sustainable design and meet project challenges with innovation.

Cost: $75 USD

1:15 PM– 4:30 PM

Did you know that ONLY Nashville has four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs)? The opportunity to study HBCU history and greatness is a fortunate turn indeed. A chance to visit 3 of the greatest schools in Nashville, all HBCUs, with a combined legacy of 400 years of challenge, accomplishment, and victory, is a once-in-a-lifetime prospect.

Tennessee State University (TSU) is committed to excellence and has been consistently listed in the U.S. News & World Report’s “Guide to America’s Best Colleges” for more than a decade. Founded in 1912, TSU is a comprehensive, urban, co-educational, land-grant institution. The university has been served by eight presidents, including Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, who is currently serving as our eighth president. In 1909, the Tennessee State General Assembly created three normal schools, including the Agricultural and Industrial Normal School, which would grow to become TSU. The first 247 students began their academic careers on June 19, 1912, and William Jasper Hale served as head of the school. Students, faculty, and staff worked together as a family to keep the institution operating, whether the activity demanded clearing rocks, harvesting crops, or carrying chairs from class to class.

Founded in 1866, shortly after the end of the Civil War, Fisk University is a historically black university and is the oldest institution of higher learning. Fisk’s outstanding faculty and students continue to enhance the university’s national reputation for academic excellence, which is validated year after year by the leading third-party reviewers as well as the pool of talented applicants and the large percentage of alumni who complete graduate or professional degrees and become leaders and scholars in their fields. From its earliest days, Fisk has played a leadership role in the education of African Americans. Fisk faculty and alumni have been among America's intellectual, artistic, and civic leaders in every generation since the university's beginnings.

Meharry Medical College is one of the nation’s oldest and largest historically Black academic health science centers dedicated to educating physicians, dentists, researchers, and health policy experts. Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College, Meharry was the first medical school in the South for African Americans. It was chartered separately in 1915. Today, Meharry includes a medical school, dental school, and a graduate school and is home to the Robert Wood Johnson Center for Health Policy at Meharry.

Tour includes transportation.

Learning Outcomes

1. Summarize the important histories, accomplishments, and alumni of these three universities.
2. Relate this knowledge to the history of the HBCU legacy.
3. Describe important historical and emerging architectural issues prevalent on these campuses.
4. Apply this knowledge to planning and development of future facilities. 

Cost: $50 USD

8:00 AM– 5:00 PM

Presented by: Lynn Akey, Associate Vice President, Institutional Research, Strategy and Effectiveness, Minnesota State University - Mankato

This workshop is two full days - Wednesday, July 18 and Thursday, July 19

There is a stereotype about strategic planning—it only creates plans that sit on the shelf, collecting dust. But plans that are created without building bridges across boundaries are doomed to fail. With the SCUP Integrated Planning Model, you develop an integrated strategic plan and put that plan into action. How? By using a process that is participatory, robust, and sustainable. You will identify who you need to succeed and work with them. You will articulate goals that are relevant, translate those goals into assigned actions, and be ready to adjust those goals when inevitable changes happen. Planning Institute 2 gives you the framework to develop and implement your strategic plan. You will return to your institution with tools, techniques, and skills you can use to leverage your institution’s complex operating environment for change.

Learning Outcomes

1. Assess your institution's resources and culture so you create a strategic plan that can be implemented.
2. Identify strategic issues that must be addressed and map strategies and tactics to address those issues.
3. Align plans both vertically with the overall strategic plan and horizontally with other unit plans so the entire institution works together towards goals.
4. Implement your plan and prepare for common implementation challenges.

Cost: Member $1,250 / Nonmember $1,785

Continuing Education Credits

AIA LU 12.0 units (SCUP53W014)