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SCUP 2024 North Central Regional Conference

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A Guidebook for Inclusive Design

 This session will show how to implement a unified approach to inclusive design within high-performing sustainable buildings by incorporating intentional design solutions that account for diverse human conditions and experiences.
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A Successful Model for Integrated Strategic Planning and Implementation

 This session will delve into the creation of a strategic plan at The Ohio State University (OSU) and its academic medical center. The plan leverages program development and integration of enrollment as well as DEI plans to advance goals and meet workforce needs.
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Campus Library Planning to Meet Evolving Student Needs

 Libraries impact every student on campus, and as neutral third spaces, libraries are positioned to provide services equitably. Today's library services have expanded from the traditional book stacks to include a range of diverse resources.
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Culture-infused Master Plans: Transforming UTTC Through Regenerative Design

 This session will share lessons learned from United Tribes Technical College's (UTTC) master plan that serves as a living document and adapts to changing needs. We'll explore how this culture-infused master plan applied an integrated approach to campus development over five years, addressing five primary needs with a focus on culture, regenerative design, and phasing to support strategic alignment.
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Full STEAM Ahead: Colocating Science, Engineering, and Liberal Arts

 Recruitment and retention are increasingly vital as student demographics evolve. New approaches to collaborative planning create keystone spaces on campus that can reinvigorate entire zones and benefit students, faculty, staff, and the bottom line.
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Mass Timber: The Future of Carbon Neutral Campuses

 Higher education must lead by example to promote widespread adoption of carbon sequestering mass timber while also delivering an enriched student experience.
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Reimagining Clippinger: Adaptive Reuse of an OU Post-war Science Building

 Since Ohio University's (OU) Clippinger Laboratory was built in 1967 higher education has changed dramatically: scientific research, instruction, and the students themselves.
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The Future is Hands-on: Repositioning a Polytechnic Campus

 As pedagogy and market demand shift toward experiential and applied learning, this session will demonstrate practical methods for evaluating and repurposing existing space and the benefits of optimizing underperforming facilities.
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Using Ecosystemic Design to Build Regional Strategic Partnerships

 Planning through an ecosystem lens allows for coordination, innovation, and value exchange for regional strategic partnerships linking learning, work, and economic vitality. Using ecosystemic design, Minnesota State University (MSU), Mankato and the greater Mankato region will partner, innovate, and act in the future tense with the community and business ecosystem to train and sustain the workforce for local to global challenges.
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Using the Student Success Trifecta to Boost Enrollment and Retention

 As higher education faces the demographic cliff, institutions must find ways to boost enrollment, improve retention, and promote student success with a focus on first-generation students, DEI, and students with learning differences.