SCUP's 40th Annual International Conference & Idea Marketplace: Handouts

 

Integrated Academic, Financial, Strategic, and Facility Planning at Stanford University
Presenters: Margaret Dyer Chamberlain, Director/Capital Planning, Stanford University; Karen Nagy, Executive Dean, School of Humanities & Sciences, Stanford University
Convener: Jonathan Ryan, University Architect, Colgate University
Institutions of higher education share the challenge of developing integrated academic, financial, strategic, and facilities plans. This session presents Stanford's efforts along these lines through lessons learned in implementing university-wide space guidelines and utilization studies and linking them to academic and fiscal plans. Efforts at the Schools of Earth Sciences and Education, as well as in Business Affairs, will be covered. The bulk of the presentation will focus on the school of Humanities and Sciences' emerging whole-cost study. 

 

Linking Course Demand to Classroom Utilization, Faculty Productivity, and Resource Allocation
Presenters: Michael W. Dillon, Assistant Director/Institutional Research, State University of New York at Binghamton; Michelle Ponczek, Director/Space Analysis, State University of New York at Binghamton
Convener: Richard A. Rigterink, Principal, The Campus Studio
Classroom space on campuses is often in very high demand. Real and perceived shortages of classrooms escalate to upper administration. By linking classroom utilization, faculty productivity, and resource allocation, university administrators can ensure the proper mix of classrooms to meet demand. An electronic planning tool for tracking utilization and productivity and a regression analysis that uses historical data to predict classroom demand will be presented as tools for use in making critical decisions regarding classroom facilities and academic planning.

 For Young and Old: Planning for Campus-Affiliated Retirement Communities
Presenters: Paula Panchuck, Academic Dean/Lasell Village, Lasell College; Jana G. Silsby, Principal, Steffian Bradley Architects
Convener: Melanie Berkemeyer, Senior Associate, Cannon Design
Research confirms the retirement population's ability and desire to continue learning, their desire for age-integrated housing, and the psychosocial benefits that they derive from intergenerational interaction. Yet the "empty-nesters" are a largely untapped market for higher education institutions. This session describes three different models of affiliation between an academic host campus and a retirement community and the academic and facility planning for both the campus and community that supports each model. Examples of successful campus affiliations will be shown.

 

Using Space Strategically for Learning, Research, and the Bottom Line
Presenters: Sylvia Berenguer, Director/Academic Space, Florida International University; George Dambach, Vice President/Sponsored Research, Florida International University; Marie E. Zeglen, Vice Provost/Planning & Institutional Effectiveness, Florida International University
Convener: Charles Tinder, Associate Vice President/Budget & Planning, Florida International University
Space is a competitive resource within academic institutions. Its distribution is often a matter of privilege, history, or past success. Space allocation can be systematically tied to academic or research goals. This presentation outlines a new model for space management that is tied to strategic goals and is governed by measures of productivity, ROI, and strategic fit. Academic leaders and planners as well as space and financial managers will learn how to use space to advance their institution's strategic goals.

 

Is It Worth Teaching an Old Building (or Site) New Tricks?
Presenters: Frederic Knapp, Principal, Page & Turnbull; Emily B. Marthinsen, Associate Director/Physical & Environmental Planning, University of California-Berkeley
Convener: Howard Weiss, Principal, MBT Architecture
UC Berkeley's campus identity is closely tied to its historic fabric. Maintaining that fabric is important but often conflicts with changing needs of research, instruction, and administration. Although we know how to upgrade historic buildings to provide modern light levels, mechanical comfort, and accessibility, many historic buildings on the core campus require substantial alteration to meet current program needs. UCB is committed to stewardship of its historic resources and to providing quality facilities. Attendees are invited to describe buildings or sites on other campuses that have posed challenges of how to reconcile future academic needs with historical significance.

Tulane University: 10 Years After Implementation of the Strategic Residential Plan With Academic Initiatives
Presenters: Collette Creppell, University Architect & Director/Campus Planning, Tulane University; Yvette Jones, Senior Vice President/External Affairs, Tulane University; Jane Wright, President, Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Co
Convener: Calvert W. Audrain, Consultant
In 1995, Tulane University undertook a Housing Development Plan to enrich its academic and student life. Ten years later, Tulane has transformed its campus moving toward academic integration into the residences, through demolition, renovation, new construction, and new academic initiatives. This program will present a comprehensive business and physical plan for student housing with integrated academic and residence life initiatives, including the successes/obstacles, institutional academic objectives, campus master plan objectives, and financial realities of the plan.

 

Learning From the Inside-Out: The Paradox of University Planning
Presenters: Tom Hayes, Professor/Marketing, Xavier University; Sarah M. Kelly, Associate Vice President for Student Development, Xavier University
Convener: Marie E. Zeglen, Vice Provost/Planning & Institutional Effectiveness, Florida International University
Institutions of higher education are continually accused of being too internally focused-the "Ivory Tower"-except at the exact moment when an internal focus is most crucial; the execution of strategic planning. Participants in this session will learn that the core of this paradox lies in the failure of planners to understand the nature of higher education as a service enterprise. Additionally, participants will learn how to link employee attitudes and behaviors to strategic outcomes.

 

Gown Comes to Town: Current University Planning Agendas
Presenters: Frances Halsband, Partner, R.M. Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects; Roger K. Lewis, Professor & Journalist at the Washington Post, University of Maryland College Park
Convener: David Salazar, Director/Facilities, Claremont Graduate University
Universities are expanding their campuses into the city, and the new campuses don't look like green quadrangles any more. These new urban campuses look like, and function like, urban places, with mixed use, commercial, and public space integrated into academic, residential, student life, and even athletic spaces. This session is a close look at campuses in all parts of the country, an analysis of new ways of programming and developing real estate in the civic realm.

 

The State of Sustainability in Higher Education
Presenters: Vicki Sirianni, Consultant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ellen A. Watts, Principal, Architerra
Convener: Thomas B. Flaherty, Consultant, Central Connecticut State University
For several years, there has been growing interest in sustainability by colleges and universities. Despite this trend, many academic institutions express apprehension about green building costs, the LEED rating system, and the sustainable design process. A new study funded by an inaugural research grant from the AIA Boston Society of Architects assesses the sustainability experiences and aspirations of the Boston Consortium-13 institutions that include world leaders in higher education across diverse sizes and missions. This session presents this study and invites participants to assess their own practices and knowledge by responding to the actual survey questionnaire.

 

Planning for the Common Good . . . Traditions, Realities, and a Vision of the Future
Presenters: Scott A. Meiklejohn, Vice President/Planning & Institutional Advancement, Bowdoin College; Douglas Voigt, Associate, SOM
Convener: James C. Turman, Assistant Vice Provost/Student Affairs, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Concern for the common good is a binding characteristic of the culture at Bowdoin College. This session will present a new way to approach the campus plan that responded not only to the academic and instructional needs, but also the unique values at Bowdoin College. The session will present strategies that address the planning issues that are becoming common on many older campuses today, and will illustrate a unique approach to align strategic and physical plans. The current campus projects continue the college's mission to serve the common good.