Final Program (pdf) - Society for College and University Planning

Concurrent Sessions
3:30 PM–4:30 PM Delaware B CC-31
Bayonets to Baccalaureates: Creating a Learning Environment
From an Army Base
Presenters: Niraj Dangoria, Assistant Vice President for Campus
Planning and Development, California State University-Monterey Bay;
Robert S. Sena, Consulting Principal, Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc.
Convener: Alexandria Roe, Executive Officer/Planning & Technical
Services, Connecticut State University System Office
This story tells the successful movement from a desolate, scattered,
somewhat derelict ex-military site to a university with stature and
a recognizable image. The university/consultant planning team was
pressured to: use existing buildings but charged with creating a learning
environment; reduce distances between destinations; protect the natural
setting; and create a strong, symbolic image for California State
University-Monterey Bay. Follow the journey and lessons learned to
overcome obstacles to achieve a successful transformation to a truly
memorable design for the campus.
Xapple Topical Area: Campus Development
Monday, July 25, 2005
3:30 PM–4:30 PM Virginia A CC-32
Cultivating a Shared Environmental Vision at Middlebury College:
Examining Philosophy and Practice
Presenters: Jose M. Almiñana, Principal, Andropogon Associates, Ltd;
Mark H. Gleason, Project Manager, Middlebury College; Nan Jenks-Jay,
Director/Environmental Affairs, Middlebury College
Convener: Nancy Tierney, Director, Stanford University
Middlebury College is a leader among academic institutions to explore
campus-based solutions that translate into global environmental
changes. Learn how the college has realized its goal of creating a
shared vision and institutional core values that move toward long-term
sustainability. Higher education institutions, through academic programs
and campus environment projects, can be community leaders for setting
sustainability goals—educationally, technically, politically—and serve
as catalysts for global change.
Xapple Topical Area: Sustainability
Monday, July 25, 2005
3:30 PM–4:30 PM Virginia C CC-33
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.
Xapple Topical Area: Town/Gown
Monday, July 25, 2005
Monday
3:30 PM–4:30 PM Maryland C CC-34
From Budget Crisis to One of America’s Best
Presenters: David A. Dowell, Vice Provost, California State University-
Long Beach
Convener: Manny A. Canales, Fiscal Planning Analyst, Arizona State
University Main
In the 1990’s, California State University-Long Beach suffered through
a state budget crisis that prompted class cancellations, enrollment loss,
and student demoralization. Subsequently, campus leaders resolved
to improve the quality of the student experience. Many changes were
implemented, including a major change in how planning was carried
out. In the ensuing decade, enrollments increased, retention soared,
and graduation rates increased. This year, the campus was listed in the
top tier of US News and World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges”
(among western, master’s universities). This is the story of a decade of
improvement.
Xapple Topical Area: Strategy and Transformation
Monday, July 25, 2005
3:30 PM–4:30 PM Maryland A CC-35
Innovative Planning for Interdisciplinary Learning
Presenters: Ned A. Collier, Partner, Perry Dean Rogers | Partners;
Richard M. Jones, Associate, Perry Dean Rogers | Partners Architects;
Fred Limp, Director, Center for Advanced Spatial Technology,
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Convener: L. Thomas Swafford, Assistant Vice Chancellor & Director/
Space Management & Research Facilities, Indiana University at
Bloomington
Interdisciplinarity has been a significant influence on academic
department organization and new teaching philosophies. Administrative
structures and environments that sponsor, encourage, and support the
transgression of disciplinary boundaries for the purpose of opening new
areas of study are emerging as campus and building problems. Focus
on interdisciplinarity as a concept, its impact on building programming,
academic curricula, research and funding opportunities, and spatial and
planning implications, by examining a case study at the University of
Arkansas.
Xapple Topical Area: Academics and Instruction
Monday, July 25, 2005
3:30 PM–4:30 PM Maryland B CC-36
The Library as a Transformative Community Focus in an Urban
University
Presenters: Bryan Irwin, Architect, Sasaki Associates; Sharon L.
Bostick, Dean and Director of Libraries, University of Missouri
- Kansas City; Philip J. Parsons, Director Sasaki Strategies, Sasaki
Associates Inc.
Convener: John R. Bengston, Vice President & Principal, Paulien &
Associates Inc.
A hybrid library supports cost-effective pedagogical and social change.
Plans for rebuilding the library at the University of Missouri Kansas
City include an attached new student center, reflecting the assertion
that “learning is fundamentally social.” The 300,000-square-foot
library will be expanded as a hub for teaching and learning and will
include classrooms, group study rooms and lecture halls, and multiple
resources—human, physical, and technological—to support faculty and
students. The plan builds on earlier innovations in hybrid buildings to
include current trends in pedagogy and addresses the needs of today’s
commuter and residential students.
Xapple Topical Area: Facilities
Monday, July 25, 2005
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