Educational Session Block 1

101-Emergency Management

Taking the Fear Out Of Evacuation: Medical Special Needs Shelter Operation

Target Audience:  All levels

Presenters: Tyler Junior College: Brian Turman, Director, Campus Services; Randy Melton, Director, Campus Safety; L. Michael Metke, President; and Martha Jo Reeves, Administrator, Silsbee Convalescent Center

An introduction regarding point-to-point medical care sheltering for the special needs population.  How can Higher Education fill this need?
• Preparing to facilitate a Special Needs Shelter on your campus.
• Coordinating your campus with local communities, state and federal organizations through MOU’s.
• Operating the Shelter: fiscal responsibility.
• Planning Practices with Public and Private Partnerships
• Supporting the Shelter: a campus-wide opportunity.

As a result of participating in this session, participants will understand:
• The importance of partnerships between Higher Education Institutions, private vendors, local and state government agencies, and long-term care facilities.
• The A,B,C’s of operating a Special Needs Shelter.
• The Benefits derived from campus participation in shelter operations.

102 -  Senior Management Issues 

Lessons Learned - Implementing Service Centers and Performance Measures 

Target Audience: Mid and Senior Level Professionals

Presenter: Daniel L. Allen, CFE, CISA, Student Life Controller and Director-Fiscal Support Services, Ohio State University

In 1999-00, Ohio State University implemented PeopleSoft and shifted from a University centralized fiscal processing environment to a decentralized environment.  Every operation became responsible for transaction processing, accounting, internal controls, and more. 

This presentation will walk you through our multi-year Student Life journey to streamline fiscal processes, minimize fiscal processing costs, and improve internal controls by implementing fiscal service centers and performance measures.

As a result of participating in this session, attendees will:

• Gain insight into lessons learned shifting back from decentralized processing to more centralized processing environments.
• Gain insight into potential opportunities for streamlining fiscal processes, minimizing fiscal costs, and improving internal controls.
• Understand advantages and disadvantages of fiscal service centers.
• Gain insight into fiscal support services performance measures.

103-Dealing with a Difficult Economy

A Strategic Approach to Maximizing the “Utility” of Your Energy Management Dollars

Target Audience: Mid Level Professionals

Presenter: Phillip A. Ray, Associate Vice President for Finance, Texas A&M University

As we conclude the fourth year of Texas A&M University’s current ‘Energy Risk Management Program’, this educational session is intended to highlight the fundamental structure of the University’s approach to strategic energy management, share our many lessons learned (both the good and the not so good!) as well as discuss our comprehensive ERMP strategy going forward. The primary focus of our planning is based upon current as well as projected economic forces, market indices, and operational imperatives.

As a result of participating in this session, attendees will gain additional knowledge as to a peer institution’s approach to maximizing their annual budgetary dollars, mitigating the price volatility of energy commodities, reducing financial risk, in addition to creating possible new streams of revenue in an effort to further offset the overall “price deck” of your future option position / investment portfolio. Our ultimate measure of success for this session is to go beyond simply sharing the various detailed elements of what we have learned to the facilitation of a more interactive dialog and objective assessment regarding the potential impact such strategies might have if/when implemented on your respective campus.

104-Sustainability

The US Green Building Council and LEED Certification—From Concept to Award

Target Audience: All levels

Presenters: Saint Louis Community College: Dennis Dill, Manager of District Maintenance and HVAC; and Kenneth Kempf, Manager of Engineering and Design

This PowerPoint presentation with full color handouts examines all steps necessary, from earliest conception through LEED award, to certify a building through the United States Green Building Council’s LEED rating system.  Specific, universally applicable examples will be provided based on the co-presenters’ experiences in obtaining LEED Gold certification.  Information will also address why some points may be unachievable and encompass multiple “green” features of St. Louis Community College–Wildwood.  (Includes question & answer session)

105-Personal Development

Increasing Your Organizational and Personal Values

Target Audience: All levels

Presenter: Keith Houck, Vice President for Administrative Services and Chief Business Officer, Valencia Community College

This session is designed to help you increase your value and better position you for growth and advancement.  This interactive session will include a personal assessment as well as providing you with tips and techniques to help you become more valuable to your organization and everyone you contact.

As a result of attending this session, attendees will:

• Define your purpose.

• Discover your committment to personal improvement.

• Develop the right attitude.
• Develop and nurture real relationships.
• Learn to deal with stress.
• Learn to trust.

106-Bookstores

Taking Control of Textbook Costs on Your Campus: Why Auxiliaries Must Lead

Target Audience: All levels

Presenter: Tom Bauer, Director of Auxiliary Services, San Mateo Community College District; and Don Newton, President, California Association of College Stores

Textbook prices are out of control. Student access to textbooks is in danger. Governments are writing laws to answer the public outcry. But real solutions lie within us - the college administration. Auxiliaries must lead all segments of the campus to Take Control of Textbook Costs. On your campus you can control textbook prices by developing alliances with faculty, bookstores, and students to establish procedures and activities that minimize what students must pay for their books.

As a result of participating in this session, attendees will:
• Discover how textbooks are priced and how they are sold to faculty.
• See how students at some colleges have collaborated with bookstores and faculty to reduce their own costs while making sure every student can buy the needed books.
• Learn how to aggressively market cost savings programs already in place on their campus.

107 - Sustainability

Go Green from the Inside-Out!!

Target Audience: All levels

Presenters: Jim McDermott, Business Manager, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville; Steve Kibler, Vice President of Business Development, Freshens; and Chris Roeder, Business Development Manager, International Paper

Representatives from Freshens, International Paper, and Morris University Center at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville will share how they have confronted sustainability issues to meet increasing demands from students and good service operators for socially responsible practices, corporate business packages, green packaging solutions, eco-friendly best practices, and food sourcing.  Managing the College Sustainability Report Card will be examined, and inspiring examples of corporations doing "What's Right" for their communities will be shared.

As a result of participating in this session, attendees will learn:

• Innovative approaches to meeting and exceeding demands for campus and corporate social responsibility.
• Both hard and soft costs incurred when moving an organization to Sustainable Practices.
• How to measure and integrate the "Triple Bottom Line" within their business practices.

108 - Award Winning Programs

Winners of the NACAS Innovative Achievement Award, Golden Award, and Technology Award discuss their award winning efforts.

109 - Learn from the Experts

Developing a Strategic Housing Plan; Building Consensus While Reaching Toward the Future

Presenter: Jason Wills, American Campus Communities

In addition to being a core aspect of the learning environment, campus housing has become increasingly more important for recruitment and retention amid evolving preferences of the millennial generation. The campus master plan is seldom adequate for planning the future of your institution’s student housing and even then only as a starting point. This session outlines process and considerations for your institution’s housing development utilizing key precepts of the 21st Century Project and private sector techniques.

"Learn From the Experts" is a special educational track sponsored by the NACAS Education Foundation and our Strategic Business Partners.