Educational Session Block 5

501 - Emergency Management

FEMA Certification: Introduction to the Incident Command System

Part 4 of 4

Attendance at all parts is required to obtain this Certification.

Target Audience: All levels

Presenter: Bill Ballard, Associate Vice President for Administrative and Facilities Services, Certified Emergency Manager, The University of Vermont

Ideal for persons involved with emergency planning, response and/or recovery efforts for higher education institutions, Introduction to the Incident Command System for Higher Education introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training.  This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of ICS.  It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS). 

By participating in this certification course, including a tabletop exercise, participants will be familiar with:

• ICS applications in incidents at higher education institutions
• ICS organizational principles and elements
• ICS position and responsibilities
• ICS facilities and functions
• ICS planning.

In addition, you will learn the steps you should take to be accountable for your actions during an incident.

502 -  Senior Management Issues 

“Tired of Begging?  Exhausted From Fighting?? Can’t We All Just Get Along???”: 
The Significance & Benefits of Building & Maintaining Positive Relationships with Campus Partners

Target Audience: Mid and Senior Level Professionals

Presenters:  Susie Johnston, Director for Conference & Event Management, Baylor University; and Brett Perlowski, Baylor/ARAMARK Director of Dining Services, Resident District Manager

This session focuses on Baylor University’s model for building and maintaining relationships with campus partners. In this dog eat dog world, it comes as no surprise that every entity on campus is holding tightly to their own. It’s in these times, however, that capitalizing on each other’s strengths and strategic abilities and expanding cross-corporation collaboratives, will strengthen the infrastructure as a whole and will produce more efficient, effective, and successful outcomes for all involved.

As a result of participating in this session, attendees will:
• Learn techniques that their institution and business partners can utilize to develop a culture of collaboration, community, and service on their campus.
• Learn how visionary leadership in a stagnant workplace can increase motivation, drive excellence, and create teams of individuals with vested interests in the success of their operation. 
• Learn how relationships between institutions and campus partners can positively (or negatively) affect strategic planning, business development, negotiating opportunities, and overall customer service.

503 - Technology

Mobile Learning Initiative at ACU using the iPhone 

Target Audience: All levels

Presenter: Jim Trietsch, Chief Operations Planning Officer, Abilene Christian University

In 2007, educators, technologists, and administrators at ACU produced a case for mobile learning based on ubiquitous information access through small, powerful, highly portable, converged devices such as the iPhone. In August 2008, ACU was the first university to roll out more than 1,000 iPhones and iPod Touches to our incoming freshmen class and faculty. Join us as we discuss the project, the project management and the effect on our freshmen class and the campus.

As a result of participating in this session, attendees will learn:
• How the use of distinctive and innovative technologies can change your campus.
• How an initiative such as this promotes increased collaboration with vendors, campus constituents, faculty, and staff.
• How an initiative such as this promotes global thinking.
• How an initiative such as this expands the classroom beyond the campus.

505 - Campus Partnerships

Partnering with Enrollment Services: A New Approach for Recruitment and Retention 

Target Audience: New and Mid Level Professionals

Presenter: Dr. Tim Barnett, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, University of Illinois-Springfield

New students do not choose to come to a university because of the quality of housing, the meal plan options, or the presentation of the bookstore.  Students will choose not to come to a university, though, because housing or food service does not meet their expectations.  In this session, we will look at the extremely important relationship between auxilaries and student enrollment, and examine how to develop a collaborative working relationship with admissions.

As a result of participating in this session, attendees will:
• Understand new trends in recruiting and retention.
• Be able to share ideas for working more closely with enrollment services.
• Learn how to assess auxiliary services’ role in recruitment and retention of students.

506 - Bookstores

Increase Revenue Potential through Custom Publishing for Bookstore, Administration, Faculty and Publishers 

Target Audience: All levels

Presenters: George G. Masforroll, Director of Bookstores, Broward College; and Jennifer Berry, MBA, BYU Academic Publishing Manager, Brigham Young University

With changing delivery models for course materials/textbooks, college bookstores are challenged with helping to create viable and affordable alternatives.  This presentation will examine three different innovative approaches used in higher education.  The essential strategic plan is to assist in the coordination of the various decisions-makers on your campus.  Various metrics will be discussed which have been successfully implemented.

By participating in this educational session, attendees will:
• Understand how to increase textbook affordability.
• Understand how to increase academic relevance.
• Understand how to increase sell-through, revenue, and market-share.

507 - Sustainability

          Housing

Architecture 2030: The Road Map to Sustainable Student Housing

Target Audience: Mid and Senior Level Professionals

Presenters: Darlene Morgan, Vice President of Finance, Pacific University; and Kurt Haapala, AIA LEED AP, Associate, Mahlum Architects

Nationwide, the drive to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions is transforming campus buildings and communities. This session compares the distinct strategies and resulting residence halls of two leaders in sustainability, University of Washington and Pacific University. One is a major public institution and the other a private comprehensive university, but their disparate paths both meet the 2030 Challenge. Their stories offer valuable tools for institutions looking to create sustainable communities with ambitious performance outcomes.

As a result of participating in this session, attendees will:
• Gain base understanding of energy efficient design and why this is important.
• Gain an understanding of the 2030 Challenge and its application with residence hall planning and design.
• Be able to apply the ‘road map’ as a tool for reducing energy and carbon emissions on future projects.
• Gain insight into the challenges facing large and small universities as they take on sustainable project development.

508 - Campus Planning

Responding to Economic Challenges While Planning for Success

Target Audience: Mid and Senior Level Professionals

Presenters:  Tammy Anthony, Assistant Vice President for Auxiliary Services, New Mexico State University; and Matthew Bohannon, Project Manager, Brailsford & Dunlavey

How are you leading your team through short-term economic challenges while planning for long-term growth? Your organization is complex with extensive physical and financial source commitments.  Keeping everything streamlined while strategically positioning for success requires comprehensive planning and keen leadership.  Learn what new methodologies and solutions Brailsford & Dunlavey employs to proactively address rapidly changing performance expectations on campus, and see how New Mexico State University successfully repositioned their campus housing to repeatedly surpass projections. 

As a result of participating in this session, participants will:
• Understand the importance of comprehensive planning, particularly in light of increasing institutional expectations, aging facilities, and shrinking operational budgets.
• Recognize best practice planning methodologies that address how to establish divisional priorities, project future needs, optimize financial and physical resources, deliver efficient and effective services, and positively affect student learning outcomes.
• Evaluate a detailed case study of New Mexico State University's comprehensive planning approach, including how the plan will be used to guide the University's future activities.
• Outline evaluation and assessment criteria to measure outcomes and determine planning successes.

• Identify resources that attendees may use to assist them with planning activities on their own campus.