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In this episode, #27, YOUR guest is Clarence Lang, the Susan Welch Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Penn State University. YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* Dean Lang's reflections on the recently opened Susan Welch Liberal Arts Building.
* Best practices for the programming and design phase of a building.
* The evolving role of space in the modern university, including collaboration.
* The faculty office!!
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In this episode, #26, brought to YOU by Tradeline, YOUR guest is Lauren Livak Gilbert, Executive Director of the Digital Shelf Institute. YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* What the world of ecommerce, omnichannel marketing, and product experience can teach about campus planning.
* How digital, virtual, and physical space need to be understood as parts of a single experience, and planned and operated accordingly.
* Key concepts for planning and execution.
* The power of a student- and stakeholder-centered approach.
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In this episode, #25, brought to YOU by Tradeline, YOUR guests are Shannon Dowling, Principal, Ayers Saint Gross and Jessica Figenholz, Principal, Higher Education at Perkins&Will .
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* What is was like as individuals who work in campus planning, design, and/or space management to bring our children on campus tours.
* Reflections on what it was about campus that we, and our kids, took note of.
* The importance of the tour guide.
* Observations about campus buildings, technology and ... vending machines.
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In this episode, #24, brought to YOU by Tradeline, we continue the conversation with YOUR guest, Andrew Sama, Director, Huron Consulting Group.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* AI and space management technology: Affordability and new features.
*Prospects for mixed use and repurposed campus buildings.
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In this episode, #23, brought to YOU by Tradeline, YOUR guest is Andrew Sama, Director, Huron Consulting Group.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* A new survey currently in the field about the processes and data institutions use to manage their space. Take the survey!
* The challenges facing space allocation now and some steps institutions can take in response.
* Why data is so instrumental to managing space.
* The difference between working in space management on staff at a university and as a consultant..
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In this episode, #22, brought to YOU by the Course Scheduling Accelerator, YOUR guest is Kevin McClure, Distinguished Professor of College Leadership and Organizational Change, University of North Carolina-Wilmington and Author, The Caring University: Reimagining the Higher Education Workplace After the Great Resignation.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* Practical strategies to support workers' well-being and growth.
* The importance of taking change management seriously.
* How the physical campus impacts worker experience.
* Identifying and dealing with bad bosses.
* Hybrid work as a path to greater workplace accessibility .
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In this episode, #21, brought to YOU by Tradeline, YOUR guest is Nat Saviet, Vice President, Facilities at Bergen Community College. Nat talks about his recent appearance in front of the New Jersey State Senate Higher Education Committee to discuss the deferred maintenance backlog on college campuses, and about the topic of the importance of keeping up a college campus so that it can support the institutional mission.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* Nat's thoughts on an "ethic of care," and how that links to the conditions of the physical campus.
* How proper maintenance is crucial to the student educational experience.
* Challenges, including the gargantuan task of Assessing facilities conditions and prioritizing projects -- including barriers and possible solutions .
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In this episode, #19, brought to YOU by the Course Scheduling Accelerator, YOUR guest is Tonya Peeples -- the Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of the College of Engineering at Penn State.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
*The role facilities play in driving student, faculty, and staff experiences.
*Secrets to a successful and copacetic planning and design process.-Promoting collaboration.
*The importance of getting the building opening and its operational phase right.
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In this episode, #19, brought to YOU by the Course Scheduling Accelerator, YOUR guests are Natale Torres and Eduardo Coelho. They recently won first prize in the Coalition of Community College Architecture Programs 2025 Student Design Competition. Students at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ, they will both continue their architecture studies at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* Their design for a community wellness space, inspired by a desire to connect with and honor the land.
* How the structure's roof was meant to appear wind-shaped and the methods the team used -- including a digital wind simulation -- to achieve this.
* How they got interested in architecture and their vision for the future.
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In this episode, #18, brought to YOU by the Course Scheduling Accelerator, YOUR guests are Sam Adams Becker, CEO of SAB Creative & Consulting and Angela Gunder, CEO and Founder of Opened Culture. As two of the leaders of the 100 Year Ed Tech Project, they discuss the recently released report of the 2025 design summit.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
* This is Part II of the episode, focusing on the highlights of the March 2025 design symposium in San Antonio.
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In this episode, #17, brought to YOU by the Course Scheduling Accelerator, YOUR guests are Sam Adams Becker, CEO of SAB Creative & Consulting and Angela Gunder, CEO and Founder of Opened Culture. As two of the leaders of the 100 Year Ed Tech Project, they discuss the recently released report of the 2025 design summit.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* How we must -- and can -- all be futurists if we are going to meet the moment in higher ed.
* Organizational barriers to futuring, and solutions to address them.
* The multifaceted role of storytelling.
* Highlights of the 2025 design summit and a look forward to the 2026 summit being held again at the University of Texas-San Antonio.
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In this episode, #16, brought to YOU by the Course Scheduling Accelerator, YOUR guest is Lisa Craig Brisson, Executive Director of the Michigan Museums Association. Lisa, who works with about 650 museums all over the mitt, discusses her background in studying and planning for the user experience in museums -- and how it can help inform the planning of college campuses and spaces.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* User expectations and intent when they enter a space.
* Assumptions -- often false -- that designers make.
* When our experience with a space starts. (Usually well before we get there.)
* Leveraging spaces to drive the organizational mission.
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In this episode, #15, brought to YOU by the Course Scheduling Accelerator, YOUR guest is Lisa Whited, Author and Speaker. Lisa works with companies on a range of topics, including workplace, space, wellness, climate-positive action, and more. She's the author of Work Better, Save the Planet: The Earth-First Workplace is Good for People, Great for Business.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* What it means to be climate positive in campus planning, space management, and other realms.
* Dominant narratives that impact views and action around climate.
* How systems operate and why "systems" thinking is powerful for understanding organizations and society.
* How storytelling can drive systems change even holding a given structure or set of incentives constant.
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In this episode, #14, brought to YOU by the Course Scheduling Accelerator, YOUR guest is Emilie Chhangur, Director and Curator, Agnes Etherington Arts Centre, Queen's University.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
*The design of the renovated and expanded Agnes Etherington Arts Centre at Queen's Universty.
*The hidden role of the procurement process in shaping design.
*A two-year schematic design process based on indigenous talking circles.
*Building design and "choreography" as world-making.
*The importance of beginning the engagement of stakeholders well before the design process.
*Mushrooms, polyvocality, and much more.
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In this episode, #13, brought to YOU by the Course Scheduling Accelerator, YOUR guest is Billy Holder, Founder and CEO, Project Aidra.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* How AI-fueled technology can be applied to campus operations.
* The decision-making process around whether to procure prop tech/CRE tech.
*How to harness and organize data from prop/CRE tech foractual decision-making.
*AI and questions of labor supply, employment, andproductivity.
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In this episode, #12, brought to YOU by Co|Here Campus and Workplace and the Society for College and University Planning.
YOUR guest is Phil Kirschner, Founder and Principal Consultant, PK Consulting, LLC.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* Purpose-driven spaces.
* Thinking about how to get your buildings and spaces to do more.
* How re-conceptualizing your space based on its performance can lead to efficiency and cost-savings.
* The importance of digital spaces and planning them in conjunction with physical spaces.
* Behavior change as a part of space planning.
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In this episode, #11, brought to YOU by Co|Here Campus and Workplace and the Society for College and University Planning.
YOUR guest is Rebekah Paré, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Rebekah Paré Consulting, LLC.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* Some of the infrequently discussed reasons why students might opt not to enter a space or engage with an office on campus.
* Space as part of a comprehensive career services outreach strategy.
* The symbolic function of space and where it's located.
* Redundancy versus convenience: The role of multiple sites for student services offices on large and multi-campus universities.
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In this episode, #10, brought to YOU by Co|Here Campus and Workplace
YOUR guest is Lisa Bundrick, Director of Career Engagement at the Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business at Clemson University.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* How an embedded outpost helps students connect with career services.
* How space can be utilized in concert with outreach and partnerships to increase reach and impact.
* Lisa's insights on how space can drive emotion, and how to use that awareness to help students feel comfortable.
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In this episode, #9, brought to YOU by Co|Here Campus and Workplace
YOUR guest is Laurie Shanderson, CEO of Accreditation Insights.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* How the accreditation process can help campus planning to be holistic, intentional, and ongoing.
* What accrediting bodies look for in an institution’s facilities.
* The importance of baking accreditation into the ongoingplanning and daily operations of a campus, rather than waiting till an accreditation report or visit is imminent.
* How flexible, multi-use spaces can be a boon to accreditation.
*How the pandemic changed how colleges and universities view space.
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In this episode, #8, brought to YOU by Co|Here Campus and Workplace
YOUR guests are Charran James, SMU and President, Association of University Interior Designers, Brielle Bently, Princeton University, and Rebecca Garner, Rutgers University. Brielle and Rebecca helped plan the latest AUID annual conference.
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett
Join us as we discuss:
* Hot topics at the recent annual conference.
* The unique role of interior designers in creating campus spaces and experiences and the case for expanding their role in the planning and design process.
* The integral role of studying end-user diversity and variation.
* What the opposite of inclusion is.
* Who should join AUID and how the collaboration and information sharing the organization provides is so valuable for members and their institutions.
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