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FACILITIES • SECURITY • TECHNOLOGY • BUSINESS October 2014 / webCPM.com RecruitRecruit && RetainRetain FINDING & KEEPING THE BEST STUDENTS & FACULTY FENCES AND OUTDOOR STRUCTURES GOOD CHOICES FOR DIVERSE FUNCTIONS SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES PLANNING FOR WHAT WORKS SPECIAL SECTION SPORTS, ATHLETICS AND RECREATION Untitled-3 1 10/15/14 2:17 PM We’re serious about security, so students don’t have to be. HID Global brings together all the resources needed to create the ultimate campus ID. HID Global offers the industry’s broadest portfolio of ID cards, readers, printers/encoders and visitor management solutions that meet today’s campus requirements. We work with technologies ranging from proximity and contactless smart cards to NFC smart phones for opening doors, logging into computer networks, paying at the cafeteria, using library services and more. HID Global is serious about security and offers one-card solutions that can do it all. Learn more about our secure ID offerings at hidglobal.com/serious-cpm © 2013 HID Global Corporation/ASSA ABLOY AB. All rights reserved. HID, HID Global, the HID Blue Brick logo, and the Chain Design are trademarks or registered trademarks of HID Global or its licensor(s)/supplier(s) in the US and other countries and may not be used without permission. Untitled-4 1 9/18/13 3:35 PM Campus Scene IN THE SPOTLIGHT Ask the Expert This Month Wisconsin Energy Technology Integration Institute Wins LEED Gold How can we prepare for BYOD technology and collaboration? AS NEW PRODUCTS CONTINUE TO RESHAPE how we learn, work and play, classrooms are increasingly being led interactively and students are taking notes and participating on personal tablets, laptops, smartphones and phablets. The BYOD (bring your own devices) phenomenon is impacting libraries, student unions, classrooms, computer labs and more. Students are now required to work in col- laborative environments and on group project assignments on their own devices. As BYOD technology evolves, educational campuses must renovate and build facilities to meet the challenge. Students desire a space THE $57.1 MILLION, FIVE-STORY 104,000-SQUARE-FOOT Wisconsin En- where they can take care of everything — ergy Institute (WEI) at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, opened in 2013, has attend classes, collaboratively study, connect earned LEED Gold certifi cation from the U.S. Green Building Council and top honors quickly to the Internet and recharge devices. in commercial design locally. Maximizing student productivity with a focus on learning is paramount. Among the design features that earned the WEI LEED Gold certifi cation are: Facility planners must create new spaces • A central light well and fl oor-to-ceiling windows to help distribute natural light, while and renovate historical ones while school is in occupancy and daylight-harvesting sensors help manage use of artifi cial lighting; session — often in multilevel facilities. Insti- • the former site’s parking lot was converted to green space featuring a research- tutions with new and historical infrastructures relevant perennial garden and a bioswale area to fi lter silt in stormwater before are required to quickly and cost-effectively drainage to city facilities; confi gure and reconfi gure layouts to provide • about 96 percent of all construction waste — more than 10,600 tons of concrete, data access and an extensive number of elec- 220 tons of steel and 40 tons of wood — was recycled; trical outlets without impacting safety. • low-fl ow fi xtures to provide 30 percent improvement in water effi ciency; and New design, furniture options and in- • a 22kW photovoltaic array supplements building’s power needs. It also includes novative planning require new thinking and chilled beam technology that utilizes natural air fl ows to minimize energy use in solutions. Advancements in technology are heating and cooling offi ce space. fundamentally reshaping buildings. Class- rooms continue to evolve with new options requiring increased power and AV capabilities. The WEI was designed by the St. Louis offi ce of HOK and Madison-based Potter Design teams are pushed to not only Lawson. Mortenson Construction, Milwaukee, was general contractor for the project. exceed today’s requirements, but also lay the groundwork for future fl exibility and adapt- Menlo College Earns AACSB accreditation is the hallmark ability as technology changes over time. Col- of excellence in business education. laboration, fresh thinking and new solutions AACSB Accreditation are needed now more than ever. Menlo College in Atherton, CA, has Menlo College is proud to be among the elite schools across the globe that have earned AACSB accreditation (Associa- Clint Strong, CEO of Connectrac (www.connec- tion to Advance Collegiate Schools of earned AACSB accreditation. Recogni- trac.com), is the company’s founder and a Business), a distinction earned by less tion by AACSB is the culmination of a licensed architect. Contact Clint at clint.strong@ than fi ve percent of the world’s business multi-year, rigorous process of internal connectrac.com. schools. { CONT. ON PAGE 8 } OCTOBER 2014 / COLLEGE PLANNING & MANAGEMENT 3 Contents VOLUME 17 ISSUE 10 | OCTOBER 2014 On the Cover 20 Finders, Keepers Initiatives for recruiting and retaining the best — faculty and students — improve completion rates as well as the campus community. 20 32 BY BRANDON BARRETT Columns 6 Editor’s Note 8 Maintenance & Operations 10 Business Practices 12 Fire & Life Safety 14 Emerging Technology 43 47 16 Recruit & Retain 66 Trends in Green [ TECHNOLOGY ] Features 43 Communications Tools: [ FACILITIES ] Meeting Expectations 26 Good Fences From smartphone apps to video walls, ef- Make Good Neighbors fective and timely delivery of information is Departments Fences and other site amenities serve vital for everyone on campus. BY ELLEN KOLLIE 3 Campus Scene different functions, including wayfi nding, [ BUSINESS ] 3 Ask the Expert safety, privacy and campus identity. 47 Career Services: The 8 Hot Tips BY SCOTT BERMAN Times, They Are A-Changin’ 61 Facility Focus Today’s students have new expectations for 32 Is It Hot In Here? their post-college lives. Career Services are Balancing internal air quality and comfort changing to meet these needs. BY JEFF CANNING with energy savings can be challenging. Products Here are some ways to manage it. SPECIAL SECTION BY AMY MILSHTEIN 60 Supplier Spotlights 52 Sports, Athletics 63 Case History and Recreation 63 Product Showcase SPECIAL SECTION [ SAFETY & SECURITY ] SPORTS, ATHLETICS AND RECREATION This special section NEW LOOK, NEW LOGIC 64 Advertiser Index Often, the most cost-effective route to a state-of-the-art facility involves the adaptation and reorganization of existing spaces. The Right Security science and leadership (Army ROTC) curriculum continue to be focuses on the design, 37 offered and the program housed there. Tootell Physical Education Center was appended to the north end of Keaney in the late 1960s — primarily an aquatics center, bookended by two gymnasiums that served as practice space for basketball and volleyball, and in- Technology for the Job cluding two weight rooms as well. planning and instal- Mackal Field House, comprising a 200-meter track, four basketball courts and a fitness center, opened in 1991, appended to Keaney’s south end. Featuring translucent wall panels and skylights, Mackal Fieldhouse was the first campus athletics building to feature ample natural light. lation of athletic and In 2002, the 7,657-seat Thomas M. Ryan Center — a multipur- A security master plan is just one tool for PHOTOS COURTESY OF MOSER PILON NELSON ARCHITECTS pose arena built to serve as the [ COVER PHOTOGRAPH ] new home court for men’s and N SO MANY COLLEGE The resulting assortment of women’s basketball — was ap- OCAMPUSES, the evidence buildings and building wings is pended to Tootell’s north end. For of athletic facility construc- both a curse and — given the all the pomp and circumstance tion piecemealed over a span of right plan, owner input, design accompanying the Ryan Center’s decades is there for everyone to architect and budget — a bless- sports facilities, both opening, the new facility left the see. These periodic additions ing. More often than not, adaptive athletic department with a lot of were typically intended for one reuse of such spaces is simply the redundant space — particularly ensuring your campus has the right tech- sport apiece and (prior to 1970) most logical and cost-effective gym space — inside the four con- one gender, leaving institu- route to a state-of-the-art facility. nected buildings. The women’s University Hall, Westfi eld State University, tions scrambling from the 1980s volleyball team continued to play onward to accommodate an ex- Conquering Sprawl and practice in Keaney Gymna- panded roster of sports programs, The athletics program at the sium, and the basketball teams women’s teams and recreational University of Rhode Island (URI) utilized the Ryan Center and one indoor and outdoor. users. In their haste to meet has the kind of facilities history of Tootell’s auxiliary gyms for demand, many athletic programs that should seem familiar. It began practice, but seldom both Tootell left old facilities underutilized with a 1940s-era federal armory, gyms. The Field House was W e s t fi e l d , M A . as newer ones were constructed, Keaney Gymnasium, which was already available for recreational nology to monitor and maintain safety. by John donated to the university in 1953 sometimes right next door or even play. At the same time, there Guinan appended to the older structures. with the stipulation that a military were separate, small spaces but 52 BY MICHAEL FICKES COLLEGE PLANNING & MANAGEMENT / OCTOBER 2014 WEBCPM.COM Photo © Robert Benson Photography © Copyright 2014 by 1105 Media, Inc., All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Reproductions in whole or part prohibited except by written permission. Mail requests to “Permissions Editor,” c/o College Planning & Management, 9201 Oakdale Ave., Ste.