The following is the Welcome letter from Jolene Knapp, Executive Director for SCUP:
The Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) has important resources of interest to planning consultants, architects, and engineers at firms that serve the higher education marketplace. Among them: the idea marketplace at our annual, international conference in July, our national and regional sponsorship programs, advertising in Planning for Higher Education quarterly journal, and our online Integrated Planning Marketplace. New this year is a SCUP Campus Heritage Symposium in November 2011, preceded by a heritage-themed issue of the journal.
All of these resources help firms to raise the visibility of their services with our institutional members and nonmember customers. Members not only receive lower rates, they also have access to our enhanced online membership directory. Joining SCUP is a great investment if you need to reach the administrators on campus who are responsible for academic, facilities, fiscal, infrastructural, and strategic planning.
SCUP focuses its resources on the integration of planning on campus so it should come as no surprise that our annual, international conference and idea marketplace will focus on the theme of “Integrated Solutions: How and Now.” Exhibit in the idea marketplace for even more exposure to attending institutional members and nonmembers. The annual conference will be held July 23-27, 2011, at the Gaylord National in National Harbor, MD.
In addition to our annual, international conference and idea marketplace in July, we also offer regional conferences and special one-day events. SCUP’s Mid-Atlantic, North Atlantic and Pacific regions are having conferences in March.
· Mid-Atlantic’s regional conference is March 6-8 at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA.
· North Atlantic’s regional conference is March 16-18 at UMass Amherst campus in Amherst, MA.
· Pacific’s regional conference is March 20-23 at Seattle University in Seattle, WA.
· Sponsorships are available.
· Walk-in registrations are welcome. Please join us!
Starting in January 2011, all ads published in the SCUP journal, Planning for Higher Education, will be color ads. Visit http://www.scup.org/page/advertising for advertising rates and then contact Betty Cobb at betty.cobb@scup.org or call her at 734.764.2004.
SCUP’s online buyer’s guide, called the Integrated Planning Marketplace, is a searchable tool to find firms and organizations that provide integrated planning, design, and implementation services. Visit www.scup.org/page/ipm/search to see it. Can our members find your firm there? If not, contact Betty Cobb and look into this inexpensive advertising alternative.