Tracy S. Bennett, CPA, Vice President for Administration, SUNY Fredonia
Raymond D. Franco, Vice President for Student Affairs, SUNY Cortland
Michael C. Holland, Director of Residential Services, SUNY Cortland
Brian Stenson, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business

Kenneth L. Stoner, Director of Student Housing, University of Kansas.

Dallas Bauman, Assistant Vice President for Campus Residences, SUNY Stony Brook
Kenneth Gifford, Assistant to the President & Coordinator, Planning and Capital Projects, SUNY Purchase Joseph Franek, Director of Residential Life, SUNY Brockport
James Wassenaar, Special Assistant to the President, SUNY Oswego

Campuses must develop residence hall master plans which support institutional goals and the campus mission. Various approaches to developing a long-range plan for residence hall rehabilitation and construction will be presented.

John J. O’Connor, Vice Chancellor & Secretary of the University, SUNY System Administration

A-1 Rehabilitation or Raze: When It’s Better to Start Over
Secretariat Room

Robert Fraser, Director of Engineering Services, DASNY
Daljeet Sandhu, Project Manager, DASNY
Sonny Navarro, Supervising Project Manager, DASNY

When faced with deterioration of the quality of the student residential environment, how do we frame and make the decision to raze or rehabilitate? This session will address costs, planning, present building function, infrastructure conditions, building style, and conversion feasibility for existing residence halls from various stages of construction throughout New York State.


A-2 Project Development, Execution, & Funding
Man ‘O War Room

Gary Moore, Assistant University Controller, SUNY System Administration

This session will review the current process for the State University of New York residence hall rehabilitation and repair program. The process will be presented in a general format with verbal explanation of the steps.


A-3 Creating Residence Hall Learning Communities
Affirmed Room

John Sama, Assistant Director Living/Learning Center, University of Vermont

The presenter will briefly review some of the literature about learning communities, present an overview of the different kinds of learning communities that exist on college and university campuses, and discuss facility implications for these programs.


A-4 Technology I - Access Controls and Administrative Uses
Spectacular Bid Room

Thomas G. Bell, Executive Director, Auxiliary Services, SUNY Geneseo
Adam Thermos, President, Strategic Technology Group

One of the primary issues of the new and improved campus identification card has been to serve as a key to access buildings;. This session will look at this trend and give participants an overview of current and future trends in the card access industry.

B-1 How to Rehabilitate When You Can’t Take A Building Off Line (Rehabilitate It Without A Year to Spare)
Secretariate Room

Dallas Bauman, Assistant Vice President for Campus Residences, SUNY Stony Brook
Robert Fraser, Director, Engineering Services, DASNY
Lawrence Roma, Assistant Vice President for Physical Facilities, SUNY Binghamton
Daljeet Sandhu, Project Manager, DASNY

Improve the quality of the student residential environment while minimizing loss of bed space. This session will give an overview of the issues involved including cost, planning, life safety, ADA, scopes for projects, and contingency planning.


B-2 Financial Strategies for Residence Hall Development
Man ‘O War Room

Tracy S. Bennett, CPA, Vice President for Administration, SUNY Fredonia
Thomas J. Cullinan, Vice President, First Albany
Gary Moore, Assistant University Controller, SUNY System Administration
Heidi Kaplan, Analyst, Brailsford & Dunlavey
John J. Puig, Senior Vice President, First Albany

This session will provide an overview of a residence hall financing model, an update on the status of current SUNY residence hall financing alternatives, and will review the current bond market and new bonding opportunities for higher education.


B-3 Capital Project Management (Gearing Up for Major Rehabilitation)
Affirmed Room

James Wassenaar, Special Assistant to the President
Charles Weeks, Director of Residence Life & Housing, SUNY Oswego
Thomas Simmonds, Assistant Director of Residence Life & Housing Physical Plant, SUNY Oswego

In August of 1998, Oswego State University re-occupied Hart Hall, a 400 bed, nine-story high rise, after a two-year, eight million dollar renovation funded from campus reserves. This presentation will include project management, design, product selection and furnishings.


B-4 Technology II - Technology and the Development of Student Learning
Spectacular Bid Room

Christine E. Haile, Associate Provost for Technology Services, SUNY System Administration

This session will explore several aspects of the impact of technology on residence halls including: the ability of technology to extend the teaching/learning environment beyond the classroom (and into the living environment); technology infrastructure considerations for residence facilities; and the impact on student expectations, interactions, and responsibilities. Campus colleagues will share some of their experiences (so far) with "wired" residence halls. Staff from Advanced learning & Information Services (ALIS) at System Administration will be available to discuss the SUNY Learning Network, SUNY library initiatives and technology infrastructure issues.

C-1 Public/Private Partnerships
Secretariat Room

Dennis R. Black, Vice President for Student Affairs, SUNY Buffalo
Michael Dupre, Associate Vice President for University Facilities, SUNY Buffalo
Joseph Krakowiak, Director, University Residence Halls, SUNY Buffalo
Edward P. Schneider, Executive Vice President, University at Buffalo Foundation, Inc.
Kevin Thompson, Director, Facilities Planning and Design, SUNY Buffalo
Clifford B. Wilson, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, SUNY Buffalo

Through unique partnering, UB has developed three student apartment projects in three years. Join us to consider feasibility, design, construction, finance, marketing and management of these campus, foundation, alumni association, and private developer partnership projects.


C-2 System Enrollment Planning -- Effects on Residence Halls
Man ‘O War Room

Teresa Wilson, Associate for Institutional Research, SUNY System Administration
David Lamphere, Associate for Institutional Research, SUNY System Administration

Fall 1998 statistics for utilization of residence hall facilities for state-operated institutions will be presented along with ten-year, system-wide and institutional-type trends. Specific statistics covered will be: net revenue producing adjusted design capacity; total utilization headcount; and percent utilization of net revenue producing adjusted design capacity.

Also, utilizing SUNY System Administration’s databases of applicants and enrolled students, the trends in characteristics of first-time freshmen and transfers requesting resident housing will be compared with those of first-time freshmen and transfers, respectively, not requesting resident housing. The question of whether or not differences exist between the groups requesting housing and those not will be explored.

Demographic profiles of student populations for the state will be discussed along with projections of high school graduates by state and county.


C-3 DASNY Services to Campuses
Affirmed Room

Enrico Bianchi, Director, Project Management, DASNY
James M. Gray, Director, SUNY & Independent, DASNY
Chip Rowen, Associate Manager, Accounting, DASNY

Presenters will give a brief overview of the construction and financial services available to the campuses for residence hall projects.


C-4 Dining I - The Impact of Rehabilitation on Campus Dining Services
Spectacular Bid Room

Heather DeMoras, ASID, Partner, Hafner Associates, Inc. (Rochester, NY)
Raymond D. Franco, Vice President for Student Affairs, SUNY Cortland
Beverly Hafner, ASID, President, Hafner Associates, Inc. (Rochester, NY)
David Porter, FCSI, Porter Associates (Crofton, MD)
Michael Szemansco, AIA, President, Synthesis Architects (Schenectady, NY)

This workshop will focus on the principles and practice of integrated, broad-scoped programming – a specific phase of the planning process for dining facilities within a campus residential community. This session will focus on issues, interests, and concerns of residence life management professionals, other campus administrative departments, dining service providers, design professionals, and students on campus. Industry planning and design consultants will share their wisdom and experience in planning and designing dining facilities that work.

D-1 Modular Construction


Kenneth Gifford, Assistant to the President & Coordinator, Planning and Capital Projects, SUNY Purchase
Norman Kuklinski, Director of Physical Plant, Colgate University
Larry McFaddin, Coordinator of Student Activities, North Country Community College
Gary Moore, Assistant University Controller, SUNY System Administration

This session will provide perspectives on residence hall modular construction from a private university, a community college, and a plan for a State University college.


D-2 Raze or Rehabilitation: When It’s Better to Start Over
Man ‘O War Room

Robert Fraser, Director of Engineering Services, DASNY
Daljeet Sandhu, Project Manager, DASNY
Sonny Navarro, Supervising Project Manager, DASNY

When faced with deterioration of the quality of the student residential environment, how do we frame and make the decision to raze or rehabilitate? This session will address costs, planning, present building function, infrastructure conditions, building style, and conversion feasibility for existing residence halls from various stages of construction throughout New York State.


D-3 Dining Services II - Facilities & Programs of the Future
Affirmed Room

Thomas G. Bell, Executive Director, Auxiliary Services, SUNY Geneseo

Will our future student customers be as different from our present student customers as are our present student customers from those of the past? This session will explore the culture, needs and values of "Generation Y" with respect to trends in college dining services and facilities of the future.


D-4 Best Practices - Renovation or New Construction of Campus Housing in SUNY
Citation Room

A "walk-around" session that will focus on renovation programs and new construction projects. Eight campuses will be represented and are willing to share information and discuss the process leading to their successful projects.

SUNY Binghamton: Charles Lamb, Director of Residential Life
SUNY Brockport: Joseph Franek, Jr., Director of Residential Life
SUNY Buffalo: Kris Kaufman, Associate Director of Residence Life
University of Buffalo: Joseph Krakowiak, Director, University Residence Halls
SUNY Oswego: Charles Weeks, Director of Residence Life and Housing
SUNY Potsdam: John Horan, Director of Residence Life and William Fisher, Assistant Vice President for Facilities
SUNY Stony Brook: Dallas Bauman, Assistant Vice President Campus Residences
SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome: John Borner, Director of Residence Life

Edward Nelson, Member, SUNY Board of Trustees and Chair of the State University Construction Fund Board

8:30 a.m.--- Existing Facilities


James M. Gray, Director, SUNY and Independent, DASNY
Charles Thompson, Assistant Vice Chancellor, SUNY System Administration

Quick profile of existing facilities and conditions


8:45 a.m. --- Planning and Decision-Making --- Implementation Strategy


Gene E. Litterski, Principal, Project Management Advisors, Inc.
Bradford J. White, Vice President, Project Management Advisors, Inc.

This session will focus on the planning and decision-making process including options to be considered leading to an implementation strategy for rehabilitation and development of student housing.


9:15 a.m. --- Residential Facility Design: New Construction and Rehabilitation


Thomas Birdsey, Einhorn, Yaffee and Prescott
James McKinney, Einhorn, Yaffee and Prescott

This session will focus on design principles and examine current trends in higher education residential facilities.


9:45 a.m. --- Modernizing Student Housing --- A Developer’s Prospective


William C. Bayless, Jr., Executive Vice President, American Campus Communities

This session will focus on the approach that a private developer would take in assisting universities in designing, financing, constructing and potentially managing modern student housing products. Recent consumer trends will be presented.


10:15 a.m. --- Panel Discussion, Planning, Design, Development


William C. Bayless, Executive Vice President, American Campus Communities
James M. Gray, Director, SUNY and Independent, DASNY
Gene E. Litterski, Principal, Project Management Advisors, Inc.
Charles Thompson, Assistant Vice Chancellor, SUNY System Administration

This is an opportunity for an integrated review of the project delivery process focused on topics/questions raised from the floor.


10:45 a.m. --- Access to Capital: Traditional Methods
Access to Capital: Alternative Methods


Charles Thompson, Assistant Vice Chancellor, SUNY System Administration

Summary of the current SUNY and New York State capital budget process and review of other potential options


11 a.m. --- A Reflective Perspective


William J. Murabito, Associate Vice Chancellor, SUNY System Administration

Tracy S. Bennett, CPA, Vice President for Administration, SUNY Fredonia
Raymond D. Franco, Vice President for Student Affairs, SUNY Cortland