The EdUp Campus Planning podcast, hosted by Chris Morett, highlights the challenges and opportunities higher ed faces in managing its facilities and spaces effectively and efficiently. Conversations with a varied slate of guests provide timely and usable insights.
This topic has never been more important or complex, with factors including fiscal challenges, enrollment trends, developments in teaching and learning, XR, and hybrid work demanding new approaches. Meanwhile, financing and partnership options, new technology platforms, and the greater availability of data provide new opportunities
43: Operations, Deferred Maintenance, and Space Planning
It's YOUR time to #EdUp
In this episode, #43, it's part two of our conversation with YOUR guest, Audra Kahr, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/audra-kahr-b38888aa/) Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration at Lafayette College (https://www.lafayette.edu/). YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-morett/).
Sponsored by the new professional certification, Research Methods for the Built Environment: Planning, Design, and Operations (https://learn.teamcohere.com/). Register today as an individual or find out about group options.
Join us as we discuss:
* The idea that "coffee is cheaper than concrete."
* Funding operations and deferred maintenance.
* Closing the loop with campus partners who make space requests.
* And more!
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Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes (https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvinfreytes/) & Dr. Joe Sallustio (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joesallustio/)
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2 Sept 2026
42: Fostering Belonging on Campus From Day One
It's YOUR time to #EdUp
In this episode, #41, YOUR guest is Isis Artze-Vega (https://www.linkedin.com/in/isis-artze-vega-69952418/), Research Professor at American University's (https://www.american.edu/) Advancing College Teaching for Student Success National Center, (https://www.american.edu/baker/actss/) where she provides leadership for the Alliance for Better College Teaching (https://bettercollegeteaching.org/) (ABCT)
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-morett/).
Sponsored by the new professional certification, Research Methods for the Built Environment: Planning, Design, and Operations (https://learn.teamcohere.com/). Register today as an individual or find out about group options.
Join us as we discuss:
* Dr. Artze-Vega's recent Norton Learning Blog post, Students Decide Whether They Belong Earlier Than You Think: Three Research-Informed Ways to Foster Belonging From Day One (https://nortonlearningblog.com/2026/08/students-decide-whether-they-belong-earlier-than-you-think-three-research-informed-ways-to-foster-academic-belonging-from-day-one/).
* High-impact moments that play a unique role in promoting student belonging and the idea of cues in driving the same.
* How classrooms and other spaces can create belonging and connection.
* The importance of scaling innovation.
* And more!
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Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!
Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes (https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvinfreytes/) & Dr. Joe Sallustio (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joesallustio/)
● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience (https://www.edupexperience.com/)!
We make education YOUR business!
26 Aug 2026
41: Wayfinding Strategy and the Campus Experience
It's YOUR time to #EdUp
In this episode, #41, YOUR guest is (https://www.linkedin.com/in/audra-kahr-b38888aa/)Katie Osborn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/katieosborn/), Principal and Wayfinding Strategist at Via Collective (https://viacollective.com/).
YOUR host is Dr. Chris Morett (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-morett/).
Sponsored by the new professional certification, Research Methods for the Built Environment: Planning, Design, and Operations (https://learn.teamcohere.com/). Register today as an individual or find out about group options.
Join us as we discuss:
* What wayfinding is (not just signs) and why it matters
* Wayfinding as a key to a good student (patient, visitor, etc.) experience.
* Katie's recent work on the Obama Presidential Center
* The logic behind having a wayfinding master plan.
* And more!
Listen in to #EdUp.
Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!
Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes (https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvinfreytes/) & Dr. Joe Sallustio (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joesallustio/)
● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience (https://www.edupexperience.com/)!
We make education YOUR business!
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