| Volume 24, Number 4 July/Aug 2008
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Facilities Manager Magazine
July/Aug 2008
The Rise to GREATNESS
Features
It's Not Just the Leader's Vision
by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Web 2.0 and the Facilities Profession
by Scott Allen
Cleanliness & Learning in Higher Education
by Jeffrey L. Campbell, Ph.D., and Alan S. Bigger, M.A.
2007-2008 APPA Annual Report
by Various Authors
Departments
From the Editor
by Steve Glazner
Facilities Digest
by Various Authors
Coming Events
Events
by Various Authors
Membership Matters
Mentoring in Facilities Management
by Edwin Robinson
Knowledge Builders
Strategic Questions Improve the Facilities Performance Indicators Survey
by Maggie Kinnaman
Professional Development Wrap-up
APPA Offers Week-Long Professional Development and Training in Arizona
by Suzanne Healy
Perspective
Community Colleges & APPA: Powerful Forces in Higher Education
by Joseph Wojtysiak
Facility Asset Management
Maintaining New Facilities?
by Matt Adams, P.E.
The Bookshelf
by Book Review Editor: Theodore J. Weidner, Ph.D., P.E., AIA
New Products
by Various Authors
Index of Advertisers
Ad Index
by Various Authors
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Learn, Grow and Excel with APPA's Professional Development Programs
Registration is open for:
Supervisor's Toolkit and the Institute for Facilities Management.
September 7-11 in Austin, Texas at the Renaissance Austin
Thanks to all who made APPA 2008 a success!
Presentations and photos are now available from APPA 2008: the Rise to Greatness.
Mark your calendars for APPA 2009, July 8-10 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Study Shows School Cleanliness Affects Learning
A recent national study of college students determined there is a correlation between the cleanliness of a school’s facilities and students’ academic achievement. Entitled Cleanliness and Learning in Higher Education, the study was based around the five levels of clean identified in APPA’s Custodial Staffing Guidelines for Educational Facilities. More information.The final report is available free to APPA members and for $30 for nonmembers through the APPA bookstore
Reducing Greenhouse Gases & Achieving Climate Neutrality
On June 18 APPA produced a webinar on the topic of sustainability, presented by Walter Simpson and sponsored by Haley&Aldrich.
Miss it or want to watch it again? View a recording of the webinar and download a PDF of the presentation here.
Supporting Sustainability
The Green Campus: Meeting the Challenge of Environmental Sustainability
In the APPA Bookstore
Environmental Compliance Assistance Guide for Colleges and Universities, second edition
Facilities Performance Indicators (FPI) Report Available for Purchase
Features include: Participant Summary Reports, Dashboards, Detailed Reports.
Your Vote Your Voice
A nonpartisan, nationwide campaign created by the National Campus Voter Registration Project to engage college students in the electoral process.www.yourvoteyourvoice.org
