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Translate Challenges Finding, Keeping Skilled Labor Resonate in APPA Survey Staffing shortages and mounting retirements among skilled trades professionals are top challenges facing educational facilities departments in 2024, according to preliminary findings of a new survey of APPA members. The survey, which launched October 20 and is still fielding responses, suggests a long road ahead resolving […]
Facilities Digest Jan/Feb 2021
APPA Statement on the Attack on Capitol Hill The United States was upended on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, with this brazen attack on the U.S. Capitol and on American democracy itself. It was indeed traumatic given the sustained revolt and terror from the riotous siege. We at APPA are shaken by and strongly condemn the […]
Facilities Digest Jan/Feb 2022
APPA Conference Message from Lander Medlin, APPA President and CEO Mark Your Calendar for the Next AFS: March 29-31, 2022 Early-Bird Special Rates February 1–21, 2022 Mark your calendar for APPA’s next Facilities Symposium (AFS), March 29-31, 2022. Event registration will open on February 1, 2022. APPA will offer an early-bird registration fee of $395 […]
Facilities Digest Jan/Feb 2023
Crystal Smith Elected APPA Treasurer APPA President and CEO Lander Medlin and APPA Board Chair Dave Irvin announced that Crystal D. Smith, associate director of financial analysis for facilities services at the University of Chicago, has been elected by the APPA membership to serve as Treasurer on the APPA Board of Directors. The APPA Treasurer […]
Facilities Digest Jul/Aug 2021
APPA Announces 2021-22 Board of Directors APPA – Leadership in Educational Facilities announced its new Board of Directors, effective July 19 in advance of APPA’s Virtual Facilities Summit taking place July 20-22. Board of Directors 2021-22 Board Chair – Dave Irvin, Florida State University Vice Chair – Margaret Tennessen, University of Wisconsin Madison Immediate […]
Facilities Digest Jul/Aug 2022
APPA U Returns in-Person—Registration Now Open! September 11-15, 2022 Join your colleagues for an in-person APPA U this coming September 11-15, 2022, at the OMNI Providence and Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, Rhode Island! Register Now! Institute for Facilities Management September 11-15, 2022 Leadership Academy September 13-15, 2022 Upcoming Targeted Titles & Topics Series […]
Facilities Digest Jul/Aug 2023
Six Distinctive APPA Offerings Under One Roof at Indianapolis in September 2023! For the first time ever, APPA is providing valuable training to virtually all levels of educational facilities professional in one location during the same week. The training will take place throughout the week of September 10, 2023, at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown in […]
Facilities Digest Mar/Apr 2021
Registration is Open for the Next Facilities Symposium March 31-April 2 APPA’s Facilities Symposium, March 31 – April 2, will feature new technically based sessions covering relevant and current topics related to educational facilities. New special discounted pricing for campus teams of five or more attendees. View the full program. Log into your myAPPA account […]
Facilities Digest Mar/Apr 2022
APPA Dues are Due! APPA has sent membership renewal invoices to all APPA members for the fiscal year April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023. Please pay your dues promptly to keep receiving APPA’s many membership benefits. For more information, contact member services at [email protected]. Thank you to the many member schools that have already […]
Facilities Digest Mar/Apr 2023
APPA Dues are Due! APPA has sent membership renewal invoices to all APPA members for the fiscal year April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024. Click here to renew today! Please pay your dues promptly to keep receiving APPA’s many membership benefits. For more information, contact member services at [email protected]. Thank you to the many […]
Facilities Digest May/Jun 2021
Save the Date! APPA’s 2021 Virtual Facilities Summit July 20-22, 2021 Join your colleagues July 20-22 for the APPA 2021 Virtual Facilities Summit as we explore the environment we dedicate our profession to and recharge ourselves to the mission of our institutions. Have You Downloaded APPA365 Yet? Share in real-time discussions Easily reach out to […]
Facilities Digest May/Jun 2022
Targeted Titles & Topics – APPA’s Newest Professional Development Series Leveraging Operational Technologies for Occupant-Centric Performance June 20-22, 2022, at the OMNI Parker House Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts The pandemic changed the ways we use technology. We must proactively engage, leverage, and optimize the use of technologies critical for building technological infrastructure to prepare your […]
Facilities Digest May/Jun 2023
Newly Revised and Updated Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Custodial Filled with updated color charts, graphs, and case studies, the highly anticipated release of the updated and revised Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Custodial is now available for APPA members to preorder for a limited time. The books are slated to ship in the coming […]
Facilities Digest Nov/Dec 2020
APPA and The University of Texas at San Antonio Partnering to Create Unique Learning Opportunities for Facilities Professionals In a unique collaboration, APPA has partnered with The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to offer its educational facilities management certification to students in the university’s facilities management academic program. UTSA’s Facilities Management online graduate […]
Facilities Digest Nov/Dec 2021
Thought Leaders Report 2021: Connections, Space and Place The 2021 Thought Leaders report, Connections, Space and Place, focuses on the “sense of place,” defined by one expert as “the feelings evoked among people as a result of the experiences and memories they associate with a place and the symbolism they attach to that place.” Meaningful […]
Facilities Digest Nov/Dec 2022
APPA’s T3 Series: APPA’s Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities Registration Now Open! The content and tools of APPA’s trilogy, Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Custodial, Maintenance, & Grounds, have been recently revised and updated. Whether you have used previous versions of the guidelines or this is your first foray into them, you won’t want to […]
Facilities Digest Sep-Oct 2020
In Memoriam – Glenn Smith APPA has received the sad news that Past APPA President Glenn Smith passed away in his sleep August 7, 2020. He had retired to North Carolina last year after 22 years as the senior facilities officer at Bryn Mawr College. Glenn was APPA’s President in 2013-14, during the run-up to APPA’s 100-year […]
Facilities Digest Sep/Oct 2021
2022 Award Applications Due December 15, 2021 Nominations and applications are now being taken for APPA’s 2022 institutional and individual awards: Individual Awards Douglas K. Christensen Distinguished Leadership and Ethics Award APPA Fellow Pacesetter Award Meritorious Service Award President’s Award Unsung Heroes Award Rex Dillow Award for Outstanding Article Business Partner Award Institutional Awards Award […]
Facilities Digest Sep/Oct 2022
APPA’s 2022 Thought Leaders Report: From Thin Words to Thick Action: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion The 2022 Thought Leaders Report, From Thin Words to Thick Action: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, focuses on today’s demands for truly inclusive institutions, and explains how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are rooted in the deepest-held values of higher education: […]
Facilities Digest Sep/Oct 2023
APPA Publishes 2023 Thought Leaders Report – Leadership Reimagined: Navigating the Higher Education Workplace APPA’s 2023 Thought Leaders Report, Leadership Reimagined: Navigating the Higher Education Workplace provides leaders with information and tools to help them lead their employees through The Continuing Uncertainty with a focus on the workforce. We recognize that workforce issues are incredibly […]
