APPA’s APPA365 app is available for iPhone and Android users to download now. The ad-free app was developed in response to analysis of APPA’s website usage. “Our careful analysis of what our members were looking for online led us to develop this resource,” explains Lander Medlin, APPA’s president and CEO. “We tracked the areas of […]

A new Cohort Group (A22) pursuing APPA’s Certified Educational Facilities Professional (CEFP) credential will begin its course on January 17, 2023.  If your institution or organization is a member of both APPA and an APPA region, you would be eligible to use the discounted coupon for that region.  To find out more about the certification course, please visit […]

A new Cohort Group (A21) pursuing APPA’s Certified Educational Facilities Professional (CEFP) credential will begin its course on November 8, 2022.  If your institution or organization is a member of both APPA and an APPA region, you would be eligible to use the discounted coupon for that region.  To find out more about the certification course, please visit […]

Held every October, Campus Sustainability Month is an international celebration of sustainability in higher education. Throughout the month, colleges and universities organize events on campus and elsewhere to engage and inspire incoming students and other campus stakeholders to become sustainability change agents. These events include teach-ins, sustainability pledge drives, zero-energy concerts, waste audits, green sporting […]

The APPA Facilities Symposium (AFS) gives you inside access to cutting-edge solutions in facilities management while providing spaces for you to engage with our collaborative community. Each day the AFS will offer a highlighted session known as APPA Talk from guest speakers. Our programming various key topic areas, including leadership, planning, design & construction, energy and utilities, […]

APPA Town Hall – Shaping Space & Place to Enhance Connections & Build Community As we position our institutions to pivot from the pandemic into a brighter future, how do we re-envision new and different ways to “intentionally” make our spaces and places memorable, meaningful, relatable, and enduring to enhance the student experience. A strong […]

APPA Member Connection – Transitioning for the Future – Your Association…Your Opportunity…Your Engagement! Join us for a lively panel discussion about the ways you can participate in areas that match your specific expertise and passion. APPA has transitioned its limited number of committees to an unlimited number of engagement opportunities for you. Our panelists will […]

Podcast – The Future of the Physical Campus The COVID-19 pandemic forced almost every college or university to make do without a physical campus at some point in the last 15 months. But many students and employees yearned to return, and most institutions anticipate resuming at least quasi-normal in-person operations this fall. But changes in how […]

Members Highlight Networking & Professional Development as Key Benefits of APPA Membership Summary by E. Lander Medlin, APPA Executive Vice President First and foremost, many thanks to those members who found time to respond to APPA’s membership survey this past March.  Your feedback was immensely valuable and will serve to guide detailed planning as we […]

As we navigate the evolving COVID-19 situation and the reopening of buildings and campus, APPA is preparing an hour and a half discussion that will highlight best practices for ensuring students, faculty and staff health and safety. The exponential change we’ve experienced from this pandemic and the corresponding shift in mindset remains critical for us […]

Together We Are Making A Difference – Share Your Resources As educational institutions prepare for a return to campus this Fall 2021 semester, APPA members are extremely interested in what their colleagues are planning to employ with respect to their COVID protocols and practices.  As you consider your path forward, please take a few moments […]

CONGRATULATIONS! Each year, APPA recognizes individual and institutional excellence and achievement through its awards program. Congratulations to this year’s recipients, as selected by the Awards and Recognition Committee. Individual: 2021 APPA Fellow –  J. Thomas Becker, P.E., CEFP, Thomas Jefferson University 2021 Meritorious Service – Elizabeth Clark, CEFP, Pennsylvania State University 2021 Pacesetter – Kim Case-Nichols, CEFP, University of […]

April 26, 2021, Alexandria, Virginia – Higher Education institutions in the United States spend about $36.8B annually on facilities operations, maintenance, and utilities, and an average of $27.8B annually for the construction of new facilities and/or the renovation of existing buildings.  Colleges and universities provide more than 6.2B square feet of floor space in 210,000 […]

A report from and discussion with Terry Hartle, senior vice president for government relations at the American Council on Education.  Please note new time for this Town Hall:Friday, February 5, 20211:00 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Moderator: E. Lander MedlinAPPA’s Executive Vice President Register Here for the Town Hall. Watch past recorded Town Halls.Visit APPA’s COVID-19 Resource […]

APPA has created a new BOK Videos playlist on APPA’s YouTube channel (APPALeadership) and posted 18 short videos on a variety of topics of interest to educational facilities professionals.   The purpose of the BOK Videos is to provide short, elevator-speech introductions to a topic or theme related to BOK (Body of Knowledge) content, material presented at APPA’s training programs, and/or […]

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 anniversary celebration.  He […]

As a country, we are not only plagued by our present circumstances of a global pandemic. We are also plagued by what has been with us for 400 years – widespread racial inequality.  People are filled with anger and frustration, despair and exhaustion.  This is a fire that has been burning for centuries.  Almost 60 […]

It’s official: the 2020 APPA elections, conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic and closed on April 14, have the following results: President-ElectDave IrvinUniversity of Tennessee Knoxville Vice President for Member & Community EngagementMargaret TennessenUniversity of Wisconsin Madison Irvin and Tennessen will be installed with the 2020-21 APPA Board of Directors this summer.  We congratulate them on […]

Together We Are Making A Difference – Share Your Resources The COVID-19 pandemic has affected grounds/landscaping services at institutions in ways that are unique and, to some extent, a little more challenging than other areas of FM.  But APPA members are innovators.  We ask all of you to please assist us, and each other, by […]

Register for APPA’s weekly Town Hall meeting on campus facilities responses and guidance on COVID-19. Held every Friday 12:30-2:00 p.m. Eastern. Our colleagues at the American College Health Association (ACHA) have graciously shared its new guidelines on COVID-19, or coronavirus disease 2019. ACHA Guidelines: Preparing for COVID-19  The American College Health Association has prepared new guidelines […]

For the entire month of December, every item sold in the APPA Bookstore will be discounted 12%.  From one item to bulk orders, from a single book to already-discounted book packages, you can take advantage of a great sale on APPA’s excellent resources on educational facilities. Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities (trilogy, individual, or book/software package) APPA’s […]

On September 24, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released the final rule increasing the salary threshold for white-collar exemptions to the federal overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act from $23,660 to $35,568. DOL did not make any changes to the duties test. The Labor Department has reaffirmed its intent to update the […]

In response to a constantly evolving educational facilities profession, APPA has launched a new program called “Pathway to Professionalism” (P2P) to help educational facilities organizations and their institutions keep pace with accelerating rate of change, while providing continuous learning opportunities for their staffs and schools. P2P is a 90-day program using APPA’s Customized Interactive Learning […]

APPA 1000-2 Total Cost of Ownership for Facilities Asset Management (TCO) – Part 2: Implementation and Data Elements, is available for public review.  Comments are due by October 1, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern. The draft standard lays out the steps and defines the key and supporting elements fundamental to the successful implementation of TCO.  […]

The University of Iowa received the Digie Award for Most Intelligent College Campus at the June 13 Realcomm | IBcon 2019 conference held in Nashville.  The award recognized several technological and process accomplishments that supported the university’s mission and enhanced the user experience. College Campus: The University of Iowa Data-driven post-occupancy commissioning, reducing future maintenance overhead and improving […]