Case Studies College and University

Growing up in East Lansing, Dylan Marinez didn’t just attend Michigan State University — he lived it. As a kid, he ran the hallways of its athletic buildings while his mother and uncle worked within the department. He rooted for the Spartans on Saturdays and dreamed about a future inside the program. Decades later, he’s […]

On game days, most fans notice the scoreboard, the crowd, and the action on the court. Few notice the storage room removed to make way for premium space, the scorer’s table reconfigured to meet new conference rules, or the months of planning required to support a brand-new varsity sport. Athletic Facilities and Operations staff notice […]

A career that began behind ticket windows and stadium gates has carried Drew Auguste into one of the most demanding operational seats in collegiate athletics. As associate athletic director for facilities and game operations at Florida International University, he operates in a landscape reshaped by NIL, constant roster and coaching turnover, and a fan base […]

For nearly three decades, Daniel Switzer has been one of the quiet constants at Wagner College, shaping how the campus looks, functions, and evolves while rarely seeking the spotlight. As director of campus facilities, Switzer occupies a role that sits at the crossroads of long-term institutional planning and the daily realities of keeping an aging […]

A $100 million construction project is hard enough for any one builder, even with the best of plans. Now try it with four vested stakeholders in the project, three of them viewing it as crucial to the future of the educational opportunities they offer. Such is the case in Portland, Oregon, with 4th & Montgomery, […]

When a person interviews for a job, it is said to take just three seconds for the interviewer to develop an opinion of him or her. The same pretty much holds true for high school seniors pondering where to continue their education, says the man entrusted with tending to the aesthetics and facilities at Arkansas […]

Five years ago, the Sack ‘N Save at the corner of Wilshire and Avenue C in Denton, Texas, looked like any mid-sized grocery store: meat and produce around the perimeter, aisle upon aisle of food and household wares in the middle, all of it illuminated by a battery of fluorescent lights. Should a former customer […]