Case Studies College and University

At Seton Hall University, where the physical campus shapes how students learn, train, and build community, Project Manager Vilma Cortina sees every renovation and new build as an opportunity to support people first. As part of Campus Planning and Facilities Management, she manages capital projects with a human-centered lens, measuring success by the everyday experiences […]

There’s only one Leonardo da Vinci, one Picasso and one Michelangelo. But that didn’t stop a seven-year-old Virginia Howard from pursuing her passion as an artist. From summers spent on Cape Cod painting watercolors with her grandfather to working on her craft for hours each night after school, she was hooked. Her dreams of being […]

The common denominator is everyone on campus—students, faculty, administrators, maintenance employees—has to eat, and they all agree it should be a pleasant experience. It hadn’t been that unpleasant at Vassar College; it just could have been better. The private liberal arts school in Poughkeepsie, New York, has long prided itself for forward thinking, but somehow […]