An occasional blogpost from Lander Medlin, APPA’s Executive Vice President Transportation & Traversing To, From & Within the Campus June 29, 2020 — What difference can one week make? When it comes to the “exponential” transmission of the coronavirus, a huge difference! The situation has turned grim. Six months in, this crisis is broadening and widening. […]
New Professional Development Offering: Summer Series in FM
SAME Facilities Management Virtual Workshop
APPA COVID-19 Message Following the June 19, 2020 APPA Town Hall
An occasional blogpost from Lander Medlin, APPA’s Executive Vice President Institutional Duos: The Road to Reopening with Your Senior Leadership June 22, 2020 — This past Friday we recognized and paid tribute to “Juneteenth.” The day the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, Texas (June 19, 1865) and abolished slavery everywhere in the U.S. following the Civil War. […]
APPA COVID-19 Message Following the June 12, 2020 APPA Town Hall
An occasional blogpost from Lander Medlin, APPA’s Executive Vice President Dedensifying Your Spaces June 15, 2020 — It’s a sobering reality that the surge in mobility is driving up transmission of the coronavirus. Fourteen states reported an alarming 40% increase in cases and hospitalizations. The CDC is projecting 140,000 deaths by July 4th, and Harvard Medical […]
APPA’s Reopening Guidelines for Campus Facilities
APPA Statement on Racial Inequality & Injustice
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 […]
APPA COVID-19 Message Following the June 5, 2020 APPA Town Hall
An occasional blogpost from Lander Medlin, APPA’s Executive Vice President Got Questions? Ask the Community! Sharing Facilities Needs and Challenges June 8, 2020 — America is in crisis. The world is watching. At the close of my message last Monday, I said, “Yet, this week we are not only plagued by our present circumstances of a […]
Inspiring Trust – Strong Teams In Our New Normal
During this current age of uncertainty we are experiencing an impact, not only on our daily operations on campus, but one that is leaving an indelible mark within the structures of our teams and community. It is the strength of our core belief and trust in one another that will not only sustain us now, […]
APPA COVID-19 Message Following the May 29, 2020 APPA Town Hall
An occasional blogpost from Lander Medlin, APPA’s Executive Vice President In the Trenches: Cleaning Protocols & HVAC/MEP Systems Requirements June 1, 2020 — Higher Education institutions, K-12, and Preparatory Schools have started to weigh in on a fall reopening amidst continued concerns of large gathering virus transmission. Since my last message two weeks ago, America is […]
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