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Student Success: Built by Design

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Student Success: Built by Design is a podcast expanding the human potential for today's students. On our episodes, we explore the fundamental question of how the built environment impacts student success. Branching off of Maslow’s Heirarchy of Needs, you’ll hear a panel of experts and industry leaders showcase specific design and build achievements of the San Diego community college district's $3.5 billion Bond Measure HH, with the goal to further our education and student success mission by designing and constructing learning environments that don't simply host students, but elevate them academically, personally, and socially. Economia
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  • Constructing Success: How Athletic Environments Shape Student Potential

    Constructing Success: How Athletic Environments Shape Student Potential
    Oct 15 2026
    In this episode of Student Success: Built by Design, our host Jeff Johnson is joined once again by Dr. Joel Peterson, and for this episode, they also welcome new guests Eric Jones, Buddy Gessel, and Eric Schultz to examine how athletic facilities in the San Diego Community College District support student success through Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The district schools include San Diego City College, Mesa College, Miramar College, and the College of Continuing Education. Eric Jones is  a principal and design director at LPA Design Studios. Buddy is  a design principal at DLR Group. Eric Schultz is a  project director at C.W. Driver Contractors.The panel discusses two projects with a shared mission but different contexts: Mesa College’s $500M+ Athletics Complex (aquatics, tennis, baseball, track and field, gymnasia, classrooms, offices, locker rooms, and training support) and City College’s Outdoor Athletics Expansion and Upgrades (new sand volleyball, reoriented softball field, upgraded soccer field, access, storage, and support facilities). Their conversation emphasizes why stakeholder engagement is so key, the importance of solid safety and quality assurance, and why you would design specifically for separation of athlete and spectator circulation, accessibility, lighting and field conditions. They also go over ways to provide urban security without a “fortress” feel, progressive design-build collaboration, construction phasing on active campuses, and how athletics spaces are also often used as instructional “kinesiology laboratories” that broaden access and opportunity for diverse students. Episode Guide:00:00 Podcast Introduction01:28 Athletics Case Studies Setup04:24 District Overview and Two Projects08:35 Mesa Stakeholder Engagement12:00 City College Needs and Access16:53 Building the Athletics Ecosystem20:13 Designing Safety and Belonging23:05 Mesa Arrival and Locker Rooms29:40 City Urban Identity and Security32:30 Construction Tradeoffs and Throw Park36:08 Athletics as Learning Laboratories39:07 Phasing Construction on Active Campus44:06 Different Campuses Same Mission45:41 Mesa Payoffs Pools and Academics49:15 Belonging Branding and Wrap Up The Student Success: Built by Design is a production of San Diego Community College District and is produced by University FM. Show Links: San Diego Community College DistrictMeasure HH | SDCCDBond Measure HH | LinkedInJeff Johnson | ContactJoel Peterson | LinkedInEric Jones | LinkedInBuddy Gessel | LinkedInEric Schultz | LinkedInPBK ArchitectsLPA Design StudiosDLR GroupC.W. Driver Companies Episode Quotes:How facility design removes barriers and creates student opportunities13:48 [Buddy Gessel] At City College, addressing these foundational and fundamental needs meant removing some of those physical barriers that were limiting students, and what their programs can do. And once that foundation is in place, then we can really begin to address those higher levels of Maslow, of belonging and confidence and achievement. And so, lighting isn't simply lighting. It extends those hours that are available for practice and instruction and competition. And that competition-quality environment really gives the students the opportunities to discover what they're good at, and develop those skills and find that next opportunity, whether it's a transfer or a scholarship or a coaching position or some other career pathway. And so, a lot of times student success starts by removing the physical barriers and really creating that environment that allows the students to see what's possible for them next.Balancing safety and belonging through design18:12 [Eric Shultz] As a builder, we do need to remember that the student doesn't experience separate bid packages or structural systems. The student-athlete or general population students experience one Mesa athletics complex. So our job as the builder is to connect all of it. The athlete circulation, spectator flow, ADA-compliant access, emergency access, service and delivery routes, construction logistics, phasing, of course, the cost and the schedule. All those have to be connected in project considerations, into one thing that works as a whole. And so these facilities will also take on, daily repetitive use by the students and the community, for decades to come. So durability and constructability aren't just considered extras to the project scope, they're part of the assignment. Mesa College Athletics Complex is a whole ecosystem17:05 [Eric Shultz] Mesa College's new athletics complex, it's not just one building; it's actually a whole ecosystem. And it's our responsibility to make all these sports venues work together, essentially, as one campus environment. That's the underlying goal, to deliver that opportunity for student success. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    52 min
  • Creating Community: Performing Arts Spaces as Academic Catalysts

    Creating Community: Performing Arts Spaces as Academic Catalysts
    Sep 17 2026
    In this episode of Student Success: Built by Design, our host Jeff Johnson is joined once again by Dr. Joel Peterson, and for this episode they also welcome new guests Matthew Austin, Ben Dalton, and Patrick Goforth to discuss the effect of the design of performing arts spaces on academic performance and community. Matthew is a design principal for architecture and urbanism with HGA Architects. Ben is partner and design lead with Miller Hull Architects, and Patrick is design manager with PCL Construction Services. They examine how the built environment supports Student Success through performing and visual arts projects funded by the San Diego Community College District’s $3.5 billion Measure HH. This episode they talk about applying Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to arts facilities, balancing foundational requirements like safety, clean air, accessibility, durability, and maintainability with higher goals such as belonging, beauty, meaning, and self-actualization. Four case studies are highlighted: renovations at the Educational Cultural Complex and City College’s Seville Theatre, modernization and expansion of Mesa College’s Performing Arts Center with visual arts integration, and a new Miramar College Performing Arts and Humanities complex including a highly flexible black box theater with advanced acoustic technology and “third space” community areas. Listen now to this engaging conversation and subscribe to hear every new episode! Episode Guide:01:29 Performing Arts Spaces Focus and Guest Introductions03:19 Four Arts Projects Overview08:41 Maslow and Arts Facilities10:05 Designing for Emotion12:12 Community and Collaboration14:40 Durability and Teaching Labs18:03 Audience Performer Connection19:23 Mesa Theater in the Round21:27 Miramar Third Space Concept24:21 Safety and Universal Access27:11 Why Modernize and Future-Proof32:05 Aesthetics Gateway and Comfort35:43 Favorite Moments41:52 Closing and Next EpisodeThe Student Success: Built by Design is a production of San Diego Community College District and is produced by University FM. Show Links: San Diego Community College DistrictMeasure HH | SDCCDBond Measure HH | LinkedInJeff Johnson | ContactJoel Peterson | LinkedInMatthew Austin | HGA ArchitectsBen Dalton | Miller Hull ArchitectsPatrick Goforth | PCL Construction ServicesPBK Architects Episode Quotes:Why performing arts spaces are designed differently10:18 [Matthew Austin] Classroom is really designed to transfer knowledge. A performing arts building is designed to help transfer emotion and help these students to discover new forms of confidence. That's a fundamentally different design challenge. A classroom is supporting human instruction. These buildings are supporting music, dance, theater, public speaking, and visual arts, every form of human expression, not just instruction. The buildings must comfortably support everything from quiet individual practice to energetic rehearsals to performances with hundreds of people. And in that respect, these buildings become instruments themselves. As opposed to a library where the mechanical and acoustical systems stay hidden in the background, in these buildings, these technical systems become part of the educational experience. How the arts build courage, connection and belonging13:35 [Matthew Austin] I think in supporting the lower end of Maslow's pyramid, that is really important, and that happens every day. At the high end of the self-performance, it's also we're putting on performances. These students are—that are like high-end athletes. And so there's a team or a company sense at the end of the performance. So if you go to a musical theater, for example, all of the disciplines might be represented in that one moment. There's oratory skills. There's actors connecting with the audience from an emotional level. There's visual arts in the stage craft. There's musicians in the orchestra pit that are setting the stage and the mood for each scene. And so it's in those moments where not only do the students need to be courageous, but the more they're able to work together, the more they're able to come as one entity or one company, that really shines in that final performance. We're excited about it from both ends, being able to bring these different disciplines into one structure. What happens when a theater brings everyone closer?19:41 [Ben Dalton] When we set off to design the main theater at Mesa, we wanted to blur the line between performer and audience. Rather than placing everyone sort of mechanically in rows looking at a distant stage, we want to gather people around the performance so that the room itself becomes part of the experience. So when we stop thinking about rows and seats, we imagine people gathering around a storyteller. We imagine a campfire experience. And that simple shift changes the entire character of the room, where every seat matters. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for ...
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    43 min
  • Crafting Experience: Elevating Education through Architecture and Design - Self-Actualization Needs

    Crafting Experience: Elevating Education through Architecture and Design - Self-Actualization Needs
    Aug 20 2026
    In this episode of Student Success: Built by Design, our panel of experts sits back down to continue their series of discussions about the hierarchy of needs, this time focusing on the fifth layer of Maslow’s pyramid, self-actualization needs. Checking back in with Dr. Joel Peterson, Andrea Stalker, Jennifer Gibb, and Jeff Johnson, who bring a variety of industry-based perspectives on how built environments, facilities management, and inclusive design all contribute to better educational outcomes. Their discussion explores how the built environment can enable the potential growth of students and their meaningful experiences through academic, artistic, and athletic endeavors within the San Diego Community College District’s Measure HH program. The discussion examines the premise that higher needs depend on foundational needs being met, and the group describes self-actualization as purpose, meaning, connection, awe, and pinnacle experiences that can be supported—or hindered—by design. They highlight facilities such as performing arts venues and athletic complexes where performer and audience experiences are interdependent, note how the pandemic exposed the limits of artificial substitutes in situations, and stress the importance of creating spaces that foster belonging, mastery, inspiration, and celebration. The panel closes the episode by sharing personal examples of transformative moments for them shaped by architecture. Listen now to this engaging conversation and subscribe to hear every new episode! Episode Guide: 00:00 Podcast Introduction01:28 Self-Actualization Focus02:54 Maslow Explained06:04 Design Supports Success08:30 Performance Spaces Awe11:05 Pandemic Audience Lesson15:29 Inspiration And Messaging17:05 Everyday Awe Examples25:11 Personal Peak Stories31:59 Wrap Up And Next Episode The Student Success: Built by Design is a production of San Diego Community College District and is produced by University FM. Show Links: San Diego Community College DistrictMeasure HH | SDCCDBond Measure HH | LinkedInJennifer Gibb | LinkedInJeff Johnson | ContactJoel Peterson | LinkedInAndrea Stalker | LinkedInPBK Architects Episode Quotes: What pandemic taught us about human connection 11:05: [Dr. Joel Peterson] We actually saw this. We said, "What happens if we were to go ahead and just allow someone to have that pinnacle of performance as an athlete or a musician, but not in an interactive environment, not where there was an audience that was going ahead and interacting?" Well, we did that experiment. It was called the pandemic. And so, when people were doing these performances, and they tried at first it, they realized there was some kind of an issue, so then they tried to create these artificial environments where they put little screens and sort of had all these people. But nowhere did anyone think that that even came close to replicating. What it really says is that it underscores and probably supports very tactically Maslow's theory that we are these beings that have these needs and that many of these things are very, very socially interconnected, that we end up generating these things. Architecture that says you belong here 15:57 [Andrea Stalker] The great question of, like, should the building be a blank canvas or something that has content and a message and to be a point of inspiration. And I think there's a time and place for both. But at a community college, it is very relevant to say, like, architecture can inspire, and it should have a message, right? It should have a message to the students that you belong here, that you are respected. I think it can highlight those that have gone before, right? So to highlight alums that have been successful or, or even to highlight the values of the community college district. They value sustainability and stewardship of resources and all of those things that say, who we are, right? And are embodied in this message of a building. And that can inspire students then onto levels of creativity or to witness a problem and want to solve it, right? To tackle it, to say, "Oh, this is what someone did before me? Well, I want to take it to the next level and do the next thing." On finding meaning, connection and awe through self-actualization 05:27: [Dr. Joel Peterson]] This is what self-actualization is talking about, is those fundamental things of finding meaning, finding connection, finding a sense of awe, and finding those pinnacle experiences that make you feel like that life itself is fundamentally worth it. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    33 min
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