Ball State University
PA-2: Sustainability Planning

Sustainability in the Curriculum is referenced in the 2012-17 Strategic Plan and 18 x ’18 Centennial Commitment, each of which is available on line:
http://cms.bsu.edu/-/media/WWW/DepartmentalContent/Factbook/1213PDFs/20122017%20Strategic%20Plan.pdf

http://centennialcommitment.bsu.edu/

Primary Goals to be Accomplished from Advancing Indiana
(18 by ‘18)

Our Vision:

Ball State University aspires to be the most student-centered and community-engaged of the
21st Century public research universities transforming entrepreneurial learners* into impactful
leaders committed to improving quality of life.

Ball State as Student-Centered will:

• Promote Student Success measured by increased 4- and 6-year graduation rates to 50% and
65%, respectively, and maintain first- to second year retention above 80% (10, 11, 13)**
• Provide Extraordinary Student Life Experiences by completing Phase I (50% of sorority housing)
of Greek Village (70), renovating two residence halls, and possibly starting construction of another
(71), and offering life-impacting campus programming (69,72,73,74,76).
• Provide Innovative and Entrepreneurial Education to every undergraduate student with an
immersive undergraduate learning opportunity, up to 4,200 annually (9, 26).
• Provide Contemporary and Best Practices Online Education by increasing fully online student FTE
by 35% from 2,236 to 3,019 (53) coupled to innovative online pedagogies (54-62).
• Enhance Post-Graduation Career Preparation for Ball State students with a spirit of philanthropy
(32, 34, 35)
[Supporting Strategies: Enhanced student academic profile (1-5, 14-16), enhanced academic progress
(17-23), Immersive Learning (24,25, 27-30), Enhanced Core Curriculum (37-38)]

Ball State as Community-Engaged will:

• Promote and Achieve Diversity through increasing the number of international students from 745
to 1,000 (43), increasing the percentage of entering freshman from underrepresented populations
from 13.8% to 17% (45), increasing the percentage of entering freshman from outside Indiana
from 13.3% to 17% (46), and enhancing diversity programming (39-42, 44).
• Build Relationships with all Partners of the Indiana Higher Education System to enhance student
access and success (4, 12, 47, 106).
• Enhance Cultural Value and Quality of Life in Delaware County by completing the Museum of Art
Expansion (68) and contributing to the improvement of Muncie and Delaware County (79-81).
• Establish a Strategic Statewide Impact by development of a statewide Community Engagement
Plan under a new Government Relations and Community Engagement Vice President (94, 97, 98)
and achieving Carnegie Community Engagement Classification (93)
• Lead Statewide P-12 Education Reform through an enhanced role and impact of the BSU Office
of Charter Schools (99-102)

Ball State as a Model 21st Century Public Research University will:

• Enhance Philanthropy to Ball State by raising $100 M in philanthropic commitments by 2017
(6, 75).
• Define and Support Strategic National Peer Recognition of Ball State’s faculty and signature
academic programs (31, 48-52).
• Enhance the Role and Impact of Graduate Education by increasing graduate student FTEs by
20% from 2,519 to 3,023 (33).
• Enhance the Research Profile by increasing by 125% external funding for scholarly work from
$14.1M to $32 M. (63), increasing by 10% the number of refereed/juried achievements by faculty
from 2,093 to 2,191 (64), improving annual total royalty revenue, start-up companies from 1to 5
and annual number of IP disclosures from 12 to 20 (103,104,105).
• Enhance Recognition as a National Model for Sustainability by completing the Geothermal Project
and other activities (82-85)
• Provide a High Quality Work-Life Environment for faculty and staff (86-92).
• Implement Impactful Academic/Research/Outreach Programs through the new College of Health
Sciences and Professions coupled to construction of a new STEM and Health Professions Building
(Phase 1), and development of new high impact degrees (32, 67, 107).
• Review and Implement Best Practices in University Management for all administrative
organizations, operations and fiscal practices to support academic and research agendas
with input from the diverse intellectual capital of the campus: Initially focused in the areas of
comprehensive Enrollment Management, Marketing and Communications, Advancement, Legal
Services, Governmental Relations and Community Engagement, and Strategic University Space
Allocation (77,78).
[Supporting Strategies: Enhance graduate education (34-36) and research support (63, 65, 66)]

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*Entrepreneurial learners is based on the concept proposed by John Seely Brown that entrepreneurial
learning is the point at which thinking (about ideas and interests) meets making (context and things);
it is a vision that promotes students finding their expressive voice, exploring new ways to learn, new ways
to serve, and for them to embrace learning as a continuous, life-long experience beyond the classroom.
Practitioners and educational policy-makers must become entrepreneurs as well by scaling up the
innovative ideas and practices; thinking about different ways of doing business, that optimally enable
students’ learning in the 21st Century. If the typical 20th Century learning institution was a steamship
plodding along at consistent speed on a set course, the 21st Century institution should be a white water
raft moving quickly with the ability to traverse whatever direction or waves the environment dictates.

** Numbers indicate current Strategic Plan Metric/Strategy; 78 Metrics are combined within the
18 Primary Goals, 29 Metrics are included in the Supporting Strategies. Therefore, all current 107 metrics
are addressed in this summary.
Create an Undergraduate Degree in Sustainability, a Graduate Certificate in Sustainability, and Graduate Degree in Sustainability by 2018.

These curricular offerings will be shepherded by the Academy for Sustainability, a university unit reporting directly to our chief academic officer -- the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.

The president recently issued a call for proposals to the Academic Excellence Grant (AEG) program. Some 76 submissions requesting funding were completed and of those some 16 were awarded full financial support; these will yield sustainability-focused engagements with the near-surround community, and an expansion of hands-on entrepreneurial learning for students across campus.

These grants commit to a three-year calendar of implementation from January 2016 to January 2019.
Office of the President
Administration Building, room 101
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
Phone: 765-285-5555
Fax: 765-285-1461

The office of Sponsored Projects Administration, and the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs are providing the oversight, review and administrative guidance.
Sponsored Projects Administration
2100 West Riverside Avenue
Muncie, Indiana 47306
Phone: 765-285-1600
Fax: 765-285-1624

As cited in the formal Strategic Plan and Centennial Commitment, the university continues to work with the Muncie community in advancing the plan for Muncie to become a member of the 100 Resilient Cities movement, continues to advance the use of its Makers District as a sustainability-based economic development engine and (through the AEG research funding mentioned above) is providing guidance for the transformation of the an abandoned downtown building (the Cintas facility) into a university/community sustainability-outreach and community-engagement platform.

The Community-Engaged Proposals of the AEG funding is for three-years beginning in January 2016.
• A Student-Run Healthcare Clinic: A Novel Model for Entrepreneurial and Experiential Education in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology. Blair Mattern, Speech Pathology and Audiology (CSH/CoH). $246,655
• Alliance for Community-Engaged Teacher Education. Eva Zygmunt, Susan Tancock, and Pat Clark, Elementary Education (TC). $300,000
• Access to Justice Clinic. Brad Gideon, Legal Studies/Political Science (CSH). $38,137
• Ball State and Community Makers Hub. Pam Harwood, Janice Shimizu, Andrea Swartz (College of Architecture and Planning). $300,000
• Urban Food Hub. Joshua Gruver, Natural Resources and Environmental Management (CSH). $294,042

The outreach to the community is managed through a number of university offices including: Office of the President, and the Office of the Vice President for Governmental Relations, Building Better Communities, Center for Energy Research/Education/Service.

As cited in the formal Strategic Plan and Centennial Commitment, the university provides a Primacy of Place awards program whereby communities throughout the state of Indiana and especially the near surround community of Muncie can qualify for recognition in promoting sustainability initiatives.

The cycling of these award programs is annual.
In addition, the Office of Building Better Communities maintains active month-to-month engagement with communities through entrepreneurial (immersive learning) projects which are funded by public interest groups, and the annual cycling of legislative appropriations wherein state representatives and senators make campus visits to learn more about the community outreach engagement.
A case in point is the collaborative partnership that Ball State University has established with the Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA) as its sole education partner. As a result, Ball State students will continue to participate in the development of web and video productions which feature the sustainability initiatives of the IAA.
The objective is to enlighten the 10 million annual airport travelers and their families, friends and business associates.
The completed work to date can be found here: http://mobile-ind.squarespace.com/

The Office of Governmental Relations, Building Better Communities, and Center for Energy Research/Education/Service (CERES) oversee many of these initiatives.

Office of Governmental Relations
2000 University Avenue
Carmichael Hall (CA), room 104
Muncie, Indiana 47306

Phone: 765-285-1664

Building Better Communities
2000 University Avenue
Carmichael Hall (CA), room 104
Muncie, IN 47306

Phone: 765-285-2773
Fax: 765-285-4989

Center for Energy Research/Education/Service (CERES)
Architecture Building, Room 018
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
Phone: 765-285-1135
Fax: 765-285-5622

As cited in the formal Centennial Commitment and formal Climate Action Plan, the university piloted the creation and use of a new methodology by which colleges and universities can qualify their carbon reduction credits for transaction in the voluntary carbon market. Acceleration of carbon reduction has an immediate impact on air and climate within the respective campuses and near-surround communities. Ball State's installation of its own district-scale heat-pump-chiller geothermal technology for heating and cooling all 47 buildings of its campus is an exemplar of best practices for elimination of Scope-1 combustion emissions.

A sustainability working group has been appointed by the president to examine the opportunity to move forward the original Climate Action Plan target date for climate neutrality from 2050 to 2030.

The Office of Facilities Planning and Management is primarily responsible for the air and climate reductions associated with the university’s commitment to climate leadership.

Facilities Planning and Management
Showalter Building
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

Phone: 765-285-5082
Fax: 765-285-8758

Center for Energy Research/Education/Service (CERES) serves as the monitoring agent by which such reductions are publicly reported through the ACUPCC and its newly-established climate leadership website.

Center for Energy Research/Education/Service (CERES)
Architecture Building, Room 018
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
Phone: 765-285-1135
Fax: 765-285-5622

The university has written into its 2012-17 Strategic Plan the requirement that all new building construction on campus achieve a minimum of LEED Silver certification; all major renovations must meet the same standard.

The time frames associated with LEED certification are tied to the funding and implementation of new construction and/or building renovation. Typically these projects occur within a 1-3 year timeframe.

We currently have a major residence hall renovation underway, have received approval from the state legislature for the funding of a new facility for the College of Health Sciences, and continue to engage in LEED certified building upgrade/retrofit.

The office of Facilities Planning and Management oversees all campus construction.
Facilities Planning and Management
Showalter Building
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

Phone: 765-285-5082
Fax: 765-285-8758

In response to the 2012-17 Strategic Plan, the office of Dining Services continues to expand its programs; this includes a price reduction for students who bring their own drinking containers, minimized use of clamshell and other packaging for food distribution, and the capture of food waste for recycling (use) by a nearby hog farmer. In addition, the dining services have provided table tent explanations of other practices and maintained active engagement of students for feedback on possible improvements in operations.

Dining services track their annual throughput of material and search for targets for waste reduction and efficiency of operation.

Ball State University Dining
Carmichael Hall (CA), room 140
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

Phone: 765-285-1967
Fax: 765-285-3713

The university is nearing completion of its district-scale geothermal heating and cooling system installation. As buildings are brought online, many related energy efficiency improvements are implemented.

The university’s Climate Action Plan mandates the future production of on-site electricity using PV and wind technologies. A sustainability working group is currently examining the complexities of these options and the opportunity to bring forward the target date for achieving climate neutrality.

The climate action plan indicates five-year increments of targeted reduction which aligns the energy conservation and carbon emissions planning with the five-year cycling of strategic academic planning.

The office of Facilities Planning and Management (FPM) is the principal authority for implementation of the energy conservation practices; additional guidance and input is provided to the Center for Energy Research/Education/ Service (CERES).
Facilities Planning and Management
Showalter Building
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

Phone: 765-285-5082
Fax: 765-285-8758

Center for Energy Research/Education/Service (CERES)
Architecture Building, Room 018
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
Phone: 765-285-1135
Fax: 765-285-5622

In response to the 2012-17 Strategic Plan, the university has indexed and will continue to index its tree stocks; has produced an interactive web map for identification and accounting of tree canopy; and has committed to the diversification of species to be represented across the full acreage of the campus. This past year the campus received national accreditation as a campus arboretum. Its detailed tree inventory, five walking paths, and other educational materials combined to secure the university’s Level II accreditation via ArbNet, a global network for arboreta.

The goals under ArbNet accreditation are to:
• foster the establishment and professionalism of arboreta
• identify arboreta where people can participate or collaborate in scientific, collections or conservation activities
• advance the planting, study and conservation of trees to improve the world.

The office of Facilities Planning and Management (FPM) is responsible for management and implementation of the arboretum practices and development.

Facilities Planning and Management
Showalter Building
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

Phone: 765-285-5082
Fax: 765-285-8758

In response to the 2012-17 Strategic Plan, the university will promote the use of office paper with recycled content to campus users through Central Stores or other campus suppliers.

Achieve a 15% increase in campus usage of office paper with recycled content..

The Purchasing Services Office in Facilities Planning and Management is responsible for this practice.
Purchasing Services
3401 N. Tillotson Ave.
Muncie, IN 47306

Phone: 765-285-1532
Fax: 765-285

In response to the Strategic Plan, the university will continue to evaluate hybrid electric vehicles for the expanded use in the University Fleet.
Continue to use bio diesel fueled diesel engine specifications in the purchase of shuttle buses and truck fleet equipment.

Maintain a 100% use of biodiesel fuel in all diesel vehicles and equipment in the university fleet.
Achieve a 15% increase of E85 vehicles in fleet.
Achieve a 10% increase in hybrid electric vehicles in the university fleet.

Transportation Services Office in Facilities Planning and Management

Transportation Services
3401 N. Tillotson
Muncie, IN 47306

Phone: 765-285-1022

In response to the Strategic Plan, 2012-2017, the university will:

• Continue to mandate recycling of all construction material in both facility demolition and new project construction.
• Expand the percentage of waste stream capture for recycling using the blue bag program
• Expand use of yard waste as a campus mulch and ground concrete as gravel fill.

Achieve a 25% increase in waste materials harvested from the waste stream.

Office of Facilities Planning and Management is responsible for this.
Facilities Planning and Management
Showalter Building
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

Phone: 765-285-5082
Fax: 765-285-8758

In response to the Strategic Plan, 2012-2017, the university will:

• Continue to utilize low-flow/no-flow faucets and showerheads.
• Continue to implement where deemed appropriate the use of waterless urinals.
• Continue to reduce the operating hours of cooling towers to reduce the loss of make-up water

Achieve a 5% decrease in water usage campus wide.

Facilities Planning and Management
Showalter Building
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

Phone: 765-285-5082
Fax: 765-285-8758

In response to the Strategic Plan 2013-2017, the university will expand the adoption of unit-level diversity plans by administrative offices across campus; assure the provision of livable wages through union negotiations and through job indexing of regional markets.

The university will also expand the active programs of the University wellness program; increase participation by faculty, students and staff.

Achieve a 30% increase in diversity through active recruiting efforts for Administrators, Faculty, Staff and Students.

Office of Institutional Diversity
134 Whitinger Business Building
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

Phone: 765-285-5316
Fax: 765-285-1328

In response to the university's Strategic Plan, Working Well will continue to grow collaborations and provide opportunities with the community focusing on engagement of a physically active and healthy lifestyle while at work and with family members after work hours.
Working Well also will continue to work with designers of renovated building to place refillable water bottle fountains and adding lactation rooms for workers and community members to access

Working Well offers a variety of programs that help faculty and staff get and stay healthy—mentally, physically, and emotionally. As stated in our promotional literature, "You may want to lose weight, eat healthier, quit smoking, or lower your blood pressure. All are possible through our initiative. We meet you where you are and create a supportive environment to help you meet your goals.
Working Well provides exceptional resources, including incentives, to Ball State employees. From health coaching and nutrition consulting to internal walking routes and massages, we’re here to assist you in finding services to fit your budget, time, energy, and social needs. Ball State continues to be recognized as a leader in wellness and wants to help you, your family, and your colleagues take the next step in living a healthy lifestyle."

Achieve a 15% increase in the wellness program participation by all members of the campus community -- Administrators, Faculty, Staff and Students.

Working Well
1500 W. Neely Avenue, room 004
Muncie, IN 47306

Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Phone: 765-285-9355
Fax: 765-285-8136

In response to the university's Strategic Plan; and after more than a year studying industry standards, and the fossil fuel stock divestment positions of universities and companies around the world, board members of the Ball State University Foundation have endorsed creation of an alternative investment portfolio that adopts environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies.
The decision comes 15 months after board members and foundation staff began reviewing options, citing a need to balance prudent fund management with pragmatic sustainability efforts. Of particular concern was the board’s desire to adopt a reasoned response, since an analysis of the foundation’s funds found that less than 1 percent of the holdings involve any of the Carbon Underground 200 companies that have the highest exposure to fossil fuel production.

In addition to creating an alternative investment portfolio pilot program, the foundation is encouraging its fund advisors and managers to incorporate ESG strategies. Further, foundation employees are developing opportunities for donors who wish to have gifts managed via more specific, restrictive criteria.

Ball State University Foundation
Alumni Center, Room 230
2800 West Bethel Avenue
Muncie, IN 47304

Phone: 765-285-8312 or toll-free: 888-235-0058
Fax: 765-285-7060

The university continues to shepherd the expansion and use of the 102 unit-level sustainability plans developed during previous strategic planning cycles.

These are individually driven by each of the 102 administrative offices but the common STARS-based framework for their respective organization will continue to facilitate public reporting to ACUPCC, STARS and GRI.

Center for Energy Research/Education/Service (CERES)
Architecture Building, Room 018
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
Phone: 765-285-1135
Fax: 765-285-5622

The university has adopted a public statement on sustainability which includes the definitions of vision, commitment and action.
University Sustainability Statement
Vision:
Ball State University seeks to be a campus where:
• All students, faculty and employees are provided opportunities to become literate in the environmental, social and economic interactions of human and biophysical systems.
• Such opportunities are made available through strong undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional-specialization, faculty development and staff training offerings that provide diverse opportunities for learning.
• Collaborative faculty and student research on related issues is encouraged and supported.
• Development of university leadership and expertise is seen as a continuous, participatory process of learning that contributes to local and regional sustainability efforts, fostering links with other institutions.
• Understanding and concern for sustainability issues provide the foundation for a dynamic sense of campus cohesion and community.
• The University's practices reduce both the consumption of materials and energy and the emission of pollutants to their lowest levels possible, without decreases in the level of education, scholarly work, and services provided.
Commitment:
We, the Ball State University community, affirm our commitment to protect and enhance the environment through our learning, research, service and administrative operations. We seek to foster a community that sustains ecological systems and educates for environmental awareness, local action, and global thinking. We seek to incorporate environmental principles and environmentally responsible practices as fundamental and integrated components of all BSU operations and programs. Our fundamental principles are to:
• Incorporate environmental concerns as a significant priority in university decision making.
• Seek alternative practices and procedures to minimize negative impacts on the environment.
• Conserve natural resources and restore environmental quality.
• Protect the biodiversity of our region and serve as a living laboratory and habitat for local species.
• Consider the social, economic and environmental impacts of Ball State University's operational policies and foster a participatory process in developing these policies.
Our decisions and actions will be guided by the University's Mission Statement, reflective of the University's resources, and informed by the University's Strategic Plan. As a learning institution, we recognize that planning for sustainability will be an evolving practice.

25 March 2002: Adopted by COTE
15 April 2002: Endorsed by - Senior Staff
17 April 2002: Endorsed by - Academic Deans
25 April 2002: Endorsed by - University Senate
7 February 2003: Accepted by - Board of Trustees
For information contact:
BSU Council on the Environment
Telephone: 765.285.1135
Fax: 765.285.5622
Email: cote@bsu.edu

The 18 x ‘18 Centennial Commitment addresses the integration of sustainability in curricular offerings and reinforces the importance of the continuing work of the Council on the Environment (COTE) a group of some 35 members representing the President, Vice Presidents, Deans, Chairs, Students and Interest Groups as well as members of the near-surround community.

_____Mapping Sustainability at BSU:
_____http://cote.iweb.bsu.edu/stars/

_____STARS: _____http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CentersandInstitutes/COTE/Sustainability/STARS.aspx

_____GRI: _____http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CentersandInstitutes/COTE/Sustainability/StudentWork.aspx#sustreportbsu
_____Strategic Plan
_____http://cms.bsu.edu/About/StrategicPlan.aspx