| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 37.03 |
| Liaison | Mary Lucus |
| Submission Date | March 20, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Belmont University
AC-9: Academic Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
6.83 / 12.00 |
Mary
Lucus Director, IR Provost |
Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:
Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:
A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Darlene Panvini - Biology, College of Sciences and Mathematics
Jose Gonzalez - Management and Entrepreneurship at the College of Business Administration
Kim Daus - Chemistry and Physics, College of Sciences and Mathematics
Steve Murphree - Biology, College of Sciences and Mathematics
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
Darlene Panvini, chair of the Department of Biology collected this information.
A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
Darlene Panvini works with students in ENV 1110 conduct research on recycling habits on campus (unpublished research). She also, had one ENV major conduct her senior research project and capstone project on composting. Both projects were presented at conferences.
• Lindsay Walker (Vanderbilt) and Darlene Panvini. Belmont Compost: A Compilation of Data from 43 Different Schools and Proposal for Large Scale Composting at Belmont. Presented at 4th Annual Tennessee Higher Education Sustainability Association Meeting on April 1, 2010, Trevecca Nazarene, Nashville, TN and at BURS April, 2010. Part of the requirements for ENV 4500.
• Lindsay Walker (Vanderbilt) and Darlene Panvini. An Examination of Closed System Compost Maturity Using Three Different Starting Materials: Mature Compost, Soil, and Commercial Compost Starter. Presented at Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, April 9, 2010, Asheville, NC.
•Jose Gonzalez teaches courses in Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development and Entrepreneurship. He is currently involved in an international economic development entrepreneurship project working with fair trade coffee and honey farmers in Chajul,Guatemala. He recently led a group of students to northern Guatemala, and his team of students is working with Association Chajulense (www.asociacionchajulense.org) on micro-lending and other economic development endeavors.
The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
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