Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 58.15
Liaison Victor Udo
Submission Date Sept. 16, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Bucknell University
EN-8: Staff Professional Development

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Marcia Hoffman
Executive Director Human Resources
Human Resources
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Does the institution make available training and/or other professional development opportunities in sustainability to all staff at least once per year?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability trainings and professional development opportunities available to staff :

The Bucknell Environmental Center promotes weekly Green Bag Lunch seminars to provide an opportunity for university students, alumni, faculty, and staff to share current research and projects and/or discuss current issues related to sustainability and the environment.

For the past two years, Bucknell has held an annual Sustainability Symposium, which has featured panel discussions, presentations, and outdoor demonstrations. The keynote presentation from this past year was "Plenitude: The New Economics of Sustainability," by Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology at Boston College. All faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.


The percentage of staff that participated in training and/or other professional development opportunities in sustainability during the previous year:
20

The website URL where information about staff training opportunities in sustainability is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Since the performance year, some significant changes to sustainability programming have occurred at the University. Most notably the Bucknell University Environmental Center has changed to the Bucknell Center for Sustainability and the Environment, and the Campus Greening Initiative has changed to the Sustainable Design Program. As a result, the content of the associated websites may reflect these changes.


Since the performance year, some significant changes to sustainability programming have occurred at the University. Most notably the Bucknell University Environmental Center has changed to the Bucknell Center for Sustainability and the Environment, and the Campus Greening Initiative has changed to the Sustainable Design Program. As a result, the content of the associated websites may reflect these changes.

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