| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.79 |
| Liaison | Mary Whitney |
| Submission Date | Sept. 22, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Chatham University
EN-13: Community Stakeholder Engagement
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Mary
Whitney University Sustainability Coordinator Office of Sustainability |
Has the institution adopted a framework for community stakeholder engagement in governance, strategy and operations?:
A brief description of the policies and procedures that ensure community stakeholder engagement is applied systematically and regularly across the institution’s activities:
Community engagement is part of our campus master planning processes, with public meetings for review of each part of the plan. Chatham University holds monthly meetings with neighborhood associations at both our Shadyside and Eden Hall campuses. Community planning is incorporated into our capital design projects when they occur. Chatham voluntarily meets each month with the Pine Richland Township business manager to keep the township informed and able to participate. Chatham is also part of the Woodland Road Association, with one Chatham employee and two neighborhood members as managers.
A brief description of how the institution identifies and engages community stakeholders, including any vulnerable or underrepresented groups:
Chatham identifies community stakeholders through our interactions on issues and through research, educational programming, and outreach.
List of identified community stakeholders:
Neighborhood associations: Pine Richland Township, Woodland Road Association
Educational organizations: Pine Richland School District, Environmental Charter School.
Government bodies: Zoning offices of the City of Pittsburgh and Pine Richland Township, Sustainability offices for Allegheny County and City of Pittsburgh
Civil Societies: Kingsley Association, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Group Against Smog and Pollution, Concerned Citizens Corporation of Larimer
A brief description of successful community stakeholder engagement outcomes from the previous three years:
Our outcomes include the efficient management of maintenance roads,the restoration of historic lighting on Woodland Rd., and paying for water lines at our Eden Hall campus, which benefits the local community by avoiding the tap-in fee for the sewer line on Glasgow Road. We approached the neighborhood association along Glasgow Road and offered to bear the cost for extending water and sewer lines on the road (people on the road had only private wells and septic systems) since it could be incorporated easily into our existing water and sewer projects.
The website URL where information about the institution’s community stakeholder engagement framework and activities is available:
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