Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.95
Liaison Julie Plummer
Submission Date June 15, 2011
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Eastern Iowa Community College District
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Julie Plummer
Sustainability Manager
Chancellor's Office
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Does the institution have a sustainability committee?:
Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee or a brief description of the committee's purview and activities :

The EICCD sustainability Initiative was organized in the fall of 2007 following our institution’s signing of the ACUPCC. An open retreat on the topic of how EICCD could command a leadership role in and contribute to sustainability efforts was held for all interested EICCD faculty, staff, and students. Based on the outcome of this retreat, district-wide teams were formed to address the identified priority issues and to develop and implement sustainability-related goals and projects through the strategic planning process. The teams were charged with developing action plans relating to:
• Business Practices
• Community Leadership
• Curriculum
• Measurement & Celebration
• New & Existing Facilities
• Recycling
These plans contain both short-term and long-term actions and continue to evolve as projects are completed and new priorities emerge.

One of the first formal initiative-related actions taken by the EICCD Board of Trustees in January 2008 was adoption of a sustainability policy to acknowledge the District’s goal of increasing sustainability and working in cooperation with the ACUPCC agreement. The EICCD Sustainability Policy reads as follows:

As an educational institution and a community leader, Eastern Iowa Community College District seeks to engage in sustainable practices as an organization and to promote and understanding of the importance and practices of sustainability within our students and community.

To the greatest extent feasible, Eastern Iowa Community College District commits to conserving natural resources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, minimizing generation of waste, purchasing environmentally- friendly and energy-efficient products, using recycled and recyclable materials, using sustainable energy sources, and reducing student and staff commuting, and will strive to employ a minimum of the LEED Silver Standard in now construction.

The EICCD Sustainability Initiative has a self-led mission to:
• Work together to maintain compliance with the ACUPCC and toward obtaining carbon neutrality
• Incorporate sustainability into EICCD’s educational philosophy to create an environment that will encourage and grow support for sustainability by all students, faculty and staff, provide all sectors of EICCD population with basic knowledge of sustainability principles, and foster an attitude of involvement and action in the mission to create a sustainable future
• Implement the sustainability directive included in the mission statement of EICCD by encompassing social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainability within all facets of EICCD operations, practices, and philosophies, and within the local community
• Strive to achieve the highest possible rating under the Sustainability Tracking and Rating System (STARS) program administrated by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education(AASHE)
• Share knowledge and specifics of EICCD Sustainability Initiative with other academic institutions so that all my progress toward greater sustainability


Members of the committee, including affiliations:

Business Practices and Transportation Team Members
Honey Bedell Co-chair: EICCD Associate Director for Board Services
Kathy Birkett EICCD Fiscal Officer EIJT
Robin Michel EICCD Special Assistant
to the Chancellor
Carol Hall Kahl Director of Information Technology Services
Julie Lloyd MCC Senior Secretary
Nancy Luikart MCC Assistant Dean for
Library Services
Deb Richter CCC Assistant to President
for Administration
Suteesh Tandon Co-chair: EICCD Director of
Business Services

Curriculum and Programs Team Members
Mark Aronson Co-chair: SCC Biology Instructor
Steve Bergren SCC Academic Advisor/Coordinator International Students
Tom Coley SCC President of SCC and Vice Chancellor for Technology
Nancy Dugan EICCD Institutional Research
Ken Johnson MCC Physical Science Instructor
Kevin King CCC Faculty
Cathy Langdon Kahl Associate Director for Curriculum and Program Support
Scott Wheat Co-chair: SCC Developmental Education Instructor

Facilities Team Members
Kirk Barkdoll Chair: MCC District Facilities Manager
Kathy Birkett EICCD Fiscal Officer EIJT
Jim Clark Kahl Assistant Director of Networking
and Telecommunications Services
Janet Coogan Chair: SCC Dean for
Applied Technologies
Jen Eis Kahl Micro-computer Support Specialist
Tan Harris Kahl Educational Center
Kevin King CCC Faculty
Doug Kutzli SCC Instructional Technology & Telecommunications Specialist
Bob Majchrzak SCC HSET Program Facilitator
Vic McAvoy MCC President/Vice-Chancellor
Ken Mirocha Co-chair: SCC Facilities Manager
Gary Olson Kahl Help Desk Manager
Deb Richter CCC Assistant to President for Administration
Brian Ritter EICCD Facilitator of Nahant Marsh /
Eco-Education
Marvin Smith BTC Technical Training
Admissions Officer
Mark Wade Co-chair: CCC Facilities Manager
Bob Warner Co -chair: MCC Physical Plant Site Supervisor
Frank Weiser Kahl District
Telecommunications Engineer

Community Leadership Team Members
Amensisa Abdi CCC Physics Faculty
Jane Campagna Co-Chair, SCC Librarian
Ann Eisenman CCC Foundation Director
Karen Farley EICCD Enrollment Mgmt & Marketing
Lysa Hegland SCC Foundation Director
Lora Kaisler Co-Chair, ATEEC Instructional Designer
KJ Rebarcak SCC Student, Environmental Club, Phi Theta Kappa
Arnie Thode SCC Registrar
Jerry Wilkerson Kahl IT Faculty

Measurement and Celebration Team Members
Nancy Dugan Co-chair: EICCD Institutional Research
Laurie Hanson Co-chair: EICCD Director of
Institutional Effectiveness
Ellen Kabat Lensch EICCD Executive Director of Resource Development
Government Relations
Pat Keir EICCD Chancellor
Gail Sederquist Kahl IT Programmer

Recycling and Solid Waste Team Members
Steve Bergren SCC Academic Advisor/Coordinator International Students
Pat Cawiezell Co-chair: SCC Assistant to the President for Administration
Jill Maine EICCD CE Allied Health & EMS Support Facilitator
Paul Martin MCC Agribusiness and Technology Instructor
Deb Richter Co-chair: CCC Assistant to President for Administration
Mark Shaw SCC Mailroom/Print Center
Mark Wade CCC Facilities Manager


The website URL where information about the sustainability committee is available:
Does the institution have a sustainability office?:
No

A brief description of the sustainability office:

NA


The number of people employed in the sustainability office:
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The website URL where information about the sustainability office is available:
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Does the institution have a sustainability coordinator?:
Yes

Sustainability coordinator's name:
Julie Plummer

Sustainability coordinator's position title:
Sustainability Manager

A brief description of the sustainability coordinator’s position:

The Sustainability Manager reports directly to the EICCD Chancellor. The Sustainability Manager position is a 35% of full time position, currently held by Julie Plummer. Sustainability Manager position duties are listed in Julie Plummer's job description as:

10. Perform the following duties relating to the EICCD Sustainability Initiative at 35% time:
• Manage implementation of the District's
Sustainability Plan
• Work with sustainability initiative co-chair to
coordinate and oversee activities of the EICCD
sustainability initiative teams
• Work to enhance sustainability at EICCD through
compliance with the ACUPCC
• Collect data and prepare annual EICCD Greenhouse
Gas Emissions Inventory
• Collect data and prepare submissions to the AASHE
STARS sustainability rating program
• Organize annual EICCD sustainability retreat
• Work to integrate sustainability into EICCD
operations, business practices, and curriculum
• Assist in developing sustainability-related
professional development opportunities for EICCD
staff
• Represent EICCD in local, regional and national
sustainability-related events and projects

The Assistant to the Chancellor (Robin Michl) also acts as Sustainability Initiative Co-Chair as part of her regular full-time duties at EICCD.


The website URL where information about the sustainability coordinator is available:
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