Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.02
Liaison James Speer
Submission Date June 30, 2016
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Indiana State University
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Caroline Savage
Director
Institute for Community Sustainability
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Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee, office, and/or officer that focuses on sustainability broadly and covers the entire institution?:
Yes

A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the committee(s), office(s), and/or officer(s) during the previous three years:

The University has the President's Council on Sustainability which is chaired by Dr. Jim Speer. We also have the office of Institute for Community Sustainability (ICS), which has a Senior Fellows Advisory Committee and a Community Advisory Board. ICS has established a committee of Fellows who commit to completing at least one sustainability related project, presentation, or workshop. ICS also sponsors student interns, an organic community garden, and a number of workshops, cooking classes, and conferences.


Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:
Yes

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

ICS’s Sustainability Fellowship Program exists to encourage sustainability scholarship in action. Through the Fellowship Program, we recognize ISU faculty, staff, and students who are engaged in sustainability work, codify the inherently interdisciplinary nature of sustainability, and highlight the engagement of diverse stakeholders across campus. In 2015, 58 Sustainability Fellows represented 25 ISU units.


Members of each committee, including affiliations and role (e.g. staff, student, or faculty):

Steve Aldrich - Earth and Environmental Systems
Eric Anderson - Psychology
Shelly Arvin - Library
Gregory Ash - Grad Student - Technology
Elizabeth Attebery - Facilities
Affan Badar - Technology
Kathryn Bauserman - Education
Sue Berta - Earth and Environmental Systems
S. Bhattacharyya - Grad Student - Health and Human Services
Greg Bierly - Earth and Environmental Systems
Cheri Bradley - ISU First Lady
S. Brown - Grad Student - Arts & Sciences
Lisa Calvin - Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Aruna Chandraskearan - Business
Jerome Cline - Institutional Research
Cynthia Crowder - Technology
Julie Davis - University Engagement
Tom Derrick - English
Bryan Duncan - Facilities
Elonda Ervin - Student Affairs
Barbara Eversole - Technology
Steven Flowers - Grad Student - Arts & Sciences
Gail Gottschling - Early Childhood Education Center
Joe Harder - Business
Steven Hardin - Library
Debra Israel - Economics
Jim Jensen - Facilities
Amanda Knerr - Residence Life
Tina Kruger - Applied Health Sciences
Stephanie Krull - Facilities
Jolynn Kuhlman - Health and Human Services
Jen Latimer - Earth and Environmental Systems
Rick Lotspeich - Economics
Elizabeth Metzger - Sponsored Programs
Dara Middleton - Library
Marsha Miller - Library
Brooks Moore - Student Affairs
Joy O'Keefe - Biology
Ali Pavlicek - Grad Student - Education
Yasenka Peterson - Health and Human Services
J. Pettit - Grad Student - Arts and Sciences
Lisa Phillips - History
Seth Porter - Facilities
Joshua Powers - Academic Affairs
Paul Reed - Facilities
Don Richards - Economics
Nancy Rogers - University Engagement
Kevin Runion - Facilities
Virgil Sheets - Psychology
Jim Speer - Earth and Environmental Systems
Tom Steiger - Psychology
Mary Sterling - Technology
Della Thacker - Education
Larry Tinnerman - Education
Amy Westgard - Operations
Karlyn Westover - Earth and Environmental Systems
Joyce Young - Business


The website URL where information about the sustainability committee(s) is available:
Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent (FTE) employee?:
Yes

A brief description of each sustainability office:

The Institute for Community Sustainability (ICS) is the first comprehensive effort to integrate all of the sustainability efforts on campus and in the Wabash Valley. ICS was funded in February 2012 and charged with the mission of linking and generating sustainability initiatives in the Wabash Valley and on ISU's campus. Many campus and community leaders are already engaging in sustainability work; we exist to communicate and support these efforts.


Full-time equivalent (FTE) of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
1.75

The website URL where information about the sustainability office(s) is available:
Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
Yes

Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Caroline Savage

A brief description of each sustainability officer position:

Director of sustainability, serves as ISU’s first point of contact for sustainability and the operational head of ICS. Liaison between campus and community, cultivates partnerships and organizes programs for sustainability on campus and in the community.


The website URL where information about the sustainability officer(s) is available:
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