Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.14
Liaison Casey Romero
Submission Date Jan. 12, 2015
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Oklahoma State University
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Ilda Hershey
Sustainability Coordinator
OSU Physical Plant
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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:

Creation of the OSU Sustainability Office in April, 2012 and development of a comprehensive OSU Sustainability website. Development of the OSU Recycles and ResLife Recycles programs and ongoing campus community outreach and staff training of both programs. Creation of a campus Recycling Department. Implementation of Move-in Recycling. Creation of campus kitchen compost programs. Development of sustainability outreach in student and employee orientation and ongoing training. Collaboration with student organizations and coordination with departments across campus. Creation and oversight of campus sustainability social media.


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:

Sustainability Stakeholders represent various specialties and areas of campus and include faculty, staff and students. Sustainability Stakeholders provide advice and collaborations toward efforts regarding campus sustainability initiatives in teaching, research, outreach, and operations.


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

Name, Affiliation, Title, Type:
Cosette Armstrong, Design, Housing & Merchandising, Asst. Prof., faculty
Terry Baker, University Dining Services, Director, admin
Jason Barauskas, Residential Life, Housing Coordinator, staff
Lee Bird, Student Affairs, VP for Student Affairs, admin
Tracy Boyer, Agriculture Economics, Assoc. Prof., faculty
Matthew Brown, Housing & Residential Life, Director, admin
Kent Bunker, Campus Rec & Wellness, Director Colvin Center, admin
Steve Buzzard, OSU Foundation, Sr. Director of Development CEAT, admin
Beth Caniglia, Sociology, Assoc. Prof., faculty
Brian Carter, Plant & Soil Sciences, Prof., faculty
Chuck Cassidy, Physical Plant Administration, Project Support Services, admin
Kyle Clifton, Sustainability Office, Res Life Liaison, student
Nicole Colston, Env. Sci. Grad Program, Student; STCL, student
Rebecca Damron, English Dept., Assoc. Prof. & Advisor Food Day Committee, faculty
David Davis, Hotel & Restaurant Admin., Clinical Instructor, faculty
Steve Dobbs, PP Grounds & Landscape, Manager, Grounds/Refuse, staff
Tolga Durak, Environmental Health & Safety, Director EHS, admin
Mark Fishbein, Botany, Assoc. Prof. & Herbarium Director, faculty
Will Focht, Political Science, Assoc. Prof. & Former Task Force Chair, faculty
Philippe Garmy, Hotel & Restaurant Mgmt., Clinical Instructor, faculty
Jenny Gililland, Physical Plant Administration, Energy Education Manager, staff
Ryan Haase, ECO-OSU, President, student
Todd Halihan, School of Geology, Assoc. Prof., faculty
Doug Hamilton, Biosystems & Ag Engineering, Extension Waste Mgmt. Specialist, faculty
Suzy Harrington, System-wide Wellness, Chief Wellness Officer, admin
Stephen Haseley, Leadership Development, Coordinator, staff
Christine Hawkins, Inst. Research & Info. Mgmt., Director, admin
Bill Henley, Botany, Professor, faculty
Ilda Hershey, Sustainability Office, Sustainability Coordinator, staff
Chris Hoffman, Transportation Services, Manager, admin
Morgan Hopkins, Alumna, Former ECO-OSU President, student
Ray Huhnke, Biosystems & Ag Engineering, Prof., faculty
Carrie Hulsey-Greene, Communications Services, Assoc. Director, admin
Leigh James, Purchasing, Asst. Director, admin
Lin Michael, Dining, Sustainability Intern, Student
Nigel Jones, Long Range Facilities Planning, University Architect, admin
Mihyun Kang, Design, Housing & Merchandising, Assoc. Prof., faculty
Hossein Khaleghian, , Graduate Student, student
Mitch Kilcrease, Student Union, Director, admin
Rick Krysiak, PP Administration, Director, admin
Robyn Latham, Env. Sci. Grad. Program, Biochemistry, alum
Marcy Louis, Res Life, Asst. Director, staff
John Lee, PP Landscape Services, Asst Manager, staff
Khaled Mansy, Architecture, Professor, faculty
Dale Maronek, Horticulture & Landscape Arch., Dept. Hd. & Dir., OSU Botanical Garden, faculty
Caitlin Miller, Env. Sci. Grad. Program; Ag Econ., alum
Nick Nelson, Horticulture & Landscape Arch., Asst. Prof., faculty
Mike Nelson, PP Grounds, Foreman, staff
Cristina Hughes, Env. Sci. Grad Program, Program Coordinator, staff
Jim Pappas, Dept. of Management, Assoc. Prof. & PhD Coord; Adv. Net Impact, faculty
Gina Peek, Design, Housing & Merchandising, Asst. Prof. & Ext. Specialist, faculty
Shan Rains, Athletics, Asst. Ath. Dir. Facilities, staff
Suzanne Reinman, Edmon Low Library, Assoc. Prof., faculty
Russ Rhinehart, Chemical Engineering, Professor and Amoco Chair, faculty
Kailey Rose, Sustainability Office, Marketing Assistant, student
James Rosner, PP Administration, Director Utilities & Energy Mgmt., admin
Jeff Sallee, Ag. Educ. Comm. & Leadership, Asst. Prof. & Ext. Specialist, faculty
Kent Sampson, Campus Life Administration, Director Campus Life, admin
Dee Ann Sanders, Civil & Env. Engineering, Assoc. Prof., faculty
Mike Schnelle, Horticulture & Landscape Arch., Prof. & Ext. Specialist, faculty
Lorinda Schrammel, Human Resources, Training & Dev. Manager, staff
Adrian Self, PP Administration, Director Maint. & Ops., admin
Toni Shaklee, Sponsored Research, Asst. VP, admin
Gary Shutt, Communications Services, Director, admin
Lisa Slevitch, Hotel & Restaurant Admin., Asst. Prof., faculty
Steve Spradling, Parking & Transit Services, Director, faculty
Scott Stoodley, Env. Sci. Grad. Program, Director, faculty
Sarah Stuckey, College of Education, Biology, Undergraduate Student, student
Mary Talley, Campus Rec. & Wellness, Mgr., Wellness Center, admin
Candace Thraser, College of Education, Mgr., Outreach Education, staff
Clayton Tresca, School of Business, Student; Business Sustainability Mgmt, student
Bruce Williamson, Vet. Med. Teaching Hospital, Hospital Administrator, faculty
Glynna Worley, Office of VP for Research, Exec. Admin. Asst., staff


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 OSU Sustainability Office helps OSU advance sustainability through its instruction, research, outreach, administrative decision-making, innovative design and operation of facilities, and daily behavior. Created in April, 2012, the office, which cover activities of the entire Stillwater campus, is housed in the Physical Plant. In addition to one full-time staff Sustainability Coordinator, the office includes up to three student interns and an occasional grad student assistant.


Full-time equivalent (FTE) of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
2

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:
Ilda Hershey, Sustainability Coordinator

A brief description of each sustainability officer position:

Develop, implement, administer, document and promote campus-wide programs that foster sustainability.
Interact with departments working on sustainability initiatives to enhance those efforts and share successful ideas across campus.
Increase awareness of OSU’s sustainability initiatives.


The website URL where information about the sustainability officer(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Several individual colleges have sustainability committees and activities including the College of Human Sciences (http://humansciences.okstate.edu/sustainability).


Several individual colleges have sustainability committees and activities including the College of Human Sciences (http://humansciences.okstate.edu/sustainability).

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