Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.74
Liaison Chad King
Submission Date July 20, 2011
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University of Denver
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Rebecca Powell
Chair, Sustainability Council
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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 :

On June 5, 2007 Chancellor Robert Coombe signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). Under the terms of that Commitment, the University of Denver has pledged: (1) to integrate sustainability into our curriculum; (2) to complete a comprehensive inventory of all University related greenhouse gas emissions and update the inventory every other year and (3) to, within two years of signing, develop an institutional action plan for becoming climate neutral as soon as possible.

As the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment states:
We believe colleges and universities must exercise leadership in their communities and throughout society by modeling ways to minimize global warming emissions, and by providing the knowledge and the educated graduates to achieve climate neutrality. Campuses that address the climate challenge by reducing global warming emissions and by integrating sustainability into their curriculum will better serve their students and meet their social mandate to help create a thriving, ethical and civil society.

As a first step toward meeting our commitments, the Provost created a University-wide “Sustainability Council.” This Council will advise the University Administration and monitor DU’s progress toward meeting the goals of ACUPCC.


Members of the committee, including affiliations:

For the 2010-2011 academic year, official members of the Sustainability Council included the following:

Faculty--
Lyndsay Agans, Morgridge College of Education
Fred Cheever, Sturm College of Law
Bruce Hutton, Daniels College of Business
Rebecca Powell, Department of Geography
Martin Quigley, Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Staff--
Christy Cerrone, Housing and Residential Education
Ethan Crawford, Graduate School of Social Work
Tiffany Hutchings, Josef Korbel School of International Studies
Tom McGee, Facilities Management
Samara Rasmussen, Graduate School of Professional Psychology
Saskia Sawyer, University Advancement, Staff Advisory Council Representative
Thomas Walker, Center for Multicultural Excellence Representative
Kristin Altman, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Webmaster
Shelley Popke, The Women's College Representative
Brenda Goates, University College Representative

Students--
Jon Bortles, Student at large
Melina Hernandez, Student Bar Association Representative
Dillon Doyle, Student at large
Leah White, Student at large
Megan Marshall, Student at large
Jolie Nesmith, Student at large

Administrative representatives--
Jeff Bemelen, Director of Facilities Management
Linda Kosten, Assistant Provost, University Planning, Budget, and Analysis
Mark Rodgers, University Architect
Chase Squires, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, University Communications

Ex-officio--
Gregg Kvistad, Provost
Chris MacMillan, Director of Strategic Planning and Rankings, Daniels College
Craig Woody, Vice Chancellor of Business and Financial Affairs


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Does the institution have a sustainability office?:
No

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Does the institution have a sustainability coordinator?:
No

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