Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.84
Liaison Troy Goodnough
Submission Date June 2, 2015
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University of Minnesota, Morris
EN-8: Staff Professional Development

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Troy Goodnough
Sustainability Director
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution make available training and/or other professional development opportunities in sustainability to all staff at least once per year?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability trainings and professional development opportunities available to staff :

The Office of Sustainability works with campus partners to hold "Summit" meetings each semester on topics like food and composting. Everyone on-campus is invited to the meetings which would provide them opportunities to learn more about sustainability topics.


The percentage of staff that participated in training and/or other professional development opportunities in sustainability during the previous year:
8

The website URL where information about staff training opportunities in sustainability is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The all-campus introduction to the Summit meetings are done via the campus lisserv system, which is used frequent on our campus to alert people to meeting opportunities.

The Morris Fall Professional Development Day also features sustainability topics and provides an opportunity for faculty and staff to learn more about sustainability on-campus and to discuss progress and ideas for improvement.

The Morris Academic Staff Association also has a brown-bag lunch where sustainability ideas are discussed.


The all-campus introduction to the Summit meetings are done via the campus lisserv system, which is used frequent on our campus to alert people to meeting opportunities.

The Morris Fall Professional Development Day also features sustainability topics and provides an opportunity for faculty and staff to learn more about sustainability on-campus and to discuss progress and ideas for improvement.

The Morris Academic Staff Association also has a brown-bag lunch where sustainability ideas are discussed.

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