| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.84 |
| Liaison | Troy Goodnough |
| Submission Date | June 2, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Minnesota, Morris
EN-10: Inter-Campus Collaboration
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Troy
Goodnough Sustainability Director Office of Sustainability |
Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:
In spring 2015, Morris played a lead role in facilitating the 2nd Minnesota Sustainability Professionals' Retreat at St. John's University in Collegeville, which brought together sustainability practitioners from Minnesota.
In September of 2011 the Morris campus hosted the 2011 UMACS conference (umacs.org). Representatives from colleges and universities from around the region attended and shared successes and best practices of campus sustainability efforts.
In November 2013, the UMACS conference was held at Luther College and many Morris staff/faculty and students presented together at the event.
The University of Minnesota, Morris also collaborates with the University of Minnesota system by participating in sustainability committees that span all five campuses.
The campus keeps an updated sustainability portion of our official website that details our programs, events, and assorted efforts around the environment.
The Office of Sustainability offers tours of our green energy initiatives to a variety of groups, including other schools, during which we discuss our successes, challenges, and goals.
The names of local, state/provincial, regional, national, or international campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability
Association for the Advancement for Sustainability in Higher Education,
American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment,
University of Minnesota's System-wide Sustainability Committee
A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
Since 2005 members the Morris campus community have partnered with schools in the region to strengthen UMACS; the Upper Midwest Association of Campus Sustainability in an effort to create a forum of communication and skill sharing. Since then a growing community of sustainability professionals, engaged students, and interested faculty and staff have had opportunities to gather and work together on region-specific campus sustainability.
The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
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