Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.17
Liaison Jeane Pope
Submission Date March 4, 2014
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DePauw University
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Carol Steele
Sustainability Director
Academic Affairs
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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 :

The Campus Sustainability Committee was created by President Brian W. Casey in May 2012. The committee presented recommendations for energy efficiency/renewable energy purchases to the Board of Trustees in May 2013 and is looking to create "institutional change" in many other areas too.


Members of the committee, including affiliations:

Carol Steele, Director for Sustainability
Anthony Baratta, Assistant Director for Sustainability
Christopher Wells, VP for Communication and Strategic Initiatives
Forrest Kunkel, Sustainability Intern
Alllison Orjala, Sustainability Intern
Zhiyan Jiang, Sustainability Intern
Amanda Halfacre, Residence Life
Deepa Prakash, Political Science
Jeanette Pope, Geoscience
JValerie Rudolph, Compton Center for Justice
Mary Smith, Women's Basketball
Gregory Ristow, Choir Director
Jim Ruark, Facilities
Sara Scully, Hubbard Center for Student Engagement
Richard Vance, Facilities
Joseph Heithaus, English


The website URL where information about the sustainability committee is available:
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Does the institution have a sustainability office?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability office:

The Office for Sustainability was created in 2010.


The number of people employed in the sustainability office:
5

The website URL where information about the sustainability office is available:
Does the institution have a sustainability coordinator?:
Yes

Sustainability coordinator's name:
Carol Steele

Sustainability coordinator's position title:
Director for Sustainability

A brief description of the sustainability coordinator’s position:

The Director for Sustainability works with the administrative implementation of the Presidents' Climate Commitment and oversees the Assistant Director for Sustainability, the Sustainability Interns, and the campus-, community-wide sustainability programming.


The website URL where information about the sustainability coordinator is available:
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