Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.46
Liaison Laura Bain
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2011
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Furman University
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00
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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 Sustainability Planning Council (SPC), established as the Sustainability Planning Group in 2005 and expanded to the Sustainability Planning Council in 2008, is tasked with monitoring the university's sustainability efforts and implementing university-wide initiatives related to sustainability. The SPC plays a key advisory role in setting priorities for the university's sustainability efforts. Additionally, the SPC led the completion of the university's sustainability master plan. Currently, the SPC Core committee has 20 members (faculty, staff, students, and administrators); the entire SPC has 124 members.


Members of the committee, including affiliations:

The SPC Core Committee consists of the following members:
Co-Chairs: Dr. Angela Halfacre, Director of the Shi Center for Sustainability and Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Political Science, and Dr. Bill Ranson, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Amelie Davis, ACS Post-Graduate Fellow
Dr. Bob Fray, Mathematics
Dr. Brannon Andersen, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Brittany DeKnight, Associate Director, Shi Center for Sustainability
Dr. Frank Powell, Sustainability Liaison
Dr. Jeanine Stratton, Business and Accounting
Jeff Redderson, AVP for Facilities Services
Katherine Kransteuber, Program Coordinator, Shi Center for Sustainability
Dr. Kirk Karwan, Business and Accounting (Department Chair)
Michael Keane, SGA representative
Dr. Michelle Horhota, Psychology
Mark Kelly, VP for Marketing and Public Relations
Scot Sherman, Director of Planning and Grounds
Scott Derrick, Student Services
Dr. Suzy Summers, Business and Accounting (Chair of the Faculty)
Dr. Wade Worthen, Biology
Dr. Wes Dripps, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Will McCabe, student representative


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 core mission of the David E. Shi Center for Sustainability at Furman University is to promote the study of sustainability both on campus and in the greater community. By working as a connector across disciplines and facilitator across divisions, the Center supports the integration of themes and topics related to sustainability into Furman’s academic program through curriculum development and research. The Shi Center for Sustainability was created in 2008, and currently employs a full time faculty director, two full time staff members, and one half-time faculty member. This center provides many of the activities associated with a sustainability office; however, its primary role is to connect departments and divisions to meet sustainability goals and to study the progress of the university and community towards those ends.


The number of people employed in the sustainability office:
3.50

The website URL where information about the sustainability office is available:
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Does the institution have a sustainability coordinator?:
No

Sustainability coordinator's name:
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Sustainability coordinator's position title:
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A brief description of the sustainability coordinator’s position:
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The website URL where information about the sustainability coordinator is available:
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