Overall Rating	Bronze
Overall Score	28.04
Liaison	Jodi Kennedy
Submission Date	July 5, 2022

STARS v2.2

Georgia Southern University
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.00 / 1.00	Jodi Kennedy Director Office of Leadership and Community Engagement

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Sustainability committee(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:

Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:

Sustainability Advisory Committee:
Coordination of a new climate action plan for the institution;
completed/in process of approval
Sustainability strategic planning;
Creation of bylaws for the sustainability grant process;
Sub-committees as necessary to implement the climate action plan
Sustainability Fee Committee: The Georgia Southern University Sustainability Fee Committee members administers and monitor allocation of the Student Sustainability Fee, collected on the Statesboro campus. The allocation of the funds are administered via campus sustainability projects

Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:

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Sustainability office(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent employee?:

A brief description of each sustainability office:

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Sustainability officer(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:

Yes

Name and title of each sustainability officer:

Kira Jatoft, Assistant Director for Sustainability and Leadership

Institution-wide coordination

Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution?:

Yes

A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:

The Sustainability Advisory Committee is comprised of faculty, staff, and students who provide leadership and support for sustainability initiatives on campus. Created by the Vice President for Student Affairs, the goal of the committee was to organize the campus effort of Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, Facilities Services, and Student Government. The specific goals of the committee for the most recent academic year were leading the Georgia Southern community through revising its Climate Action Plan and organizing the institution's STARS application, among other tasks.

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Job description (1st position)

Job title of the sustainability officer position:

Sustainability Coordinator

Job description for the sustainability officer position:

Program_Coordinator_Sustainability.docx_1_1.pdf

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Job description (2nd position)

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Job description (3rd position)

Job title of the sustainability officer position (3rd position):

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Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability coordination is available:

https://students.georgiasouthern.edu/LeadServe/sustainability/who-we-are/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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