| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 52.02 |
| Liaison | Christine Bruckner |
| Submission Date | Jan. 24, 2025 |
Illinois State University
EN-6: Community Partnerships
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
7.00 / 9.00 |
Christine
Bruckner Assistant Director Office of Sustainability |
6.1 Sustainability-focused community partnerships
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s sustainability-focused community partnerships:
Faculty from multiple departments have had a long-standing partnership (since 2017) with the City of Bloomington to monitor the local drinking water quality through monitoring of local watersheds. One of the watersheds that is owned by the city is also used as a field site for ISU students. Information about one portion of this partnership can be found at its Collaboratory site: https://he.cecollaboratory.com/collaboratory/X7VRDLAB2/activities/6129ab32-d168-4836-5374-d76c414e240e#information
The Bloomington Normal Arbor Day Affiliates is a partnership between five groups who have received Tree Campus/City recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation, inlcuding Illinois State University, the Town of Normal, the City of Bloomington, Westminster Village, and Heartland Community College. The group meets semiannually to plan various events, collaborate on activities and share resources. Most recently the group has hosted a Gingko Tree Tour and an Arbor Day Tree Talk.
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6.2 Partnerships to support underrepresented groups and vulnerable populations
Description of the institution’s community partnerships to support underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations in addressing sustainability challenges:
Faculty in public health and environmental health partnered with the local Ecology Action Center and the Bloomington Normal NAACP on an environmental justice project to monitor local air quality in the westside of Bloomington which has been known to have disproportionate environmental and public health impacts. The project was awarded a $440,485 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant in whch the team used to install three solar-powered stationary air quality monitors last summer in EPA-designated environmental justice areas within southwest Bloomington and northwest Normal.
More information about this partnership can be found here: https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2024/09/fresh-air-bn-care-program-aims-to-monitor-improve-bloomington-normal-air-quality/
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6.3 Community partnership assessment
Publication that includes the community partnership guidelines:
Online resource that includes the institution’s community partnership guidelines:
Are all of the institution’s community partnerships for sustainability subject to an assessment process that includes joint evaluation by the institution and its community partners?:
Description of the institution’s approach to community partnership assessment and how the results are used to improve reciprocity and mutual benefit:
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Optional documentation
Additional documentation for this credit:
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