Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.74
Liaison James Speer
Submission Date Nov. 1, 2013
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Indiana State University
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Heather Miklozik
Staff
Center for Community Engagement
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Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
Yes

A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:

i. Publications
2013 Economic Analysis for Two-Axis Photovoltaic Tracking System for Indiana State University Building. NED University Journal of Research. Al-Odeh, M, Stergioulas, T., and Badar1, M.A.
2013 Eudaimonia, Economics and the Environment: What do the Hellenistic Thinkers Have to Teach Economists about ‘the Good Life’, Ethics & the Environment. Volume 18, issue 2. Richards1, D.
2012 The SENCER Teaching Model Applied to Sustainability to Make STEM Education Engaging. Greening of the Campus Conference Proceedings. 11p. Speer2, J.H., Alexander3, M.R., Pettit3, J.L., Whitaker3, J., Flowers3, S.C., Rosene3, P.J., Lehman3, A., and Kelley3, A.
ii. Invited Presentations
2012 Sustainability at Indiana State University. St. Andrews University, Scotland. Speer2, J.H. Pettit3, J. L., Flowers3, S. C., and Whitaker3, J.
2012 Sustainability at Indiana State University. University of East Anglia, England. Speer2, J.H. Pettit3, J. L., Flowers3, S. C., and Whitaker3, J.
iii. External Presentations
2013 Sustainability at Indiana State University. Indiana Recycling Conference, Indianapolis Indiana. Monds3, M..
2013 Institute for Community Sustainability and ISU Sustainability. Saint Mary of the Woods College. Speer2, J.H.
2013 Sustaining What? Syracuse University, Syracuse New York (via Skype). Savage2, C.
2013 Eco- Literacy: Community Practices from Recycling to Upcycling. Vigo County Library. Speer2, J.H.
2012 Light Switch Plates as a Campus Energy Saver. Poster presented at Greening of the Campus IX: Building Pedagogy, L.A. Pittenger Student Center, Ball State University, Muncie Indiana. Pettit3, J. L., Whitaker3, J., Flowers3, S. C., and Speer2, J.H.
2012 Competing for Sustainability at Indiana State University, Poster presented at Greening of the Campus IX: Building Pedagogy, L.A. Pittenger Student Center, Ball State University, Muncie Indiana. Whitaker3, J., Speer2, J.H., Pettit3, J. L., and Flowers3, S. C.
2012 Engaging Our Students in Sustainability. Poster presented at Greening of the Campus IX: Building Pedagogy, L.A. Pittenger Student Center, Ball State University, Muncie Indiana. Flowers3, S. C., Whitaker3, J., Pettit3, J. L., Speer2, J.H.
2012 The SENCER Teaching Model Applied to Sustainability to Make STEM Education Engaging. Presented at Greening of the Campus IX: Building Pedagogy, L.A. Pittenger Student Center, Ball State University, Muncie Indiana. Speer2, J.H., Alexander3, M.R., Pettit3, J. L., Whitaker3, J., Flowers3, S. C., Rosene3, P.J., Lehman3, L., and Kelley3, A.
iv. ISU Presentations
2013 Indiana State University Institute for Community Sustainability. Building Healthy Communities Conference. Savage2, C.
2013 Indiana State University Institute for Community Sustainability. ISU Foundation. Savage2, C.
2013 Institute for Community Sustainability. Goal 4 Strategic Plan Report Out. Speer2, J.H.
2013 Institute for Community Sustainability and ISU Sustainability. Human Resource Development 335 Class. Speer2, J.H.
v. Events organized by ICS
2013 Dr. Mike Keen, “Center for a Sustainable Future at IU South Bend”. Indiana State University.
2013 Green Drinks. Co-hosted with Our Green Valley Alliance for Sustainability. Sonka’s Irish Pub. Monthly.
2013 Earth Day. Indiana State University.
2013 Sustainability Brown Bag. Indiana State University. Weekly February-April.
2013 Wind Turbine Dedication. Indiana State University.
2013 Sustainability Plan for the Wabash Valley. Co-hosted with Our Green Valley Alliance for Sustainability and ISU College of Arts & Sciences Community Semester. Indiana State University.
2013 Sustainable Food for a Sustainable Community. Co-hosted with Terre Foods Cooperative Market and ISU College of Arts & Sciences Community Semester. Indiana State University.
2013 Sustainability Brown Bag. Indiana State University. Weekly February-April.
2012 Our Green Valley Alliance Annual Conference. Indiana State University.
2012 Community Garden Party. Indiana State University.
2012 Earth Day. Indiana State University.
2012 Sustainability Brown Bag. Indiana State University. Weekly February-April.
vi. Reports
2013 Carbon Foot Print Analysis. American Colleges and Universities, President's Climate Commitment.
2011 Carbon Foot Print Analysis. American Colleges and Universities, President's Climate Commitment.
2010 Climate Action Plan. American Colleges and Universities, President's Climate Commitment.


The names of local, state, regional, national, and other campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:

Our Green Valley Alliance for Sustainability
Terre Foods Cooperative Market
Home for Environmentally Responsible Engineers at Rose Hulman
White Violet Center for EcoJustice
Indiana Green Campus Network
Sustainable Indiana 2016
ACUPCC
AASHE
AmeriCorps Partner Sites
United Way
Mobile Market
Saint Ann Clinic


A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :

Through Our Green Valley Alliance for Sustainability, we have developed a cross institutional speaker series with Saint Mary of the Woods College, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, and Ivy Tech Community College. More recently we have started a passive solar greenhouse research project with these institutions along with the ISU Early Childhood Education Center and Purdue Extension.


The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
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