Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 45.14
Liaison Kristina Hope
Submission Date Feb. 2, 2024

STARS v2.2

Knox College
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 4.00 Kristina Hope
Director of Sustainability Initiatives
Office of Sustainability
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Student sustainability research incentives 

Does the institution have an ongoing program to encourage students in multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
Yes

A brief description of the student sustainability research program:
In 2017, a sustainability endowment was established to support student research and internships (through alum donations). These funds are available each year for students applying to the college's Vovis Center for Research & Advanced Study and for Knox's Power of Experience grants. Funding is awarded to sustainability-related research and creative projects. In the 2022-2023 academic year, twelve students received financial awards to support research projects such as community scale composting and bioregional herbalism. One student was awarded funding to carry out a summer research on implementing an herbal fruit tree guild to increase biodiversity and contribute the growing edible forest garden at the Knox farm.

Faculty sustainability research incentives 

Does the institution have a program to encourage academic staff from multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
No

A brief description of the faculty sustainability research program:
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Recognition of interdisciplinary, transdisciplnary and multi-disciplinary research 

Has the institution published written policies and procedures that give positive recognition to interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research during faculty promotion and/or tenure decisions?:
No

A copy of the promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
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The promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
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Library support

Does the institution have ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research:
Web based Reference guides tailored for individual courses and assignments related to sustainability research are provided through the library website and are updated continuously. Workshops are taught for individual courses and assignments and include courses that are both sustainability-related and sustainability-focused. The library also promotes sustainability in its workflows, and training of students, and highlights these sustainability practices as we work with students doing research.
Some of the links to some of our Environmental Science/Studies Guides that students use are:
Environmental Studies and Environmental Science: https://knox.libguides.com/envs
Environmental and Natural Resources Economics: https://knox.libguides.com/econ368
Human Environment Interactions: https://knox.libguides.com/ENVS335

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