Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.18
Liaison Chelsea Malacara
Submission Date Feb. 13, 2013
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Marquette University
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Andrew Seifert
Projects Assistant
Sustainability
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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 :

In the spring of 2008, Marquette assembled an eight member task force to help encourage the implementation of more sustainable practices on campus. This group was created to help generate new initiatives and help drive Marquette in a more sustainable direction. The Sustainability Task Force created and oversees four separate working groups: Recycling, Natural Resources and Utilities, New Buildings, and Suppliers.


Members of the committee, including affiliations:

Task Force members:

• Vice President of Administration
• Budget Director
• Vice President of Student Affairs
• Student Government President
• Faculty member
• A Dean
• Director of Auxiliary Services
• Sustainability Officer

Working Group members:

• Sustainability Officer
• Administrative expert in working group field
• 3 faculty members
• Committee on Administrators Representative
• Committee on Staff Representative
• Student co-chair


The website URL where information about the sustainability committee is available:
Does the institution have a sustainability office?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability office:

The Office of Sustainability is housed within the Office of Administration and works with the Sustainability Task Force and its four working groups to help encourage sustainability on campus. The Office of Sustainability also works with students, faculty and staff on finding ways for Marquette to become a more sustainable university.


The number of people employed in the sustainability office:
2

The website URL where information about the sustainability office is available:
Does the institution have a sustainability coordinator?:
Yes

Sustainability coordinator's name:
Mike Whittow

Sustainability coordinator's position title:
Sustainability Officer

A brief description of the sustainability coordinator’s position:

The Sustainability Officer position was created in 2008 in response to student desires that the university do more to address sustainability-related issues. The Sustainability Officer works on the day-to-day aspects of sustainability.


The website URL where information about the sustainability coordinator is available:
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