Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 60.05
Liaison Jessica Thompson
Submission Date Feb. 15, 2023

STARS v2.2

Northern Michigan University
EN-12: Continuing Education

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.91 / 5.00 Jessica Thompson
AVP Sustainability
People Culture & Wellbeing
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Part 1 . Continuing education courses in sustainability

Total number of continuing education courses offered:
314

Number of continuing education courses that are sustainability course offerings:
20

Percentage of continuing education courses that are sustainability course offerings:
6.37

Course Inventory 

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its continuing education sustainability course offerings and descriptions:
Institution’s inventory of its continuing education sustainability course offerings and descriptions:
Sustainability Certificate/Programs:
Sustainable Management (https://catalog.mindedge.com/nmu/categories/25)
Our sustainable management courses (7 in total) deliver the tools and knowledge to make meaningful changes in your management approach toward sustainable business practices. The courses provide in-depth learning on corporate social responsibility, triple bottom-line accounting, leadership, ethics, and measuring your sustainable management performance.

LEED Green Building (1 course in program, see https://catalog.mindedge.com/nmu/categories/65)
In the face of the growing demands of urban population growth, sustainable design and green building practices have increasingly taken center stage. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, is the most widely used green building system in the world. Obtaining a LEED professional credential signals that an individual is a leader in environmentally friendly and sustainable design.

Sustainability-related Courses (nested in other programs)

HR Ethics Series: Corporations and Corporate Social Responsibility (in HR Management)

Current Trends in Nonprofit Management (in Nonprofit Management)

Advanced Grant Writing (in NonProfit Management)

Data Analysis in the Real World (in Data Analytics)

Business Ethics in the 21st Century (in Management)

HR Hot Topic: Pay Equity (in HR Management)

Building an Inclusive Organization (in HR Management)

HR Ethics Series: Capitalism, Inequality, and Justice (in HR Management)

Nonprofit Ethics and Compliance (in Nonprofit Management)

Introduction to Emergency Management in the U.S. (in Emergency Management)

Current Issues Facing Women in Business (in Women in Business)

Work-Life Balance for Women in Business (in Women in Business)

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

Part 2. Sustainability-focused certificate program

Does the institution have at least one sustainability-focused certificate program through its continuing education or extension department?:
Yes

A brief description of the certificate program(s):
Northern offers two sustainability-focused certificate programs:

Sustainable Management (https://catalog.mindedge.com/nmu/categories/25)
Our sustainable management courses deliver the tools and knowledge to make meaningful changes in your management approach toward sustainable business practices. The courses provide in-depth learning on corporate social responsibility, triple bottom-line accounting, leadership, ethics, and measuring your sustainable management performance.

LEED Green Building (https://catalog.mindedge.com/nmu/categories/65)
In the face of the growing demands of urban population growth, sustainable design and green building practices have increasingly taken center stage. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, is the most widely used green building system in the world. Obtaining a LEED professional credential signals that an individual is a leader in environmentally friendly and sustainable design.

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Website URL where information about the institution’s continuing education courses and programs in sustainability is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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