| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.64 |
| Liaison | Kimberly Post |
| Submission Date | Feb. 22, 2022 |
Saint Joseph's College - ME
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Nancy
Kristiansen Online Business Program Director Saint Joseph's On-line |
Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:
The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:
Shared Governance - All College Campus Committees
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j3fKkDKbofvdsOxMKf55_6nb_1VJbOYCpucrQhBlsoQ/edit
College Environment Committee
The All-College College Environment Committee’s sphere of concern shall be those non- financial College resources that are essential to the College’s success and sustainability: human, physical plant, and technology. This committee will:
1) Review and contribute to the updating of the College’s enrollment and
persistence plans and provide relevant advice to the Chief Learning Officer (CLO) and the Chief Enrollment Officer (CEnO) 2) Review and contribute to the updating of the College strategic human resource plans and provide relevant advice to the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) 3) Review and contribute to the updating of the College’s strategic information technology plans and provide relevant advice to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) 4) Review and contribute to the updating of the College’s master facilities and climate action plans and monitor their annual and strategic implementation. It shall provide relevant advice to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) concerning the capital budgeting process.
The committee is advisory to the various members of the College’s Leadership Team. Members of the All-College College Environment Committee shall meet annually with the Board of Trustees’ College Environment Committee. The focus for both committees is:
Initiative #2: Stewarding the faculty and staff community
Initiative # 5: Stewarding our campus environment
Initiative #1: Stewarding our Enrollment and persistence
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:
All-College Environment Committee
Committee Member / Faculty Greg Teegarden (Co-Chair)
Committee Member / Faculty Mark Green (Co-Chair)
Committee Member / Staff Maya Atlas
Committee Member / Staff Matt Gawel
Committee Member / Staff Ashley Bigda
Committee Member / Student Ethan Richard
Committee Member / Student Olivia Morelli
Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent employee?:
A brief description of each sustainability office:
The Center for Sustainable Communities is co-directed by four (4) coordinators who receive annual contracts that outline their responsbilities, goals & objectives. The center is structured around the primary classifications of sustainable practice in contextual alignment with the STARS standard, Academics (1), Operations (2), Engagement (1) and Planning & Administration (1). The diverse group of faculty and staff co-directors meet regularly to assess, review and inform various initiatives, standards, programs and projects.
Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution?:
A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:
The Center for Sustainable Communities (CSC)
2018 Center for Sustainable Communities (CSC) formed
2018 All College Committee System of Shared Governance
2018 Princeton Review Recognition
2019 Certified Bee Campus USA® Affiliate
2019 Community Engagement Report
2020 Phase One Energy Goals (2015-2022) 2020 Pandemic Response
2020 Community Resilience Assessment & Planning
2021 2nd Nature Reporting Summaries
2021 Assessment by the Conference for Mercy Higher Education Spring 2021
2021 New major approved, "Leadership for Sustainable Communities"
Job title of the sustainability officer position:
Job description for the sustainability officer position:
Job description for the sustainability officer position:
Job title of the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
Job description for the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
Job description for the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
Job title of the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
Job description for the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
Job description for the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
Job description for sustainability officer position (4th position) included below.
Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability coordination is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Saint Joseph's College has long been engaged in ensuring that students are exposed to a holistic view of their environment that is in close alignment with the core values of the college. Several notable examples include the following:
SUSTAINABILITY MILESTONES TIMELINE
Sustainability Timeline (many dates are approximate)
2001 Campus Recycling Task force formed by David House. Chaired be Jeanne Gulnick. Recommends that College increase recycling opportunities to include paper and cardboard. Recycling of returnables is sponsored by some groups on campus
2002 Recycling Task Force morphs into Environmental Awareness Committee
2002 ES 300—Ecology and the Environmental Challenge—required core curriculum course with sustainability as a focus comes on line and is required for almost all SJC grads.
2003 SJC becomes a member of the Green Campus Consortium of Maine.
2005 Alfond Hall goes on line with 3 bin system for paper, returnables and garbage in every classroom.
2007 SJC Ecorep Program begins. Ecoreps have paid positions to do recycling in res halls and promote environmentally sustainable behavior among their peers living in the res halls.
2007 John Zerillo, interim dean of the college, appoints Jeanne Gulnick as course coordinator for ES 300—a job which evolves into Campus Sustainability coordinator
2007 Sustainability incorporated into first year student orientation
Summer 2008—metering of res hall electricity usage begins
2008 Housekeeping switches to Green Cleaning products.
2008 Bon Appetit begins single stream recycling
2008 Single stream recycling goes “roomside” is res halls
2009 Campus composting program begins
2009 President Joseph Lee signs the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment
2009—First “Green Moveout” to promote recycling of items and divert useable material from the dumpster when students move out of residence halls after Spring exam period.
2009 Farm internship program begins under Bon Appetit . Michial Russell is hired as farmer.
2009 First PCCC forms and meets
Fall 2009—Campus e-team forms
2010 Dorr Foundation Grant for metering of other campus building electricity usage including Alfond Hall, Alfond Center and Mercy Hall is received from Dorr Foundation
2009 First residence hall energy contest where res halls compete to see who can reduce electricity use the most compared to pre-contest usage.
2010 First Fall Sustainability Festival and Eat Local Lunch
Summer 2010—Saint Joseph’s College completes and submits first greenhouse gas inventory to the ACUPCC
2012 KAB Grant provides additional single-stream recycling containers for the college
2012 Labels provided for all single-stream recycling containers on campus
2012 President Jim Dlugos recommits Saint Joseph’s College to the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment
2012 President Jim Dlugos signs the Saint Francis Pledge (on the Feast of Saint Francis)
2013 PCCC forms Spring 2013—First End of semester electronics recycling due to partnership with Go Green and Go Home
2014 Bronze STARS Award
2015 Climate Action Plan (CAP) submitted to Second Nature (then, ACUPCC)
2017 Silver STARS award
2017 The Freight Farm
2017 Sustainable Purchasing Principles & Practices
2017 Clean Air Policy
2017 E-Waste and Recycling Policy and Protocol
2017 Civic Action Plan
2018 Center for Sustainable Communities (CSC) formed
2018 All College Committee System of Shared Governance
2018 Princeton Review Recognition
2019 Certified Bee Campus USA® Affiliate
2019 Community Engagement Report
2020 Phase One Energy Goals (2015-2022) 2020 Pandemic Response
2020 Community Resilience Assessment & Planning
2021 2nd Nature Reporting Summaries
2021 Assessment by the Conference for Mercy Higher Education Spring 2021
2021 New major approved, "Leadership for Sustainable Communities"
Saint Joseph's College has long been engaged in ensuring that students are exposed to a holistic view of their environment that is in close alignment with the core values of the college. Several notable examples include the following:
SUSTAINABILITY MILESTONES TIMELINE
Sustainability Timeline (many dates are approximate)
2001 Campus Recycling Task force formed by David House. Chaired be Jeanne Gulnick. Recommends that College increase recycling opportunities to include paper and cardboard. Recycling of returnables is sponsored by some groups on campus
2002 Recycling Task Force morphs into Environmental Awareness Committee
2002 ES 300—Ecology and the Environmental Challenge—required core curriculum course with sustainability as a focus comes on line and is required for almost all SJC grads.
2003 SJC becomes a member of the Green Campus Consortium of Maine.
2005 Alfond Hall goes on line with 3 bin system for paper, returnables and garbage in every classroom.
2007 SJC Ecorep Program begins. Ecoreps have paid positions to do recycling in res halls and promote environmentally sustainable behavior among their peers living in the res halls.
2007 John Zerillo, interim dean of the college, appoints Jeanne Gulnick as course coordinator for ES 300—a job which evolves into Campus Sustainability coordinator
2007 Sustainability incorporated into first year student orientation
Summer 2008—metering of res hall electricity usage begins
2008 Housekeeping switches to Green Cleaning products.
2008 Bon Appetit begins single stream recycling
2008 Single stream recycling goes “roomside” is res halls
2009 Campus composting program begins
2009 President Joseph Lee signs the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment
2009—First “Green Moveout” to promote recycling of items and divert useable material from the dumpster when students move out of residence halls after Spring exam period.
2009 Farm internship program begins under Bon Appetit . Michial Russell is hired as farmer.
2009 First PCCC forms and meets
Fall 2009—Campus e-team forms
2010 Dorr Foundation Grant for metering of other campus building electricity usage including Alfond Hall, Alfond Center and Mercy Hall is received from Dorr Foundation
2009 First residence hall energy contest where res halls compete to see who can reduce electricity use the most compared to pre-contest usage.
2010 First Fall Sustainability Festival and Eat Local Lunch
Summer 2010—Saint Joseph’s College completes and submits first greenhouse gas inventory to the ACUPCC
2012 KAB Grant provides additional single-stream recycling containers for the college
2012 Labels provided for all single-stream recycling containers on campus
2012 President Jim Dlugos recommits Saint Joseph’s College to the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment
2012 President Jim Dlugos signs the Saint Francis Pledge (on the Feast of Saint Francis)
2013 PCCC forms Spring 2013—First End of semester electronics recycling due to partnership with Go Green and Go Home
2014 Bronze STARS Award
2015 Climate Action Plan (CAP) submitted to Second Nature (then, ACUPCC)
2017 Silver STARS award
2017 The Freight Farm
2017 Sustainable Purchasing Principles & Practices
2017 Clean Air Policy
2017 E-Waste and Recycling Policy and Protocol
2017 Civic Action Plan
2018 Center for Sustainable Communities (CSC) formed
2018 All College Committee System of Shared Governance
2018 Princeton Review Recognition
2019 Certified Bee Campus USA® Affiliate
2019 Community Engagement Report
2020 Phase One Energy Goals (2015-2022) 2020 Pandemic Response
2020 Community Resilience Assessment & Planning
2021 2nd Nature Reporting Summaries
2021 Assessment by the Conference for Mercy Higher Education Spring 2021
2021 New major approved, "Leadership for Sustainable Communities"
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