Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.10
Liaison Kristin Larson
Submission Date Aug. 1, 2012
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San Diego State University
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Sarah Campbell
Sustainability Center Intern
Center for Regional 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 :

The campus sustainability committee is a university senate committee and was established in April 2007. The Senate Sustainability Committee charge is as follows:

1.0 Sustainability refers to practices designed to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It encompasses teaching, research, and practice in a variety of areas including but not limited to policy development, building design and construction, waste management and recycling, energy production and use, water use, and transportation.

2.0 Membership (15): five faculty, with no more than two from any one college; one staff member; Vice President for Student Affairs or designee; Dean of Undergraduate Studies or designee; Director of Facilities Planning, Design & Construction or designee; Associate Vice President for Enterprise Operations or designee; SDSU Research Foundation Director of Facilities or designee; General Manager, KPBS or designee; CEO of Aztec Shops or designee; two students.

3.0 Functions. The Committee shall

3.1 study sustainability issues related to the campus and make recommendations to improve sustainable practices.

3.2 receive copies of Executive Orders or other instructions to the campus dealing with sustainability and report on them to the Senate.

3.3 Serve as the resource to faculty wishing to undertake research or propose curriculum in sustainability

3.4 coordinate with the Committee on Environment and Safety and the Campus Development Committee to ensure that sustainability is taken into
consideration in the deliberations of those bodies.


Members of the committee, including affiliations:

Jessica Barlow, Professor, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Geoffrey Chase, Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Lauren Cooper, Director of Facilities Planning, Design & Construction
Eric Elson, designee for Norma Clark, Director of Facilities, SDSU Foundation
Mina Azim, Student, Associated Students
Berenice Rodriguez, Student, Enviro Business Society
Steven Kiczek, Senior Assistant Librarian, Library and Information Access
Paul Melchior, designee for Donna Tusack, CEO of Aztec Shops
Nathan Oestreich, Professor, Accountancy
Robert Schulz, Associate V.P. for Enterprise Operations
Bruce Rogow, designee for Doug Myrland, General Manager of KPBS
Mariah Hudson, Sustainability Coordinator, Staff Representative
Trent Biggs, Associate Professor, Geography


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 Center for Regional Sustainability is a part of the Division of Undergraduate Studies and has one full-time staff person and two interns. The Center develops and coordinates: co-curricular programming, academic programs to infuse sustainability into curriculum including the Faculty Sustainability Institute on course redesign and serves as a resource center for campus sustainability information, events and internships.

The SDSU Associated Students also has sustainability initiatives and staff.

The Center is located in the Administration Building room 220 and provides office space for Green Campus Interns.


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:
Mariah Hudson

Sustainability coordinator's position title:
Sustainability Coordiantor and Assistant Director for the Center of Regional Sustainability

A brief description of the sustainability coordinator’s position:

Mariah Hudson,Sustainability Coordinator with Center for Regional Sustainability

Support faculty development and efforts to infuse sustainability into the curriculum.
Develop campus programing to raise awareness about sustainability issues and coordinate outreach events and programs to engage both the campus and the community.
Seek outside funding such as grants to support CRS initiatives and programs.
Assist SDSU in becoming a model University in sustainability.

Glen Brandenburg, Sustainability Adviser and Director of the Mission Bay Aquatic Center with Associated Students
Description: Create an awareness of sustainability throughout the Associated Students Inc.
Measurably improve operations to meet as high of standard of sustainability as feasible.
Create an awareness of sustainability throughout the University with an ongoing educational campaign.
Encourage student organizations and residents to adopt sustainable habits.
Assist SDSU in becoming a model University in sustainability.


The website URL where information about the sustainability coordinator is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

SDSU employs a full-time sustainability coordinator to promote sustainability through campus-wide initiatives and programs.

Associated Students, an auxiliary of SDSU, also employs a sustainability adviser to implement AS projects and programs.


SDSU employs a full-time sustainability coordinator to promote sustainability through campus-wide initiatives and programs.

Associated Students, an auxiliary of SDSU, also employs a sustainability adviser to implement AS projects and programs.

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