San Jose State University
PAE-13: Staff Professional Development in Sustainability

Human Resources: The HR professional development programs include the Work-lead Cohort, the Administrative Professional Training Program, and HR 101 classes, which include skills development, sustainability, health and wellness and special targeted trainings. http://www.sjsu.edu/hr/staff/training/advance/index.htm Sustainability Matters Workshop: The ‘Sustainability Matters’ workshop series was launched in 2009. It is a panel series covering different topics of sustainability at SJSU and is hosted by the Office of the President. The series is promoted throughout the university and is open to faculty and staff as well as students and the general public. These workshops enable the University community to come together to exchange information and ideas that encourage sustainable behavior. Topics covered in past workshops have included, water conservation, climate change, SJSU ecological footprint challenge (http://www.myfootprint.org/sjsu/) and corporate sustainability. http://www.sjsu.edu/news/news_detail.jsp?id=3408 http://www.sjsu.edu/sustainability/Events/ Going Green in the Office: Environmentally Preferable Procurement Workshop: SJSU Staff, Department Chairs, and Administrators are invited to a discussion of Environmentally Preferable Procurement (EPP) and the adoption of green principles in purchasing at SJSU. Speakers encourage attendees to explore current SJSU policies, ways to adopt EPP into departmental purchasing, and examples of how EPP has affected specific departmental actions. http://events.sjsu.edu/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=1910&information_id=4976&type Transportation Solutions: SJSU Transportation Solutions provided a worship series available to all staff members in Spring 2010, which highlighted sustainable transportation options for staff members. Topics of the workshop included; air quality, reducing automobile-source emissions, encouraging the usage of alternative transportation to SJSU, info on county transit system and direct bus and light rail lines to campus, incentives for transit, University transit pass (VTA Eco Pass), SJSU discounts and subsidies for regional transit, Commuter Check or pre-tax transit benefit program for employees, SJSU carpool program and regional rideshare matching system, bicycling to campus, campus bicycle parking facilities, and city and county bike routes.