Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	69.05
Liaison	Katherine Spector
Submission Date	March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

State University of New York at Oswego
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.00 / 1.00	Jonathan Mills Administrator Sustainability Office

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Sustainability committee(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:

Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:

The Campus Environmental Action Committee promotes environmental stewardship and sustainability by supporting the integration of environmental issues into the curriculum as well as by supporting and sponsoring events to increase environmental awareness and best practices on campus. CEAC may also advise the administration on the environmental impact of campus policies and practices. Members include faculty, staff, students, emeriti, alumni, and representatives from the community.

Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:

-Katherine Spector, Office of Sustainability, Chair
-Jonathan Mills, Office of Sustainability
-Grace Maxon-Clarke, SUNY Oswego Educational Opportunity Program
-Cory Brosch, Counseling Services Center
-Eric Hellquist, Department of Biological Sciences
-Daniel Baldassarre, Department of Biological Sciences
-Jinyan Guo, Department of Biological Sciences
-Maureen Curtain, Department of English
-Juliet Forshaw, Department of Music
-Lenuta Giukin, Department of Modern Languages & Literature
-Ampalavaner Nanthakumar, Department of Mathematics
-Elizabeth Wilcox, Department of Mathematics
-Betsy McTiernan, Professor Emeritus
-Fred Scoles, Professor Emeritus
-Mary Ann Preston, Institutional Research
-Kristen Haynes, Assistant Director of Rice Creek Field Station
-Lisa Glidden, Department of Political Science
-Erin Kovalsky, Access Services Librarian
-Jeremy Shifton, Department of Criminal Justice
-Karin Dykeman, Department of Technology
-Emily Bovier, Department of Psychology
-Thomas Brown, Department of Chemistry
-Whalmany Ounkham, Department of Chemistry
-Tiffany Deater, Department of Cinema & Screen Studies
-Anne Caraley, Department of Physics
-Gwen Kay, Department of History
-Michael Chaness, Department of Anthropology
-Mihai Paraschiv, Department of Economics

Sustainability office(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent employee?:

Yes

A brief description of each sustainability office:

The Office of Sustainability at SUNY Oswego works to engage the campus community in adopting sustainable practices into their everyday lives with the goal of being better environmental stewards.

The Office of Sustainability operates within the Facilities Department on major build projects to lower carbon emissions used or made during the production and lifetime of any new or existing build projects.

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Sustainability officer(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:

Yes

Name and title of each sustainability officer:

Katherine Spector: Campus Sustainability Manager , Jonathan Mills: Campus Sustainability Coordinator

Institution-wide coordination

Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution?:

Yes

A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:

The Office of Sustainability coordinates sustainability initiatives and actions for the entire campus. In the last year, the Office of Sustainability launched a composting program in all of our dining halls and retail cafes that has diverted over 50,000 lbs of organic material from landfills and incinerators; and, received ArbNet Level 1 accreditation for our campus arboretum.
Continuous initiatives include: having a bike share program, coordinating the on-campus sustainable garden, coordinating the maple syrup collection on-campus, working with the Student Association and campus dining to eliminate non-essential plastics from dining, partnering with on-campus dining to host zero-waste events, maintaining our on-campus "Leave Your Mark" writing utensil recycling program through Terracycle.

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