| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.15 |
| Liaison | Hannah Rushing |
| Submission Date | March 5, 2021 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Sterling College (VT)
AC-9: Research and Scholarship
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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12.00 / 12.00 |
Laura
Spence Dean of Academics Academics |
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Part 1
6
Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
6
Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
100
Part 2
2
Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
2
Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
100
Research Inventory
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The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Charlotte Rosendahl: American chestnut, agroforestry systems, soil microbial communities - Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems
Laura Spence: Pollination in managed landscapes, invasive plant species, plant-fungal interactions - Ecology
Tony Van Winkle: Heritage grain trials - Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems
Ed Fredrickson: Pasture ecology - Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems
Farley Brown: Watershed Bioassessment - Ecology
Jeff Richardson: Forest management - Ecology/ Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):
Information was collected from Laura Spence, Dean of Academics. All of the faculty that participate in research gear their research toward sustainability topics, particularly in the fields listed above.
Optional Fields
https://sterlingcollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/RFC_Newsletter_Winter2020-Singles-Digital.pdf
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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