| Overall Rating | Silver |
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| Overall Score | 61.55 |
| Liaison | Melissa Cadwell |
| Submission Date | Jan. 7, 2022 |
Syracuse University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Melissa
Cadwell Sustainability Coordinator Energy Systems & Sustainability Management |
Does the institution have an ongoing program that offers incentives for academic staff in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses? :
A brief description of the incentive program(s):
The Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability grants program provides funding for faculty who wish to develop courses or add elements to their courses. One example is the 2018 course, DES 400/600 Sustainable Design Elective: The School of Design partner with the ESF Sustainable Construction Management and Engineering (SCME) program and A Tiny Home for Good, Inc. to design two Syracuse University tiny houses. These structures will be designed as part of an interdisciplinary class taught during the spring semester of the upcoming academic year. As a design/build exercise, the SU/Tiny Home For Good (THFG) version will be financed and fabricated by our community partner.
A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
Professor received grant funding in the Religion Department for a faculty development seminar: Indigenous Values, Sustainability, and Onondaga Lake
Faculty were invited to this seminar and the goals were to familiarize SU faculty and advanced graduate students with the human and ecological history of Onondaga Lake, introducing indigenous ecological knowledge about sustainability and climate change, for the attendees to include the learnings into their curriculum. There were a variety of disciplines who attended and and the focus was on the community of peers who have common interests in sustainability education. The seminar included a two-day workshop with tours of the Onondaga Lake ecosystem, the Skä•noñh Great Law of Peace Center, and the Onondaga Nation, plus readings and discussion. After the workshop, participants developed curricular materials and then reconvene a few months later to share the materials and insights from their own disciplines.
Funding for Course on Creating and Learning Environmental Enforces the Ideas of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Designing a sustainable Bio fiber textile that could be used in campus housing at Syracuse University was given to this educational program
Creating a Bio fiber textile that can be developed here on our campus as a joint effort between the School of Design and the Biomaterial Institute. This would begin as a lab-based research effort leading to the production of Bio fiber textile that will replace current textiles used throughout our campus.
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