Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.43
Liaison Tony Gillund
Submission Date Sept. 12, 2013
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STARS v1.2

The Ohio State University at Newark
PAE-13: Staff Professional Development in Sustainability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Jacqueline H. (Jackie) Parrill
Vice President for Institutional Planning and Human Resources Development
Human Resources and Planning
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Does the institution make training and professional development opportunities in sustainability available to all staff?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability trainings and professional development opportunities available to staff :

The Ohio State University offers many personal and professional development opportunities to its staff. Ohio State sees sustainability holistically and understands the value of a healthy environment and workplace. Development opportunities range from personal health incentives to free tuition for classes at the university. These activities not only build a more sustainable campus but also provide sustainability education opportunities to employees through the periodic integration of sustainability lessons.


The website URL where information about staff training opportunities in sustainability are available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Each year, the office of human resources (Newark Campus) develops a professional development calendar that provides workshops on a variety of topics. Workshops have been conducted on diversity, ergonomics, sexual harassment, leadership, performance coaching, Civility in the Workplace, human trafficking and modern-day slavery: practical tools for an effective response, change management, raising healthy kids in an overweight world, understanding Alzheimer’s disease and related Dementia, retirement planning, financial workshops, etc.


Each year, the office of human resources (Newark Campus) develops a professional development calendar that provides workshops on a variety of topics. Workshops have been conducted on diversity, ergonomics, sexual harassment, leadership, performance coaching, Civility in the Workplace, human trafficking and modern-day slavery: practical tools for an effective response, change management, raising healthy kids in an overweight world, understanding Alzheimer’s disease and related Dementia, retirement planning, financial workshops, etc.

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