Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 29.22
Liaison Laurel Pikcunas
Submission Date March 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Hawaii Maui College
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Matt Lynch
Director of Sustainability Initiatives
UH Office of Sustainability
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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 Sustainability Curriculum Coordination Council (SSCCC) was established by EP 4.202 to provide coordination, support and advice to the campuses regarding
scholarly, scientific and community-engaged research projects in sustainability; integrating sustainability into existing courses across the curriculum; developing new sustainability courses, programs, certificates and degrees; and supporting and assisting current sustainability degree programs to evolve, excel and flourish. The SSCCC reports directly to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, however lacks any full-time staff or credit release time to support its function. https://tinyurl.com/UHexecpolicy


Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:

The SSCCC reports directly to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, however lacks any full-time staff or credit release time to support its function. https://tinyurl.com/UHexecpolicy


Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent employee?:
No

A brief description of each sustainability office:
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Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
0

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
No

Name and title of each sustainability officer:
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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 UH Office of Sustainability is responsible for broad sustainability coordination
for the entire 10-campus university system. The Sustainability Curriculum Coordination Council is responsible for sustainability curriculum coordination across our ten campuses, however lacks any full-time staff to support its function.


Job title of the sustainability officer position:
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Job description for the sustainability officer position:
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Job description for the sustainability officer position:
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Job title of the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
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Job description for the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
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Job description for the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
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Job title of the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
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Job description for the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
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Job description for the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
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Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability coordination is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The information for this credit was gathered by several sources. Previous AmeriCorps member had filled this out and the information is still relevant. Meagan Jones, SSM Faculty also confirmed.

The UH (System) Office of Sustainability is responsible for broad sustainability coordination for the entire 10-campus university system.

The UH (System) Office of Sustainability functions as a backbone organization, working with across UH campuses to complement, support and enhance the existing sustainability work under way, and to provide coordination capacity for campuses to share information and resources with each other to accelerate action to strengthen the environmental, social, cultural and economic health of our islands’ communities.

The Sustainability Curriculum Coordination Council (SSCCC) was established by EP 4.202 to provide coordination, support and advice to the campuses regarding scholarly, scientific and community-engaged research projects in sustainability; integrating sustainability into existing courses across the curriculum; developing new sustainability courses, programs, certificates and degrees; and supporting and assisting current sustainability degree programs to evolve, excel and flourish. The SSCCC reports directly to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, however lacks any full-time staff or credit release time to support its function.
https://tinyurl.com/UHexecpolicy


The information for this credit was gathered by several sources. Previous AmeriCorps member had filled this out and the information is still relevant. Meagan Jones, SSM Faculty also confirmed.

The UH (System) Office of Sustainability is responsible for broad sustainability coordination for the entire 10-campus university system.

The UH (System) Office of Sustainability functions as a backbone organization, working with across UH campuses to complement, support and enhance the existing sustainability work under way, and to provide coordination capacity for campuses to share information and resources with each other to accelerate action to strengthen the environmental, social, cultural and economic health of our islands’ communities.

The Sustainability Curriculum Coordination Council (SSCCC) was established by EP 4.202 to provide coordination, support and advice to the campuses regarding scholarly, scientific and community-engaged research projects in sustainability; integrating sustainability into existing courses across the curriculum; developing new sustainability courses, programs, certificates and degrees; and supporting and assisting current sustainability degree programs to evolve, excel and flourish. The SSCCC reports directly to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, however lacks any full-time staff or credit release time to support its function.
https://tinyurl.com/UHexecpolicy

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