Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 62.46
Liaison Morgan Hartman
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2020

STARS v2.2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
EN-11: Inter-Campus Collaboration

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.50 / 3.00 Brittni McGuire
Sustainability Specialist
Office of Sustainability
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Is the institution currently a member of a national or international higher education sustainability network?:
Yes

The name of the national or international sustainability network(s):

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG) Solutions Network


Does the institution actively participate in a regional, state/provincial, or local higher education sustainability network?:
Yes

The name of the regional, state/provincial or local sustainability network(s):

Big Ten and Friends - Mechanical Energy

Big Ten and Friends - Sustainability Professionals Group


Has the institution presented at a higher education sustainability conference during the previous year?:
Yes

A list or brief description of the conference(s) and presentation(s):

AASHE 2019: Brittni McGuire presented "Growing a Tree: Building and Sustaining a Student Organization on Campus" at the 2019 AASHE Conference in Spokane, Washington. Brittni hoped to take a step back from talking about sustainability initiatives and focus more on sustaining your campus' own student organizations. Prabhakar Shrestha and Elizabeth Snyder presented "Designing/Developing Green Maps for Campus" at the 2019 AASHE Conference. They shared a case study of the UNL Green Map that shows where all the water bottle refilling stations are on campus.


Has the institution submitted a case study during the previous year to an external higher education sustainability resource center or awards program?:
No

A list or brief description of the sustainability resource center or awards program and submission(s):
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Has the institution had employees or students serving on a board or committee of a sustainability network or conference during the previous three years?:
Yes

A list or brief description of the board or committee appointment(s):

UNL's Director of Sustainability served as one of the judges for the AASHE Awards and the review board for AASHE Conference Submissions in 2019.


Does the institution have an ongoing mentoring relationship with another institution through which it assists the institution with its sustainability reporting and/or the development of its sustainability program?:
No

A brief description of the mentoring relationship and activities:
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Has the institution had employees or students serving as peer reviewers of another institution’s sustainability data and/or STARS submission during the previous three years?:
Yes

A brief description of the peer review activities:

UNL's Office of Sustainability and Central Community College in Nebraska regularly consult each other on their STARS report submissions.


A brief description of other inter-campus collaborative efforts around sustainability during the previous year :

The Sustainability Leadership Presentation Series (SLPS) is a collaborative live broadcast of highly qualified and credible speakers, presenting on regional topics of sustainability and global and local environmental issues. The SLPS stimulates needed discussion and provides examples for action, planning and problem-solving for leadership in environmental sustainability. Different institutions in Nebraska all collaborate to make this possible.

https://www.cccneb.edu/slps


Website URL where information about the institution’s inter-campus collaborations is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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