University of South Carolina
ER-14: Incentives for Developing Sustainability Courses

Sustainable Carolina and the Office of Sustainability put on a faculty development workshop annually at the end of the spring semester. Faculty from all disciplines and all USC campuses are eligible to participate in the 1 ½ day training workshop. Participation does include a competitive application process. There is no charge for faculty that participate in the workshop and supporting events. Faculty that complete the workshop are then eligible to apply for competitive grants of up to $500 to support the development of new or re-designed courses that address sustainability. Other opportunities that exist to support faculty in course development through the Office of Sustainability and its campus partners include release time from Deans for program development and implementation, conference and training funding and course, research and project implementation funding available through the Student Sustainability Fund. Additionally, faculty may apply for the Page Prize for Sustainability Issues in Business Curricula. Faculty development workshop: http://www.cas.sc.edu/greenquad/node/102 Page Prize for Business Specific Curricula: http://www.moore.sc.edu/about/sustainableenterprisedevelopment/pageprize.aspx Student Sustainability Fund: http://www.cas.sc.edu/greenquad/SSF Participants from the 2011 workshop provided the following feedback: • 92% of participants from the last workshop said they would recommend it to their colleagues • 90% stated they discovered new resources for integrating sustainability into their teaching/work • 92% stated they obtained new information for integrating sustainability into their teaching/work • 100% stated they met faculty members that were new to them for potential collaboration

Training in the Faculty Development Workshop is offered at no cost to faculty. Competitive grants of $500 are available to faculty who complete the workshop and develop new courses on sustainability. Limited Funding is also provided for faculty to receive training, develop new programs and implement projects from the Office of Sustainability.

Faculty development workshop: http://www.cas.sc.edu/greenquad/node/102 Page Prize for Business Specific Curricula: http://www.moore.sc.edu/about/sustainableenterprisedevelopment/pageprize.aspx Student Sustainability Fund: http://www.cas.sc.edu/greenquad/SSF