Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 64.75
Liaison Brad Spanbauer
Submission Date Feb. 4, 2012
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Michael Lizotte
Director Of Facilities Management
Facilities
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Does the institution have a sustainability committee?:
Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee or a brief description of the committee's purview and activities :

The council shall report to both the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and the Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services. The council shall assist and provide direction to the Campus Sustainability Director. It also may take leadership in special issues (such as the curriculum), and advise campus leaders on sustainability initiatives.

The council makes recommendations to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services on:

- priorities for sustainability plan goals
- soundness of an annual plan and budget drawn up by the Campus Sustainability Director
- campus-wide sustainability procedures and policies
- sustainability in the curriculum
- educational events on campus
- membership in off-campus sustainability organizations or initiatives
- performance of the director.


Members of the committee, including affiliations:

Steve Arndt (Co-Chair), Director of Facilities
Jim Feldman (Co-Chair), faculty, Environmental Studies,
Victor Alatore, Residence Life
David Barnhill, faculty, Director of the Environmental Studies Program
Joe Blohm, Director Parking Services and Bookstore
Dawn Dettlaff, Supervisor, Buildings and Grounds
Sarah Du Frane, student, United Students in Residence Halls
Nick Dvoracek, Media Services, Information Technology
McKenzie Hicks, Student, Environmental Studies
Brian Klinger, Purchasing
Molly Kopplin, President of United Students in Residence Halls, Eco-Rep
Michael Lizotte, Interim Director of Sustainability
Maureen Muldoon, faculty, Geology
Jon Olszowy, student, Business
MaryBeth Petesch, College of Education and Human Services
Stephanie Spehar, faculty, Anthropology, Chancellor's Leadership Fellow in Sustainability
Marty Strand, Assistant Director of Dining Operations
Stephanie Urbanski, student, Oshkosh Student Association


The website URL where information about the sustainability committee is available:
Does the institution have a sustainability office?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability office:

The Sustainability Office is currently located at the Campus Services Building, Room 101D. This location provide the Director’s Office, storage space for materials, access to Facilities Management records, shared office space for interns, and access to conference rooms. Reception, clerical, and purchasing assistance is provided by Facilities Management.


The number of people employed in the sustainability office:
1.50

The website URL where information about the sustainability office is available:
---

Does the institution have a sustainability coordinator?:
Yes

Sustainability coordinator's name:
Michael Lizotte

Sustainability coordinator's position title:
Director of Sustainability

A brief description of the sustainability coordinator’s position:

The Director's responsibility is four-fold, bringing leadership to campus sustainability in operations, teaching, outreach and research. The Director reports to the Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs and to the Vice-Chancellor for Administrative Services.


The website URL where information about the sustainability coordinator is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
---

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.