Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.76
Liaison Mark Klapatch-Mathias
Submission Date Feb. 21, 2018
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STARS v2.1

University of Wisconsin-River Falls
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Mark Klapatch
Sustainability and Custodial Supervisor
Facilities Management
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Sustainability Committee(s) 

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 Working Group (SWG) is the primary shared-governance group for promoting and coordinating sustainability values, principles, and practices at UW-River Falls. The SWG addresses the planning, design, implementation, and assessment of sustainable campus community programs and policies as well as documentation, such as the Sustainability Tracking and Rating System (STARS®), the Climate Action Plan (CAPlan), and the Sustainable Campus Community Plan (SCCPlan). The Sustainability Faculty Fellows consists of faculty who have gone through the Kinnickinnic Project which is a faculty-led initiative that involves strategic curriculum integration on sustainability. The Sustainability Faculty Fellows is led by a coordinator (Dr. Greta Gaard) who has a quarter time release from teaching.

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Members of each committee, including affiliations and role (e.g. staff, student, or faculty):
2016-2017 SWG Members: Committee Chair, Staff, Veronica Justen, Faculty, Plant & Earth Science Rashmi Magnani, Graduate Student Gabrielle Chapin, Undergraduate Student Teresa Eberhardt, English Faculty Charles Rader, Geography Faculty Mary Wright, Teacher Ed. Faculty Anthony Varghese, Computer Science and Information Systems Faculty Kathy Young, Diversity/Human Resources Staff Tim Thum, Facilities Management Staff Mark Klapatch, Office of Sustainability Staff Cara Rubis, Student Affairs Staff Community, Mike Noreen, River Falls Municipal Utilities 2017-2018 SWG Members: Committee Co-Chair, Staff, Veronica Justen, Faculty, Plant & Earth Science Committee Co-Chair, Mark Klapatch, Office of Sustainability Staff Shelbie Rochel, Undergraduate Student Teresa Eberhardt, English Faculty Charles Rader, Geography Faculty Mary Wright, Teacher Ed. Faculty Dawn Hukai, CBE Faculty Jennifer Friedman, Diversity/Human Resources Staff Tim Thum, Facilities Management Staff Cara Rubis, Student Affairs Staff Community, Mike Noreen, River Falls Municipal Utilities

Sustainability Office(s) 

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

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A brief description of each sustainability office:
The Office of Sustainability at UW-River Falls serves multiple functions. As part of the Facilities Management department, the Office of Sustainability is involved in numerous campus sustainability initiatives. The Sustainability Coordinator (Mark Klapatch) also oversees the custodial operations in the academic buildings on campus, helps run the Surplus Property Program, coordinates the refuse and recycling contract and operations, as well as the Office of Sustainability Student Representatives. His positions is considered .5 FTE Sustainability and .5 FTE Custodial Services There are 3-6 students employed by the office at any given time working on projects including STARS data collection, marketing, waste minimization, programming, etc.

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Full-time equivalent (FTE) of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
0.50

Sustainability Officer(s) 

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
Yes

Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Mark Klapatch - Sustainability Coordinator

Institution-Wide Coordination 

Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution (e.g. a campus-wide committee or an officer/office responsible for the entire campus)?:
Yes

A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:
Mark Klapatch - Sustainability Coordinator serves as the Chief Sustainability Officer for the campus. In doing so, he is responsible for the management and assessment of a coherent campus-wide sustainability program. Principle areas of responsibility involve developing and managing campus sustainability projects and initiatives; working with campus constituents on sustainability projects relating to campus operations; sustainability programming and outreach across campus and with the community; working with campus in the data collection and assessment of projects and initiatives; and working with faculty and staff through the Sustainability Working Group (SWG) and other governance groups.

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