Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 69.27
Liaison Mark Klapatch-Mathias
Submission Date Feb. 29, 2024

STARS v2.2

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

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Mark Klapatch-Mathias
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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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, and the Sustainable Campus Community Plan.

The Sustainability Faculty Fellows consist of faculty who have gone through the Infusing Sustainability Across the Curriculum workshop, a faculty-led initiative involving strategic curriculum integration on sustainability. The Sustainability Faculty Fellows is led by a coordinator (Shawyn Domyancich-Lee), who has a quarter-time release from teaching.

Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:
2023-2024 SWG Members:
Mark Klapatch, Sustainability
Shawyn Domyancich-Lee Lee, Sustainability Faculty Fellows
Veronica Justen, CAFES
Dawn Hukai, CEBAH
David Tompsett, Student Success
April Chaney, Student Success
Mike Noreen, RFMU (Non-voting ex-officio)
Brent Weigelt, Facilities
Mary Wright, Faculty At Large
Julie Elias, Instructional Academic Staff
John Fritzke, Student
Joci Grages, Student

Faculty Fellows Steering Committee:
Shawyn Domyancich-Lee, Chair
Amber Mitchell, CAS
Molly Gerrish, CEBAH
Tovah Flygare, Sustainability Office/Instructional Academic Staff
Mark Klapatch-Mathias, Sustainability

Sustainability office(s) 

Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent employee?:
Yes

A brief description of each sustainability office:
The Sustainability Office employs 1 full time sustainability coordinator and a part-time sustainability specialist during the academic year. The Sustainability Office also employs 8-12 students each year.

Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
1.20

Sustainability officer(s) 

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

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

Institution-wide coordination 

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:
Mark Klapatch-Mathias - 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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