Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 71.94
Liaison Emily Vollmer
Submission Date Dec. 19, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Virginia Tech
EN-12: Continuing Education

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.25 / 5.00 Shelly Jobst
Associate Director of Operations and Program Services
Continuing & Professional Education
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Part 1  

Does the institution offer continuing education courses that address sustainability?:
Yes

None
Total number of continuing education courses offered:
336

None
Number of continuing education courses offered that address sustainability:
14

Percentage of continuing education courses that address sustainability:
4.17

Course Inventory 

A copy of the list and brief description of the continuing education courses that address sustainability:
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A list and brief description of the continuing education courses that address sustainability:
International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture Intro to ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems Performance, Sustainability, and Resiliency Online Course Establishing a Successful and Sustainable Waterworks Sustainable Waterworks in Virginia Biomass Boiler Workshop BioEnergy Professional Development CLiGS Professional Certificate in International Sustainability Consulting 11th Annual Energy Harvesting Workshop Renewable Energy & Micro Grid: Operations & Maintenance of the Intelligent Network Agroclimatology Workshop Intro to Green Engineering Environmental Sustainability Management System Institute Federal Transit Administration Environmental Sustainability Management System Institute

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

Part 2 

Does the institution have at least one sustainability-themed certificate program through its continuing education or extension department?:
Yes

A brief description of the certificate program(s), including the year the program was created:
The Environmental and Sustainability Management System (ESMS) Institute was developed in 2002. An ESMS is a set of management processes and procedures that allows an organization to analyze, control and reduce the environmental impact of its activities, products and services, and operate with a greater efficiency and control. The institute convenes teams from local, state and federal government agencies at The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center for four, three-day workshops spaced approximately three months apart; includes baseline environmental review and on-site audits. For more information on this program visit: www.cpe.vt.edu/esms

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.register.cpe.vt.edu/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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