Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 46.82 |
Liaison | Ashley Woolman |
Submission Date | May 16, 2019 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Western Colorado University
EN-10: Community Partnerships
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.00 / 3.00 |
Janice
Welborn Director of Sponsored Programs Academic Affairs |
Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability :
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus?:
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (Yes, No, or Not Sure):
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above:
Western has student representation on the city council and has on-going communication with the Council as well as the City manager's office and community development office. Stainability is included in Western's strategic planning 2019 - 2021 which the Mayor and City Manager participated in campus work sessions devoted to strategic planning in 2018.
Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (2nd partnership) (Yes, No, or Not Sure):
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above (2nd partnership):
Western received grant funding from the State of Colorado to purchase and install an industrial composter which composts all waste products from the Sodexo food service program on Campus. The composter was received in March 2019 and CBMR will be diverting their food waste to our composter.
Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (3rd partnership):
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (3rd partnership) (Yes, No, or Unknown):
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above (3rd partnership):
Sodexo is the food service provider on Campus and has been very active in the development and implementation of sustainability practices on campus. They purchased and installed a "pulper" which provides the product that is mixed with wood chips in the composter to produce compost used in garden on campus.
A brief description of the institution’s other community partnerships to advance sustainability:
Mountain Roots, a local Non-Profit provides a stand at the annual summer Farmer's Market downtown Gunnison to distribute educational materials and discuss sustainability practices in the home and business.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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