Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	61.15
Liaison	Ashley Woolman
Submission Date	April 8, 2022

STARS v2.2

Western Colorado University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	11.33 / 12.00	Ashley Woolman Sustainability Coordinator Facilities Services

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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:

74.42

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:

66.67

Research Inventory

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):

AC_9_ResearchandScholarship.xlsx

Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:

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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:

In the Spring 2022 a questionaire was sent to all faculty members. The questionnaire asked 1. Faulty name 2. Affiliated department 3. Do you conduct research? 4. Do you conduct research related to sustainability? 5. If you conduct research related to sustainability, please provide a brief description of your sustainability-focused research interests, projects, and/or publications. (3 sentences max) 6. Please provide a link to your research if you have one (e.g. Western.edu faculty profile, academia.edu, and/or researchgate.net)

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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