Sustainability Task Force

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Sustainability Task Force

• Education Group

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Education Group Members

• Brian Burnett
• Greg Chase
• Minette Church
• (Dan) Ramaswami Dandapani
• Sean Flaherty
• Hillary Hamann
• Curt Holder
• Carole Huber
• Judith Rice Jones
• Barbara Joyce-Griesbach
• Linda Kogan
• John Milliman
• Sherry Morreale
• Kristin Rice
• Jackie Rockwell

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Education Vision Statement

• UCCS is an educational environment where the
  emphasis on sustainability informs, enables, and
  engages on- and off-campus communities through
  knowledge, involvement opportunities, and
  outreach. The goal is to translate sustainable
  concepts into action.

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Objective 1 Increase Percentage of students
with baseline knowledge of Sustainability

• Target 1. Increase the percentage of students
  with baseline knowledge of sustainability by xx
  percent in xx years
• Target 2. Add global awareness and
  sustainability to LAS DOG (or DOGIS) general
  education requirement
• Target 3. General Education core goal 4 will
  include sustainability

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Objective 2 Increase In-depth Study/Involvement
across disciplines on Sustainability

• Target 1. Create an excellent/high quality Minor
  in Sustainable Development
• Target 2. Develop Certificate programs with a
  coursework option and a workshop/extra-curricular
  option (aimed at faculty, staff, grad students,
  and off-campus participants with existing
  degrees)
• Target 3. Develop interdisciplinary graduate
  program in sustainability
• Target 4. Develop new courses with sustainability
  focus (e.g. operations, interdisciplinary
  courses, service learning courses)

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Objective 3 Increase Involvement of faculty
staff, and students in sustainability on and off
campus

• Target 1. Increase research on sustainability
  (and program development?)
• Target 2. Increase percentage of people who
  participate in preventive health services
• Target 3. Develop linkages with and/or provide
  consulting to the community on sustainability
• Target 4. Enhance campus and community safety

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Objective 4 Increase visibility of
sustainability across the campus

• Target 1. Increase visibility of sustainable
  campus operations initiatives
• Target 2. Increase campaigns that promote
  sustainable lifestyles
• Target 3. Increase visibility of the UCCS focus
  on sustainability (related to public relations
  marketing)

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Discussion Questions