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This document summarizes sustainability initiatives at various California universities. It discusses recognition and inclusion of faculty expertise in sustainability, integrating sustainability into curriculum through new courses and modifications, co-curricular programs, degree programs in sustainability, campus-level research on sustainability issues, and high-level campus commitments to sustainability through strategic plans and declarations.
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- 1. Katie Maynard Advisor UCSB Academic Senate Sustainability Work Group Event Manager CA Higher Education Sustainability Conference g y
- 2. Scope Recognition and Inclusion of Faculty Curriculum C i l C0‐Curricular Activities Degree Programs D P Research Campus‐Level Commitment C L l C it t
- 3. Recognition of Faculty Honoring the expertise of faculty Develop a faculty speaker’s bureau before looking to outside speakers Awards Sustainability Champion Program at UCSB Celebrating faculty accomplishments C l b ti f lt li h t Berkeley’s Institute of the Environment – highlights courses, degree programs, and research focused on sustainability
- 4. Inclusion of Faculty Inclusion on Campus‐Wide Sustainability Committees (which do not report to Academic Senate) Most Campuses in the UC and CSU that have a CSC Academic Senate (All of the following report directly to Senate) CSU Long Beach (Campus‐wide committee with faculty and staff representation) Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (committee) CSU Fullerton (task force) San Diego State University (committee) g y UC San Francisco (task force) UC Santa Barbara (work group) Sustainability Faculty Learning Community (CSU Chico) y y g y( ) 20 academic departments represented
- 5. Curriculum Environmental Literacy CSU Chico received approval to form a GE pathway to sustainability (Fall 2011) SFSU Announced General Education Requirement! Environmental Awareness Requirement, UC Santa Cruz UCLA developed a sustainability course designed for incoming freshman through their Summer Start Program. Counts as a GE requirement. g q Promoting existing courses CSU Chico
- 7. Curriculum Modifying existing courses Course Modules: Hydrogen Energy in Engineering Education, i i i d i Humboldt State University Incentives and collaborations: Piedmont/Ponderosa Project Model, Dr. Geoff Chase, SDSU New Courses Student‐led Curriculum: De‐Cal at Berkeley and Education for Sustainable Living Program
- 9. G W kf D l t Green Workforce Development and Extension Programs and Extension Programs Extension Curriculum CSU Fullerton Applied Sustainability: Gateway to Economic Growth; Commercial Building Energy Auditing; Green Building; Green Data Center Management, Cloud Computing and Emerging Technologies and Green HVAC Design. UC Berkeley Sustainable Studies Initiatives S i bl S di I i i i Professional Programs in Solar Energy and Green Building and Leadership in Sustainability and Environmental Management
- 10. Co‐Curricular Activities Lyle Center at Cal Poly Pomona For‐credit projects with faculty guidance Cal Poly San Luis Obispo sustainable start‐ups Fair Trade Chocolate Sellers Optional Senior Thesis O i l S i Th i Environmental Studies, UCSB UCSC IDEAS ‐ Chancellor s UCSC IDEAS Chancellor’s Internship Program Study abroad programs
- 11. Degree Programs Undergraduate Programs SDSU Sustainable Recreation and Tourism Management Program and Sustainability and Environmental Studies Major Minor in Global Sustainability, Interdisciplinary Studies, UCI Minor in Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona Emphases and Specializations UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry is establishing an UC B k l ’ C ll f Ch i i bli hi undergraduate minor and a designated emphasis for graduate students. Literature and the Environment Specialization, UCSB
- 12. Degree Programs Masters Programs UC Berkeley welcomes the first class to their new cross‐ disciplinary Master s Program in Sustainable disciplinary Master’s Program in Sustainable Development Fall 2011 (College of Natural Resources) PhD Programs h Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture (UCSC) Schools Bren School of Environmental Science & Management (UCSB)
- 13. Research Community Partnerships for Applied Research Air Quality Research at The Palm Springs Institute for Environmental Sustainability at CSU San Bernadino s Environmental Sustainability at CSU San Bernadino’s Palm Desert Campus CSU Chico’s Community University Sustainability Partnership based on U. Oregon’s Sustainable Cities Initiative P hi b d U O ’ S i bl Ci i I i i i Collaboration amongst institutions San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology Collaborations throughout a higher education system Center for Global Environmental Change Research (UCI)
- 14. Research University as a living laboratory San Diego State University’s Solar Array Observatory at Main Campus operated by the Field Stations Program M i C t d b th Fi ld St ti P Fellowships Schatz Energy Fellowship for graduate studies at Humboldt State University Institute for Energy Efficiency graduate student fellowships and Peter J. Frenkel fellowships (UCSB)
- 15. Campus‐Level Commitment Talloires Declaration Cal Poly SLO, CSUC, CSUCI, and UCSB ACUPCC Develop a climate plan with actions to make climate D l li t l ith ti t k li t neutrality and sustainability a part of the curriculum and other educational experience for all students. CSULB, Cal Poly Pomona, CSUB, CSUC, CSUMB & All UCs
- 16. Campus‐Level Commitment Strategic Plans CSU Chico’s Strategic Plan for the future Value #6: Believing that each generation owes something to those which follow, we will create environmentally literate citizens, who embrace environmentally literate citizens who embrace sustainability UC Merced 2009 Strategic Academic Vision Integrated into Mission and identified as a Research Theme.