Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	54.99
Liaison	Katherine Spector
Submission Date	March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

State University of New York at Oswego
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.00 / 1.00	Katherine Spector Campus Sustainability Manager Office of Sustainability

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Sustainability committee(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:

Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:

The Campus Environmental Action Committee promotes environmental stewardship and sustainability by supporting the integration of environmental issues into the curriculum as well as by supporting and sponsoring events to increase environmental awareness and best practices on campus. CEAC may also advise the administration on the environmental impact of campus policies and practices. Members will include faculty, staff, students, emeriti, alumni and representatives from the community.

Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:

Daniel Baldassarre, Biological Sciences
Pamela Brand, Human Development
Pamela Caraccioli, President's Office
J. Mitchell Fields, Major Projects Group
Sean Finnerty, Counseling & Psych Services
Lenuta Giukin, Modern Languages & Literature
Kristen Haynes, Rice Creek
Eric Hellquist, Biological Sciences
Lowell Hutcheson, ARTSwego
Spencer Johnson, MBA student
Donna Matteson, Technology
Betsy McTiernan, Professor Emeritus
Ampalavanar Nanthakumar, Mathematics
Jerome Oberst, Admissions
Mary Ann Preston, Institutional Research
Fred Scoles, Chemistry
Katherine Spector, Office of Sustainability, Chair

Sustainability office(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent employee?:

Yes

A brief description of each sustainability office:

The Office of Sustainablity at SUNY Oswego works to engage the campus community in adopting sustainable practices into their everyday lives with the goal of being better environmental stewards.

The Office of Sustainability also works with the Facilities Department on major build projects to lower carbon emissions used or made during the production and lifetime of any new or existing build projects.

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Sustainability officer(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:

Yes

Name and title of each sustainability officer:

Katherine Spector, Campus Sustainability Manager

Institution-wide coordination

Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution?:

Yes

A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:

The Office of Sustainability coordinate sustainability initiatives and actions for the entire campus. Some of those actions include: having a bike share program, coordinating the on-campus sustainable garden, hosting our "tap-in" reusable water bottle program, hosting our "perk up" reusable coffee mug program, working with the Student Association and campus dining to eliminate non-essential plastics from dining, partnered with on campus dining to host zero-waste events, publishing the "Whirled Pees" newsletter to engage campus community members in sustainability related events, maintained our on-campus "Leave Your Mark" writing utensil recycling program through Terracycle.

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