Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.26
Liaison Gioia Thompson
Submission Date March 1, 2017
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STARS v2.1

University of Vermont
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Gioia Thompson
Sustainability Strategist
UVM Office of Sustainability
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Sustainability Committee(s) 

Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:
No

The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:
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None
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role (e.g. staff, student, or faculty):
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Sustainability Office(s) 

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

None
A brief description of each sustainability office:
Office of Sustainability reporting to the Associate Provost for Teaching and Learning. Mission: bridge academics and operations in support of sustainable development at the University of Vermont.

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Full-time equivalent (FTE) of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
2

Sustainability Officer(s) 

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
Yes

Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Gioia Thompson, Director; Caylin McKee, Education & Outreach Coordinator

Institution-Wide Coordination 

Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution (e.g. a campus-wide committee or an officer/office responsible for the entire campus)?:
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 reports to the Provost’s Office. One substantive accomplishment in the past three years is instituting a Sustainability General Education requirement for undergraduates. Another is managing the Clean Energy Fund and publishing a report, Energizing UVM, about the uses of the student-initiated Clean Energy Fund.

Optional Fields 

Job Description (1st position)

Job title of the sustainability officer position:
Sustainability Director

Job description for the sustainability officer position:
Office of Sustainability Director PD 11102016 .pdf

Job description for the sustainability officer position:
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Job Description (2nd position) 

Job title of the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
Education & Outreach Coordinator

Job description for the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
EOC PD.docx

Job description for the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
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Job Description (3rd position) 

Job title of the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
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Job description for the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
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Job description for the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.uvm.edu/sustain

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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