Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	65.69
Liaison	Jennifer Kleindienst
Submission Date	April 5, 2023

STARS v2.2

Wesleyan University
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.00 / 1.00	Jennifer Kleindienst Sustainability Coordinator Finance and Administration

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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 Sustainability Advisory Group for Environmental Stewardship (SAGES) brings together concerned volunteers from faculty, staff, and the student body, as well as appointed representatives from each cabinet division, to discuss and take action on sustainability issues, ideas, and projects. SAGES advises and oversees campus sustainability planning.

Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:

https://www.wesleyan.edu/sustainability/employees/sages.html

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 Wesleyan Sustainability Office promotes an environmentally just approach to Wesleyan’s relationship with its students, faculty, staff, the surrounding community, and the world. We strive to develop an intersectional understanding of the effects of Wesleyan on people and the planet. We work to create thriving, equitable, and just communities that model individual and institutional environmental and social responsibility to affect meaningful sustainable change.

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

3.20

Sustainability officer(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:

Yes

Name and title of each sustainability officer:

Jennifer Kleindienst, Sustainability Director

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:

- Implemented sustainability strategic plan with faculty, staff, student, alumni, and community involvement.
- Launched WesPass and XtraMile shuttle programs to increase student and community access to affordable public transportation.
- Created a complete inventory of courses that include and/or are focused on sustainability and environmental justice topics and maintain this inventory using the internal CourseLeaf platform as new courses are added. This also identifies courses for the S&EJ course cluster.

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Job description (1st position)

Job title of the sustainability officer position:

Sustainability Director

Job description for the sustainability officer position:

Job_Description_2017_update.pdf

Job description for the sustainability officer position:

This job description is currently under revision and will be updated in early 2023.

Job description (2nd position)

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Job description (3rd position)

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

https://www.wesleyan.edu/sustainability/office/index.html

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

In Fall 2022, the Sustainability Office employed 1 full-time sustainability director and 28 part-time student interns.

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