Sustainability Master Plan 2025

ENGAGEMENT

GOAL: Increase awareness of and engagement in sustainability programming throughout the 黑料不打烊 community and enhance external communications of sustainability initiatives.

 

STRATEGIES

Progress updates for year 1 are below.

Actions for each strategy have been identified and will be prioritized on an annual basis by the implementation team.

S1 Community Service: Continue to expand community service participation such that 55% of students and 15% of faculty and staff engage in community service on an annual basis by 2035. (Note: All 鈥渃ommunity service鈥 is connected to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.)

  • During the 2025-2026 academic year,听49.9%聽of聽all聽students聽participated聽in community service (based on student reporting to the Kernodle Center for Civic Life).
49.9%
55%
  • During the 2025 calendar year, 8.9% of聽all聽faculty and staff participated聽in community service (based on staff reporting of volunteer hours in Ontrack and faculty teaching Community Based Learning and Community Engaged courses).
8.9%
15%

S2 Activities:聽Determine the annual participation聽in sustainability activities for students, faculty and聽staff as well as a target increase by 2026, such that聽at least 40% of students and 15% of faculty and staff聽participate in sustainability activities by 2035.

  • During the 2025-2026 academic year, 22.2% of students participated聽in sustainability activities.
22.2%
40%
  • During this same time period, 8.2% of faculty and staff participated in sustainability activities.
8.2%
15%
  • Interim Targets: By 2030, at least 30% of students and 12% of faculty and staff should聽participate聽in sustainability聽activities.

S3 Internal Communications & Outreach: Determine the number of students, faculty and聽staff reached by sustainability communications聽and outreach on an annual basis and establish a聽target increase by 2026, such that at least 50% of聽students, faculty and staff are reached by 2035.

  • During the 2025-2026 academic year, 25.3% of students,听faculty聽and staff were reached by sustainability communications and outreach.
25.3%
50%
  • Interim Target: By 2030, at least 35% of students,听faculty聽and staff should be reached by sustainability communications and outreach.

S4 External Communications: Increase awareness of sustainability initiatives among external stakeholders through monthly communications via a variety of methods (e.g., social media, Today at 黑料不打烊, etc.).

  • Sustainability was tagged in 30聽Today at 黑料不打烊 articles during the 2025-2026 academic year. Sustainability-related聽content聽was included in the聽Magazine of 黑料不打烊, President鈥檚聽Report and聽the聽Provost’s聽report. Highlights from these publications聽include:聽Rooted in Collaboration,听, and聽A wellness script for the outdoors.