Western Carolina University

Sub-Committees

Programming & Outreach:

• Facilitate student and community engagement in sustainability initiatives
• Advertise and promote sustainability initiatives on campus
• Integrate sustainability initiatives across all university divisions
• Initiate dialogue and reflection on sustainability issues

Education & Academic Integration:

• The mission of the Education and Academic Integration Committee is to increase awareness of sustainability as a topic in the classroom and show how it fits with the WCU 2020 institutional strategic planning (Realizing the Vision, Planning for our Preferred Future), QEP, and E-Briefcase.
• Goals 
  1. Have a sustainability representative meet with faculty via department meetings (similar to what Hunter Library, Career Services, Honors College representatives do) 
  2. Obtain information from faculty regarding WCU courses that contain sustainability content to be able to pursue # 3 and # 4. 
  3. Green icon next to WCU courses that contain significant content – course contents includes either a paper or project on sustainability for students to complete. 
  4. Create an interdisciplinary sustainability major.

Planned & Natural Environment:

• The Planned and Natural Environment sub-committee encourages and advocates for more sustainable planning and purchasing for campus facilities. We also seek to educate