UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Standing Committees

Sustainability Working Group

2023-2024 Agendas 2022-2023 Minutes

9/18/2023

 

10/2/2023

10/2/2023

11/6/2023

11/6/2023

12/4/2023

 

2/12/2024

 

3/4/2024

 

 

 

2022-2023 Agendas 2022-2023 Minutes

10/10/2022

10/10/2022

11/7/2022

11/7/2022

12/5/2022

12/5/2022

02/27/2023

 

 

4/17/2023

 

2021-2022 Agendas 2021-2022 Minutes

September 13, 2021

September 13, 2021

October 11, 2021

October 11, 2021

November 8, 2021
postponed to November 10, 2021

November 10, 2021

December 6, 2021
postponed to December 8, 2021

 

 

2013-2014 Agendas
2013-2014 Minutes

 

May 6, 2014


 

2012-2013 Agendas
2012-2013 Minutes

September 24, 2012

Agenda: Organizational, Semester Agenda, & Series on Innovation and Excellence

September 24, 2012

October 8, 2012

Agenda: Goal setting for 2012-2013 & ZimRide

October 8, 2012

October 12, 2012

October 12, 2012

October 22, 2012

October 22, 2012

November 5, 2012

November 5, 2012

November 26, 2012

November 26, 2012

February 4, 2013

February 4, 2013

February 18, 2013

February 18, 2013

March 18, 2013

March 18, 2013

April 8, 2013

April 8, 2013

April 29, 2013

April 29, 2013


 

Members
Required Status
Voting Status
Name
Required Rank
Term
Confirming Body
Faculty CAFES Voting Moria Lynch (chair 2023-2024) NA 2021-2024 Faculty Senate
Faculty CAS Voting Veronica Justen NA 2021-2024 Faculty Senate
Faculty At large Voting Dawn Hukai NA 2023-2026 Faculty Senate
Faculty CEBAH Voting Mary Wright NA 2022-2025 Faculty Senate
Faculty IAS Voting

Julie Elias

NA 2021-2024 Faculty Senate
Director of Sustainability Director of Sustainability Voting

Mark Klapatsch-Mathias

NA indefinite Faculty Senate
Student Affairs and Strategic Enrollment Division Representative   Student Affairs and Strategic Enrollment Division Representative  Voting

April Chaney

NA 2023-2025 Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Strategic Enrollment
Student Affairs and Strategic Enrollment Division Representative Student Affairs and Strategic Enrollment Division Representative Voting David Tompsett  NA 2023-2025 Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Strategic Enrollment

Facilities Management Representative

Facilities Management Representative

Voting Brent Weigelt NA 2023-2026 Chancellor
Sustainability Faculty Fellow Coordinator Sustainability Faculty Fellow Coordinator Voting

Shawyn Domyancich-Lee

NA indefinite CETL
River Falls Community Representative River Falls Community Representative Non-Voting Mike Noreen NA indefinite River Falls City Government
Student  Student  Voting John Fritzke NA 2023-2024 Student Senate
Student  Student  Voting Kaitlin Ramirez NA 2023-2024 Student Senate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.3.3.19 Sustainability Working Group

[FS 11/12 #56]

Purpose: The Sustainability Working Group (SWG) is the primary group for promoting and coordinating sustainability values, principles, and practices at UW-River Falls. UWRF defines sustainability as our local and global responsibility to meet the needs of present and future generations, as demonstrated by an integrated set of ecologic, social, and economic values, principles, and practices that frame how we think, choose, and act in personal, professional, and community life. UWRF defines Sustainability Research as research, scholarly, and creative activity that examines, documents, and portrays the breadth and depth of basic and applied contexts of UWRF's definition of Sustainability. [FS 11/12 #115] SWG addresses the planning, design, implementation, and assessment of sustainable campus community programs and policies as well as documentation, such as the Sustainability Tracking and Rating System (STARS), the Climate Action Plan (CAP), and the Sustainable Campus Community Plan (SCCP). SWG is a conduit through which the campus community can recommend curricular, co-curricular, operational, financial, and other sustainable campus initiatives and policies to the appropriate faculty, student, and/or administrative governance or operational units.

Structure & Function: The SWG will consist of 12 voting members (noted below) and be chaired by a qualifying member as noted under Term Limits. There will be one ex officio, non-voting member from the River Falls community. The SWG will have no standing sub-committees. However, it will augment nonvoting members as needed to address the scope of sustainability goals and initiatives.

Members: 12+1

 

  1. Director of Sustainability;
  2. Three (3) faculty members: One representative from each college;
  3. One (1) faculty at large;
  4. One Instructional Academic Staff (Appointed by Faculty Senate) ;
  5. Two students: Representing the broader university (Recommended by SWG and approved by Student Senate);
  6. Student Affairs Representative;
  7. Diversity & Human Resources representative;
  8. Facilities Management representative;
  9. Sustainability Faculty Fellow Coordinator;
  10. River Falls community representative (Ex officio, non-voting).

*Chair is appointed by Faculty Senate.

  1. Term Limits:
    • Faculty members are appointed by Faculty Senate on staggered terms of three (3) years.
    • Chair should have at least one year of experience on the SWG prior to his/her one-year appointment.
    • Instructional academic staff member is appointed by Faculty Senate each spring with an option for reappointment.
    • Two students approved by Student Senate each spring for one-year term with an option for reappointment.
    • All administrative staff or their designees are appointed or re-appointed annually at the pleasure of the Chancellor.
    • River Falls community representative appointed at the pleasure of River Falls city government.
  2. Duties:
  1. Facilitate the continual refinement of a holistic vision for UWRF as a premier sustainable campus community model that fully and systemically integrates inclusivity, global literacy, leadership, and sustainability as a culture of learning and living.
  2. Recommend campus sustainability projects, monitor their progress, and submit budget requests on behalf of the entire campus for sustainability-related projects and programs.

 

Recommendations requiring faculty governance decisions are forwarded to Faculty Senate.

Recommendations requiring student governance decisions are forwarded to Student Senate. All other recommendations are forwarded to Faculty Senate for informational purposes prior to implementation.

Recommendations requiring administrative decisions are forwarded to the appropriate administrator.

The Chair will consult with governance groups and administration regarding shared governance issues as necessary