Meet the Host Institutions

These institutions are committed to explore, reexamine and re-envision sustainability in higher education. Become a Host Institution today and engage your entire campus in these critical discussions.

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	Recognized by U.S. News and World Report as the country’s most innovative school and named No. 1 in the U.S. (and top 10 globally) for its work to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and create a better world by 2030, Arizona State University graduates more than 27,000 thinkers, innovators and master learners every year. ASU is home to the School of Sustainability and Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory which are rooted in the conviction that we can and must make a meaningful contribution to ensuring a habitable planet and a future in which well-being is attainable for all humankind. Established in 2006, the School of Sustainability is the nation’s first school of sustainability and a leader in empowering transformations for a thriving, sustainable world. Regarding a sustainable and resilient future, ASU is committed to leading the world by example.
	Austin Community College is committed to becoming a leader in sustainability. That means using less energy and fewer resources while minimizing waste. ACC’s Office of Energy & Sustainability hosts sustainable initiatives designed to shrink the college’s ecological footprint and increase environmental awareness. Austin Community College District has set the goal of becoming a Zero Waste by 2040 and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 while continuing to grow to meet the demand for ACC programs and services.
	BRADLEY UNIVERSITY is a top-ranked private university in Peoria, Illinois, that offers nearly 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students opportunities and resources of a larger university and the personal attention and exceptional learning experience of a smaller university. Bradley offers more than 185 undergraduate and graduate academic programs in business, communications, education, engineering, fine arts, health sciences, liberal arts and sciences and technology. Bradley’s sustainability minor is open to all students, with optional tracks in policy and socioeconomics, science and technology, engineering, business and the arts and humanities.
	California State University, Chico is committed to sustainability as part of its Strategic Plan, prioritizing resilient and sustainable practices across academics, campus operations, student life and regional resilience. Chico State is a leader in sustainability with numerous national recognitions from the industry’s most prestigious organizations. In its 2022 Sustainable Campus Index (SCI), AASHE recognized Chico State as the top performer in its Master’s Institutions category—marking the fifth consecutive year the University placed in the top 10 and second straight year in the top 5. Chico State has been named in the top 50 on Sierra Club’s “Cool Schools” list for the last three years and was named on the Princeton Review’s Green College Honor Roll in 2021.
	With our 2020 Silver AASHE STARS Report and the vision of our Council for Sustainable Futures, Stanislaus State has become a leader in sustainability teaching, service, and operations. We are doing so by facilitating interdisciplinary pathways for applied research and active learning, introducing sustainability emphases and themes in the curriculum, and using the campus as a living lab. Our 228-acre campus is an urban forest of more than 3,300 trees, featuring a “smart” irrigation system, water reclamation and cooling systems, recycling program, photovoltaic cells, energy management system and LED lighting upgrades. Together with our physical plant, our campus provides a real-world training ground for environmental sustainability initiatives. At Stan State, sustainability is also a social justice issue, as often it is the most vulnerable and marginalized people most affected by environmental issues. As such, sustainability will be a recurring theme in strategies and programs designed to create engagement with our community, including those in our Warrior Cross Cultural Center, our culturally based clubs, organizations and affinity groups and at our annual Social Justice and Indigenous Peoples Conferences.
	Carnegie Mellon is building upon two decades of an engaged effort to support the broader definition of sustainability afforded by the world’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), also known as the Global Goals. CMU’s focus includes education, research, and building environmentally sustainable, peaceful, just and inclusive communities. CMU has uplifted institutional sustainability commitments by publishing higher education’s first Voluntary University Review.
	Founded in 1851, Catawba College is a four-year, private, liberal arts college conveniently located in Salisbury, N.C. Ranked as one of the best regional colleges in the South, Catawba is a learning community providing students unique opportunities to discover their vocation, calling, passions, and purpose as they prepare to reach their highest potential. The College offers more than 70 undergraduate and three graduate programs allowing students to explore diverse interests and create their own academic pathway. Learn more about sustainability initiatives at the college.
	Sustain Coastal is committed to transforming Coastal Carolina University into an environmentally sustainable university through campus operations, student curriculum, engaging students through learning and outreach, and collaboration in the community through sustainable stewardship of resources. Coastal Carolina University has recently launched a sustainability and coastal resilience major, an interdisciplinary degree program offering in-depth undergraduate experience while teaching students to think about important issues from various disciplinary perspectives. The program embraces its location to educate students about environmental issues affecting a sustainable ecosystem, as well as economic and community sustainability and resilience.
	Colorado State University is one of the nation’s top public research universities and an institution on the rise. In the last decade, CSU has produced record enrollment, built on all-time highs in student diversity and student success; a highly productive faculty drive groundbreaking research; a campus revitalized by a transformational building campaign; advanced sustainability from an environmental, economic, and social justice lens and, perhaps most importantly, an unrivaled learning environment where nine of 10 recent graduates say they would choose CSU again and rate their education as excellent.
	Concordia is a next-generation university, continually reimagining the future of higher education. Located in the vibrant and multicultural city of Montreal, Concordia is the top-ranked university in North America founded within the last 50 years and annually registers some 51,000 students through its innovative approach to experiential learning and cross-functional research. As a research hub and educator, sustainability is at the core of everything we do. From how we invest our endowment, to promoting active transportation, to fostering support for interdisciplinary sustainability research, we’re defining how universities contribute to a sustainable future.
	Dallas College works to ensure that Dallas County is vibrant, growing and economically viable for future generations. Our students benefit from our partnerships with local business leaders, sc​hool districts and four-year universities, and we have more than 20 years of experience in online education. In addition, we provide economic benefits to business, taxpayers and the community. Dallas College originally operated as a district of seven independently accredited colleges. In 2020, those colleges united under a single name in order to offer our students a more streamlined and convenient experience. The seven original campuses live on as our primary locations. We have: 300+ academic and technical degrees and certificates 100+ High-demand career programs and training 100,000+ total credit and continuing education students 3,200+ full-time and adjunct faculty. Our commitment to sustainability impacts our everyday decisions — from our academic offerings to our architecture and campus operations. We are champions of sustainable solutions, and we encourage our students, employees, business partners and community members to seek sustainable solutions also.
	As an organization, Davidson College seeks to model sustainability leadership in its campus facilities, grounds, and operations. As an educational institution, Davidson is committed to leveraging the liberal arts tradition to advance understanding of systems impacts in a rapidly changing world. Within that context, the Sustainability Office strategically bridges and guides the efforts of students, faculty, staff and the greater community toward a collective, significant impact. The Environmental Studies Department offers both a major and an interdisciplinary minor and a wide range of courses and opportunities to collaborate with faculty on research.
	DePauw University’s Office of Sustainability creates opportunities for student-driven environmental initiatives, educates campus about sustainability and intersections with ecological health and societal well-being and supports institutional initiatives that demonstrate the university’s commitment to environmental stewardship.
	Duquesne University is a Spiritan Catholic University located in the Uptown neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Duquesne works to promote sustainability on its campus through student organizations, community engagement, Facilities Management, and rigorous academic programs. Duquesne University hosts a number of undergraduate and graduate programs educating students about sustainability including: -M.B.A. in Sustainable Business Practices (Ranked #1 by Corporate Knights) -B.S. in Environmental Science -M.S. in Environmental Science & Management -Minors in Environmental Science and Studies
	The FSU Sustainable Campus program seeks to have our campus serve as a living model of sustainability, providing learning experiences that students, faculty and staff may develop, apply and practice at FSU and in their extended communities. Our mission is to promote a culture of sustainable living in an open forum and to promote the practice of resource conservation at FSU and within the campus community that by so doing promotes the university’s positive impact upon the local and global environment.
	Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland was one of the first one hundred higher education institutions to sign on to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment in 2007. Since that year the college has consistently reduced its greenhouse gas footprint by at least one percent each year to be climate neutral by 2050. With three LEED Gold buildings, HCC strives to be sustainable by upgrading mechanical systems, LED lighting, composting food waste, specifying native plants, expanding tree canopy, stream restoration and stormwater retrofits. Our GREEN team involves all members of the college community as well as local government along with local non-profits and commercial vendors in our sustainability efforts.
	Johnson County Community College has a national reputation for excellence in sustainability leadership. We challenge our campus and community to think critically and creatively about advancing sustainable practices, from the smallest individual action, to the campus as a learning laboratory, to regional applications. We are proud to have earned a Silver designation from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), reduced the college’s scope one and two emissions by 90%, and led over 50,000 students to consider new perspectives through altered course content.
	Kent State University is the highest-ranked public university in northern Ohio on the Top Public Schools and Best National Universities lists by U.S. News & World Report. Kent State’s Office of Sustainability’s mission is to grow a sustainable, equitable, and inclusive future for all by implementing transformational sustainability practices into the university’s facilities, planning processes, operations, natural environment, and culture. Our current projects include the development of our first formal sustainability plan and climate action plan which aim to establish Kent State as a sustainability leader in Ohio and within the higher education sector.
	The Miller Worley Center for the Environment at Mount Holyoke College advances a culture of environmental sustainability and justice on campus and beyond through community building, programming that encourages environmental literacy and critical thinking, and opportunities for sustainable action and leadership in service of all generations.
	Niagara College offers more than 130 innovative programs between two state-of-the-art campuses in Welland and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, with specialized sustainability-related academic programs including post-secondary diploma programs in Environmental Technician – Field & Lab and Renewable Energies Technician, as well as graduate certificates in Environmental Management and Assessment, Ecosystem Restoration and Commercial Beekeeping. We also believe that educating and engaging all our students and NC community, regardless of their field of study or area of work, to be more sustainably minded is critical to sustainable development. Whether students are in a culinary program, an automotive program, or an environmental program, we want to prepare our community to understand and see how their current and future careers, and personal lives, can and will be affected by climate change and broader sustainability impacts, and provide them with the knowledge and tools to continue to be successful. Using our campuses and communities as learning labs, our physical spaces and connections to the land support the hands-on, experientially focused learning we are internationally known for.
	Here at Nova Southeastern University, we are moving forward to create a stronger future committed to working to improve our world. Our mission as a selective, doctoral research university is to deliver innovative academic programs in a dynamic, lifelong learning and research environment, emphasizing the core values of integrity, academic excellence, leadership, diversity, and community service through engaged students, faculty, and staff.
	Ranked in the top 9% of private US colleges that provide the best return on tuition investment*, Pace University transforms the lives of its diverse students—academically, professionally, and socioeconomically. We are at the forefront of creating opportunity and that mission is expressed in our motto: Opportunities. Since our founding in 1906 as a one-room accounting school, we’ve grown and expanded to cross disciplines and industries, but we’ve always been the go-to choice for achievers with big goals and outsized ambition. With campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York, Pace offers bachelor, master, and doctoral degree programs to nearly 13,000 students (approximately 8,000 undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduates). Pace combines the benefits and resources of a large university with the personalized attention and focuses associated with a small college, with an average class size of only 20 students and a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio.
	Recognized by the AASHE Sustainability Tracking Assessment & Rating System as number two among Big 10 schools, Penn State is a global champion for sustainability advancements. Penn State is home to the Intercollege Minor in Sustainability Leadership and recently partnered with Lightsource bp to supply 25% of the University’s state-wide electricity needs from locally sourced renewable energy solar farms. The Sustainability Institute (SI) at Penn State supports the sustainability movement at Penn State by serving as consultants and coaches who guide and bolster efforts implemented across the University’s footprint. Staff at the Institute have expertise in numerous key areas, including student and staff engagement, curriculum development, student-community projects, operations, research, and more. At SI and Penn State, as a whole, we aim to build capacity for leadership towards a sustainable, peaceful, and prosperous future through our teaching, research, outreach, and operations.
	Portland Community College is a leader in higher education sustainability, continuing to rank as a top performer among two-year institutions in AASHE’s Sustainable Campus Index, and received Second Nature’s Climate Leadership Award in 2017. The college’s commitment to sustainability has resulted in a 33% reduction of scope I&II emissions and supports an intersectional approach to train tomorrow’s leaders in sustainability and climate justice through curricular offerings and an Eco-Social Justice Student Leader Program. The college also engages in regional and international sustainability efforts, as a founding member of the Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network and a member of the America Is All In coalition. The college’s longstanding commitment to sustainability was recently renewed with a new Climate Action Plan that updates the college’s carbon neutrality goal to 2040 with an emphasis on climate justice and resiliency.
	Stanford aims to model sustainability across all aspects of campus life, and has worked to transform its campus into a living laboratory for environmental action. View information about Stanford’s ongoing sustainability programs and other key resources in the Sustainable Stanford website. View Stanford’s latest updates on progress compared to benchmarks and other milestones in the most recent Sustainability Year in Review.
	Texas A&M University (TAMU) has a long history of leading on sustainability. As a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institution, caring for our natural resources plays a central role in everything we do. The Office of Sustainability was established in 2008 to enhance these efforts by working to create a culture of sustainability for our campus community. Our goal is to engage campus through academics, research, and innovation to answer the challenges of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) to transform our world.
	Established in 1885 as Arizona’s first university, the University of Arizona (Arizona) is a global leader for the value of its education, its research initiatives, and the employability of its graduates. Arizona is a public university where teaching, research, service and innovation merge to improve lives in the state and beyond, and is the only school in the nation with two medical schools. Arizona has set aggressive sustainability and climate goals, including carbon neutrality across all its operations no later than 2040, and already met neutrality in its scope 2 emissions in 2021. Arizona is home to several nationally recognized initiatives housed within the Office of Sustainability, including the Compost Cats program, a landmark large-scale renewable energy agreement with our local electric utility, one of the largest green funds in higher education, and more. Arizona is also embarking on the creation of a holistic Sustainability & Climate Action Plan that will focus on reduction as opposed to offset solutions to meet the University’s ambitious climate goals.
	The University of Colorado Boulder has an unparalleled history of accomplishment in the field of sustainability. Decades of student, faculty and staff leadership in academics, research, operations, and community involvement have consistently advanced CU among the vanguard of sustainability leaders nationally and globally.
	One of the United States’ top public universities, UC Davis is known for standout academics, sustainability and our reputation for solving problems related to food, health, the environment and society. Situated on traditionally Patwin lands, we are recognized as the greenest university in the U.S. (and 5th internationally), a top university in diversity and internationalization, and hold a STARS 2.2 Gold rating. UC Davis is one of the first universities to complete a campuswide Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Voluntary University Review (VUR) and is demonstrating their commitment to becoming fossil fuel-free by completing a Fossil Fuel-Free Pathway Plan by 2022.
	Through deepening existing partnerships and developing many new partnerships on and off campus, the Hanley Sustainability Institute is working with the University and Dayton community to make progress toward their goal of a more sustainable campus and community and becoming a leader in sustainability education.
	With an AASHE STARS Level Silver rating, the University of Florida strives to create a more sustainable UF across all aspects of campus. In these efforts, UF supports the collaborative efforts of faculty, students and staff, to develop the knowledge, values and practices that contribute to a sustainable, high quality of life on campus, in the state of Florida and across the globe.
	Located in the heart of one of the world’s great cities, the University of Illinois Chicago is Chicago’s largest university and only public research institution. Its 16 academic colleges serve more than 34,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. UIC is recognized as one of the most ethnically rich and culturally diverse campuses in the nation, a leader in providing access to underrepresented students. With one of the largest colleges of medicine in the nation, and colleges of dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, social work, and applied health sciences, UIC is the state’s principal educator of health professionals and a major healthcare provider to underserved communities. The sustainability unit within the Office of Planning, Sustainability and Project Management sets forth the university’s sustainability goals outlined in the UIC Climate Commitments and executed via the Climate Action Implementation Plan under the guidance of the Chancellor’s Committee on Sustainability and Energy.
	The University of Kentucky, founded in 1865 as a land-grant institution adjacent to downtown Lexington, UK is nestled in the scenic heart of the beautiful Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. From its early beginnings, with only 190 students and 10 professors, UK’s campus now covers more than 918 acres and is home to more than 30,000 students. Sustainability is broadly integrated across the University and has become an important institutional initiative. The Sustainability Strategic Plan guides the University operational efforts on this front. A new blog, WholeSum, communicates the breadth and depth of both ongoing and forthcoming initiatives.
	The University of Minnesota is committed to reaching our goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050 through inclusive projects, cross-campus planning, partnerships and working with the greater community. At UMN, we strive to make sustainability accessible to all students, staff, and community members. We implement this important work in part through the Office of Sustainability and the Institute on The Environment. Our recent Strategic Plan, MPact 2025 highlights our commitment to sustainability through its goal of “Building a Fully Sustainable Future.” We acknowledge that the University of Minnesota Twin Cities is built within the traditional homelands of the Dakota people. It is important to acknowledge the peoples on whose land we live, learn and work as we seek to improve and strengthen our relations with our tribal nations.
	The University of Mount Union is a small, private institution in Ohio that provides a practical education grounded in the liberal arts tradition. Combining foundational classroom knowledge with hands-on experiences, Mount Union’s high-quality academic programs will prepare students for a successful future. Mount Union students graduate ready to achieve exceptional success as leaders in their professions and communities through real-world projects and individual attention from faculty. Offering a diverse array of programs in science, technology and the humanities, Mount Union’s programs are grounded in the liberal arts tradition, preparing graduates to be effective communicators and leaders.
	The University of Nebraska-Lincoln serves as both the land-grant and the comprehensive public university for the State of Nebraska. Through its three primary missions of teaching, research and service, the university is the state’s primary intellectual center providing leadership throughout the state through quality education and the generation of new knowledge. The UNL Office of Sustainability provides support for initiatives within the campus community to create a culture of faculty, staff and students who are socially, economically and environmentally responsible.
	The University of Nebraska Omaha embraces its identity as an urban, metropolitan public university where we are responsible for serving the whole community, providing and eliciting the full participation of all in Omaha, as well as the state, region, nation and world. We are about pursuing excellence in our six colleges and filling in the glaring gaps in our knowledge and perspectives around addressing the major public issues of our times. UNO is both a doctoral research institution and a Carnegie-engaged institution operating for the public good for our students, faculty, staff and communities. Learn about sustainability efforts at UNO and UNO’s commitment to diversity, equity, access and inclusion.
	As a public land-, sea- and space-grant institution, the University of New Hampshire has been dedicated to the public good for over 150 years and is home to the oldest endowed sustainability program in the U.S. Sustainability, the collective commitment to human dignity for all people and ecological integrity in all places, is fundamental to the public good and is a core UNH value. The UNH Sustainability Institute’s mission is to be a catalyst, convener, and champion of sustainability ideas and actions across and beyond the University of New Hampshire. We foster a culture of sustainability that permeates the civic, professional, and personal lives of members of our community. We embrace the notion of a “sustainable learning community”; a community in which everyone learns, and everyone and everything that we do teaches. UNH is proud to have renewed its AASHE STARS Platinum rating in 2021, which was made possible through a long-term, concerted, and university-wide effort that engaged faculty, staff, and students.
	As North Carolina’s urban research university, UNC Charlotte is a diverse and inclusive institution with local-to-global impact that transforms lives, communities and industries through access and affordability, exemplary undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, scholarship, creative work, innovation and service. More than 30,000 students strong, Charlotte is embarking on a new strategic plan that includes a guiding commitment for Environmental Stewardship: Pursuing sustainability and environmental justice to protect the planet through education, research, stewardship of scarce resources. Learn more about our actions at sustainability.charlotte.edu.
	As one of Iowa’s three public universities, the University of Northern Iowa is known for designing robust and practical learning experiences — the kind that gives our students the career edge they need in fields like education and business. But most importantly, we’re passionate about our students. With over 90 degree programs and a community of supportive faculty, we’re here to help you chase your dreams. With a vibrant campus community, and endless opportunities to explore, we promise to keep things interesting along the way.
	The University of Notre Dame is committed to be a leader in sustainable operations, education and research, and a role model for responsible citizenship. Having received the achievement of Gold in our recent AASHE STARS report, and building upon our sustainability strategy, the University will continue to be a force for good. We have taken significant steps to advance our sustainability goals, which include a commitment to achieve carbon neutrality before 2050. Example projects include the discontinuation of coal-fired power more than a year ahead of schedule, installing three geothermal well fields (and counting) on campus, expanding our infrastructure to include chillers and thermal energy storage and partnering with Indiana Michigan Power to launch a large-scale solar facility. The University’s most recent endeavor was a partnership with the City of South Bend to build a 2.5-megawatt hydroelectric facility along the St. Joseph River. This new facility is expected to produce about 7 percent of the electricity for campus and offset approximately 9,700 tons of CO2 emissions annually.
	The University of Pittsburgh’s sustainable solutions reach toward Pitt Sustainability Plan goals and carbon neutrality by 2037. Our AASHE STARS Gold designation demonstrates our commitment to embedding sustainability into master planning, academic courses, research collaborations, business operations and the student experience. We’re working hard to embed sustainability into our culture, balancing equity, environment and economics daily locally and globally.
	A campus with world-class facilities and one of the most visually spectacular settings in higher education, UC Santa Cruz provides unparalleled opportunities for students to learn through hands-on experience. A commitment to environmental stewardship and community engagement are also central to UCSC’s core values.
	The University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) main campus is located in the vibrant city of Saskatoon on Treaty 6 territory and the traditional homeland of the Métis. USask is one of the top research-intensive, medical doctoral universities in Canada, and is home to world-leading research in areas of global importance, such as water and food security and infectious diseases. Study and discovery is enhanced by our outstanding facilities, including the Canadian Light Source synchrotron, VIDO-InterVac, the Global Institute for Food Security, the Global Institute for Water Security and the Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation. Learn more about the USask’s sustainability initiatives here.
	The University of Southern California recognizes the formidable challenges of climate change, and we are emboldened to act. We leverage our deep disciplinary expertise and commitment to broad, interdisciplinary and inclusive thinking to effect change. Assignment: Earth, our plan for a greener campus and planet, formalizes our commitment to creating a more sustainable future. It will guide our actions through 2028 and beyond and enable us to adapt to innovations and new solutions as they emerge.
	When you’re in one of the world’s most amazing places, you need to get outside, explore and live while you learn and work. The University of Tasmania takes sustainability leadership seriously as demonstrated with a Gold STARS rating, awarded the Sustainability Institution of the Year 2021 in the Green Gown Awards Australasia and the top 25 in the Times Higher Education Impact rankings 2022, including achieving #1 in SDG13 – Climate Action. We recognize that our whole island is our campus from where we seek to benefit Tasmania and the world. We see sustainability as an opportunity across everything we do, so as a student or staff you can explore your passion for sustainability in many ways. As one of the largest employers in the State, people are at the heart of everything we do and we strive to create a nurturing, inclusive and collaborative working environment. The University of Tasmania – where study meets sustainability.
	The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is a national model for metropolitan universities. In collaboration with our many regional partners, we offer an experiential learning environment with outstanding teaching scholars in bachelor’s, masters and doctoral programs.
	UT Austin educates over 52,000 students in a typical year on the main campus spanning 485 acres in the middle of Austin, Texas. As a public university, we are committed to equity in educational opportunity and strong stewardship of our natural and financial resources. UT Austin participated in the pilot phase of STARS in 2008 and recently reaffirmed a STARS 2.2 Gold level. Many of our institutional programs, including our greenhouse gas inventory and sustainability course directory, can be found on the UT Austin Sustainability website.
	The UFV Office of Sustainability (OoS) is focused on bringing a pan-institutional approach to holistic sustainability to UFV. Work includes creating initiatives, increasing awareness and educating campus members about environmental, social and economic sustainability as well as coordinating and tracking UFV’s institutional-wide sustainability efforts.
	UWSP is committed to advancing sustainability in campus practices, across curricular programs, and in the broader community. We demonstrate our commitment to sustainability through such measures as resource recovery (recycling), composting food waste, energy reduction and continually exploring ideas to promote and support sustainability initiatives. We empower learners of all ages and types to lead for sustainable change through a wide range of campus program offerings and work with undergraduate and graduate students across the globe through in-person, hybrid, and online courses, outreach events and certificate programs to meet the learner where they are in their life and place. To find out more information about our programs click on our links: UWSP Program Offerings; UWSP Office of Sustainability.
	Utah State University is a student-centered, research university. Students access big-school opportunities, a small-school feel, and incredible outdoor access for great value. Diversity, human dignity and social responsibility comprise USU’s principles of community. USU is committed to enhancing the quality of life for individuals and communities by integrating sustainability in operations and academic and service missions.
	West Chester University is a comprehensive, regional, public university, a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. With 17,500 undergraduate and graduate students, WCU’s main campus is in Chester County with satellite campuses nearby in Exton and Center City Philadelphia. The faculty and staff of the university offer high-quality, affordable learning and research opportunities that support our institutional commitments to environmental, social, and economic sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.
	Western Technical College is a two-year public technical college located in La Crosse, Wisconsin. An inaugural signatory of the President’s Climate Commitment in 2007 and STARS Silver school, Western is committed to building—through our daily practices and educational programming—a thriving, resilient and just community now and in the future.
	The West Valley College Sustainability Committee is a group of faculty, staff, administrators, and students that strive to engage, educate, equip and empower the college and surrounding communities in social, environmental and economic sustainability issues.