AASHE Announces Sustainability Awards Finalists

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Andrea Huggins
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Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
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andrea.huggins@aashe.org

Philadelphia, PA (August 13, 2018) – The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2018 AASHE Sustainability Awards.

Finalists for the Campus Sustainability Achievement Award are:

• Associate/Two-Year Schools
  • Olds College and Bow Valley College’s Progress toward 90% waste diversion goal
  • Triton College for Partnership Development of Sustainable Learning
• Institutions with over 10,000 FTE Enrollment
  • American University’s “Carbon Neutrality Two Years Ahead of 2020 Target”
  • California State University, Northridge’s “Creating a Healthy, Environmentally Responsible and Socially Just Campus Food System”
  • Emory University’s “The WaterHub – Engaging Campus & Community in Water Reclamation”
  • Stanford University’s “R&DE’s Student Living Laboratory”
  • University of California, Berkeley’s “Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC)”
• Institutions with under 10,000 FTE Enrollment
  • Hampshire College’s “R.W. Kern Center- A Living Building”
  • Loyola University’s “Francis Feast and Learn: Sustainability Teach-In and Local Foods Dinner”
  • Western Connecticut State University’s “Permaculture and Community at WCSU”

Finalists for the Campus Sustainability Research Award are:

• Undergraduate Research
  • “Energy Storage Strategies for the University of New Hampshire: A Feasibility Analysis of Energy Storage Opportunities on the Durham Campus”
  • “Designing a Proxy Carbon Price Strategy for Smith College”
• Graduate Research
  • “Infusing Sustainability in Higher Education in Ireland: The Green Curriculum Model (GCM) and the Dispositions, Abilities and Behaviours (DAB) Competency Framework”
  • “Teaching Engineering Students about Cognitive Barriers during Design for Sustainable Infrastructure”
• Published Research – Academics
  • Building student capacity to lead sustainability transitions in the food system through farm-based authentic research modules in sustainability sciences (FARMS)”
  • “Identifying and Overcoming Obstacles to the Implementation of Sustainable Development at Universities”
  • “Developing a Framework for Sustainability Meta-Competencies”
  • “Connecting Competences and Pedagogical Approaches for Sustainable Development in Higher Education: A Literature Review and Framework Proposal”
  • “Assessing sustainability in higher education curricula: A critical reflection on validity issues”
• Published Research – Engagement
  • “Connecting Cities and Campuses through Climate Leadership Initiatives”
  • “Sustainability University–Community Partnerships: Lessons for practitioners and scholars from highly sustainable communities”
  • “Impact of a Participatory Analysis of a Campus Sustainability Social Network: A Case Study of Emory University”
  • “A proposal of a Balanced Scorecard for an environmental education program at universities”
  • “Recapturing the learning opportunities of university sustainability indicators”
• Published Research – Operations
  • “Critical success factors for embedding carbon management in organizations: lessons from the UK higher education sector”
  • “Evaluation of an informational and behavior change program to increase students’ self-reported energy conservation”
  • “Towards a universal carbon footprint standard: A case study of carbon management at universities”
  • “Virtual Water as a Metric for Institutional Sustainability”
• Published Research – Planning and Administration
  • “Empathy as an Antecedent of Social Justice Attitudes and Perceptions”
  • “Equity-Minded Faculty Development: An Intersectional Identity-Conscious Community of Practice Model for Faculty Learning”
  • “Green for All? Gender Segregation and Green Fields of Study in American Higher Education”
  • “An aggregated and dynamic analysis of innovations in campus sustainability”

Finalists for the Student Sustainability Leadership Award are:

• Kelsey O’Malley and Megan Tomerlin at Loyola University Chicago for “Loyola University Chicago Biodiesel Program”
• Evan Zachary at Rochester Institute of Technology for “Recovery and Reuse; On-Campus and Off”
• Margaret Maloney at the University of Dayton for “Sustainability Activation Program at the University of Dayton”
• Brandt Bucher and Tim Rudek at the University of California for “UCI Bus Love: UC Irvine’s Transition from a Bio-Diesel to Electric Transit Fleet”

“The higher education sustainability community continues to stay focused on work that contributes toward a thriving, equitable and ecologically healthy world. This is most evident through the entries received for the AASHE Sustainability Awards,” said Executive Director Meghan Fay Zahniser. “I am happy that we can recognize the innovation and leadership demonstrated by this year’s finalists.”

Winners, including the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, will be announced mid-September and recognized on Oct. 2 during the opening ceremony at the AASHE Conference & Expo in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

About the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) AASHE empowers higher education administrators, faculty, staff and students to be effective change agents and drivers of sustainability innovation. AASHE enables members to translate information into action by offering essential resources and professional development to a diverse, engaged community of sustainability leaders. We work with and for higher education to ensure that our world’s future leaders are motivated and equipped to solve sustainability challenges. For more information, visit www.aashe.org. Follow AASHE on Facebook and Twitter.

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