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Academic Year 2013/14 Board meetings - overview in 3 parts -

Welcome to Loyola University Chicago and the Institute of Environmental Sustainability’s Founding Advisory Board. Academic Year 2013/14 Board meetings - overview in 3 parts -.

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Academic Year 2013/14 Board meetings - overview in 3 parts -

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  1. Welcome to Loyola University Chicago and the Institute of Environmental Sustainability’s Founding Advisory Board

  2. Academic Year 2013/14 Board meetings- overview in 3 parts - July 2013 – Introduction and background, putting the IES mission into the context of Loyola University, Jesuit higher education, Chicago, and the world’s environmental crisis November 2013 – Draft of our strategic plan, administrative organizational chart, and our curricula broadly defined as the knowledge, skills and experiences our graduating students will have acquired March 2014 – Hiring faculty, increasing enrollment, stimulating research, marketing & development, LUREC enrollment

  3. A History of the Loyola University Environmental Sustainability Initiative:Our Beginnings and the Vision for Our Future

  4. History of Environmental Sustainability Initiatives at LUC – an overview • 2001 Michael J. Garanzini, S.J. appointed LUC President • 2006 CUERP founded, NCT appointed Founding Director • 2007 STEP, Biodiesel lab built, gifts and grants • 2009 University Strategic Plan prioritizes environment • 2010 NTSC Department becomes the ENVS Department • 2010 NCT appointed Vice Provost; began programmatic design of IES & the new building • 2010 Fr. General’s Ecology Task Force formed (6 Jesuits, 1 Lay) • 2010 LUC purchases LUREC, NCT appointed to develop academic programs • 2012 IES building, budget, staffing approved • 2012 International Jesuit Ecology Project – IES’s first international project • 2013 NCT steps down from Provost office and is appointed Founding Director IES is launched and charged with growing enrollment to become a school

  5. Center for Urban Environmental Research & Policy2006 – present; major accomplishments • 6 faculty and staff • Solutions To Environmental Problems courses: • STEP Biodiesel, STEP Food Systems, STEP Water • Biodiesel program • Co-curricular programs • Student Environmental Clubs • Rooftop gardens (QLSB, Mertz) • Winthrop lot garden • LUC Farmer’s Market • GIS program • Recycling • Clean Air, Clean Water research • Invasives-to-Energy program

  6. STEP:Biodiesel (2007) http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7092156

  7. STEP: Food Systems (2008) QLSB rooftop garden Winthrop lot garden LUC Farmer’s Market LUREC student farm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZC0-4Y2tlU

  8. STEP:Water (2010) As a protest against water privatization, bottled water was banned in 2012 – there are now 47 refill stations on campuses.

  9. Loyola University Retreat and Ecology Campus (LUREC – 2010)

  10. Loyola University Retreat and Ecology Campus2010 – present; major accomplishments • Designed/constructed 3 teaching labs, stockroom, & herbarium • Built a student-operated farm & intern program • Biodiversity inventory • Restoring the wetland & Oak/Hickory woodland • Summer field ecology courses • Harvest Festival • Outreach programs for the community

  11. 2011-2013 Summer Field Courses • Sustainable Agriculture • Ornithology • Field Ecology • Field Archaeology • Wetland Restoration • Woodland Restoration http://youtu.be/dc54OKLsBOI

  12. 2012 Aaron Durnbaugh, New Director of Campus Sustainability • Conducts internal audits, benchmarking LUC • Developing and implementing sustainability plans for LSC, WTC, LUREC, LUHS • Developing LUC policies • Marketing and communications both internal and external affecting behavioral changes • Influences capital planning decisions and procedures • Representing LUC in the greater Chicago region and nationally

  13. Revision of the University Core Curriculum (2012) Loyola is one of the only universities that requires every student, regardless of their major, to take a foundational science-based Environmental Issues course

  14. Since January 1, 2013 - • NCT stepped down as Vice Provost, was appointed Founding Director of the new IES • Faculty/staff retreat to merge 4 units into IES: CUERP, LUREC, OOS, & ENVS (19 FT people) • Curricular mapping analysis, complete revision of old programs, and developing new programs • Developing 3-course basic science sequence • Officially moved ENVS out of CAS; developing management structure; hiring & training staff • Marketing the Institute roll-out; communications plan, opening events, 4 conferences, enrollment and admissions plans

  15. Institute of Environmental Sustainability faculty and staff David Slavsky, Assoc. Director (50%) EnikoRacz, Business Manager Aaron Durnbaugh, Campus Sustainability Director Christine Wolff, IJEP & IES Coord (50%) Art Lurigio, Sr. Assoc. Dean, CAS (5%) • Research/teaching/program management staff • Shane Lishawa • Roberta Lammers-Campbell • David Treering • Zach Waickman • Gina Lettiere • Alexander Tuchman • Lane Vail • Tenure-Track Faculty* • Chris Peterson • Reuben Keller • Kelly Garbach • Tham Hoang • NTT Faculty • Ping Jing • BalaChaudhary • Tania Schusler • Stephen Mitten *Contributing Faculty – Elizabeth Coffman, John Frendreis, Alanah Fitch, Justin Harbison, Daniel Amick, Patrick Daubenmire, Mike Schuck, Kelly Moore, Bill French

  16. The new IES Facilityonline August 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0CJ8YkYjFs

  17. IES Direction • Development as an interdisciplinary Institute • Environmental Sci, Business, Policy, Public Health • Areas of curricular specialization & faculty research • Conservation & Restoration • Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems • Environmental Toxicology • Environmental Policy • IES research enriching the Chicago region • Chicago clean water research database • Soil and water analytical laboratory (DOE grant) • Invasives-to-Energy project

  18. First year goals August 2013- August 2014 • Develop strategic plan, management structure, standing committee structures, hire new faculty • Launch revised curricula with 4 areas of concentration and new major in B.A. ENV Policy • Reduce the majors to 50-55 credit hours • Including a 3-course science sequence • Develop 6 new courses • Develop MS in Environmental Science • Develop 2+2 programs with Community Colleges • Market IES and fund raise for internships and scholarships • Invasives-To-Energy feasibility study completed

  19. Broader Goals for the next 5-years • IES academic programs expand and diversify • Semester at LUREC • Online and certificate programs • 5-year dual-degree programs in MPH and MPP • Enrollments increase to 250-300 IES students • IES becomes a School • Invasives-to-Energy project funding • Loyola strives to be a destination school for students seeking degrees in Environmental Science and Environmental Sustainability.

  20. For future Board meetings • Strategic Plan and Organizational chart • Curricular mapping project • Programs in development and Future programs • Strategy for new faculty hiring by areas of expertise • Faculty research projects • Research funding levels • Presentation on IES Invasives-To-Energy regional project • Presentation and tour of Biodiesel program • Visit to LUREC

  21. THANK YOU!

  22. Collaborations from local to international levels • IES – CUERP, OS and ENVS merge; developing interdisciplinary joint faculty appointments (QSB, SSOM, SON, SOE, SSW, Sociology, Political Science, Theology) • University – Interdisciplinary collaborations with schools and the college; Centers of Excellence; University Mission & Identity; Student Development; Student Religions Clubs; staff and admin outside of AA and SD • Regional – Heartland Delta; Catholic Charities; Northwestern University; Chicago Park District, 27 local high schools; Chicago Wilderness; Center for Neighborhood Technology; Environmental Law and Policy Center; Cook &Lake Co Forest Preserve Districts; Rogers Park City Planning; Edgewater Sustainability Committee; Defenders of McHenry Co; McH Co Conservation District; Open Lands • National – AJCU, ACCU; Catholic Coalition on Climate Change; American Association for Sustainability in Higher Ed; Society of College & Univ. Planning; Ecological Society of America; Society of Freshwater Science; Society for Wetland Scientists; International Association of Great Lakes Research • International – Society of Jesus Task Force on Ecology; International Jesuit Ecology Project; Global Ignatian Advocacy Network; ASHRE awards for green architecture

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