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Building the Sustainability Minor @ NMSU presentation to Department Head - Jeffrey Beasley David Boje, Coordinator for Greening the Curriculum Presidents Fund project 1

THE MATRIX of Tracks in University-wide Sustainability Minor 2

Finding a home for homeless Track 2? 3

Our Requests § We have ADAC approval to start the process for University-wide Sustainability Minor § We have Registrar’s approval to put into course catalogue § We want to replicate Track 1 already underway in Anthropology Department and Track 3 in Management Department to other departments so we get Track 2 & 3 shared homes § We would like departments to work with the Catalogue changes and get the University-wide definitions and objectives of Sustainability Minor into the catalog 4

MILESTONES in Contract with President’s Excellence Fund § June 2014 Establish interdisciplinary undergraduate minor in sustainability § June 2014 Establish database of sustainability courses and prerequisites § Oct 2014 Use database to evaluate dept., course and student engagement § Dec 2014 Implement marketing campaign § June 2015 Establish graduate certificate in sustainability 5

Topic for Engineering Technology & Surveying Engineering Department Meeting What courses in engineering are have any sustainability content? Table&2:&Track&One&Sustainability&Minor’s&housed&in&Engineering&Department ! Environmental Economic Prosperity and Equity and Social Well Being Protection and Resource Continuity Conservation ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 6

Our preliminary Review of Courses in Sustainability E T 115 Introduction to Environmental Technology R E T 128 Fundamentals of Sustainable Construction F in Engineering E T 255 Applied Industrial Hygiene and Safety R E T 321 Environmental Engineering and Science F CH E 361 Engineering Materials R CH E 436 Environmental Process Design I R CH E 437 Environmental Process Design II R CH E 439 Environmental Modeling F C E 141 Mathematics and Hydraulic Engineering R C E 356 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering F C E 485 Design of Earth Dams R Key: ENVE 456 Environmental Engineering Design F ENVE 487 Air Pollution Control Systems Design F Sustainability-Focused Course or R is a Sustainability-Related Course not yet in online database ! 7

Table 1: Measures/Targets for Greening the Curriculum @ NMSU relate to Vision 2020 University Goals Dec 2014 Dec 2015 Dec 2016 Measures/ Targets Set baseline +5% +10% Departments participating in sustainability programs database Set baseline Sustainability program enrollment diversity +3% +5% database Female Sustainability program enrollment diversity Set baseline +2% +5% database Hispanic (& others TBD) Set baseline Courses with international sustainability service and 10% 15% database outreach components Set baseline +5% +10% Courses with Energy savings Projects database Set baseline $20,000 $40,000 Estimated savings of those projects database Set baseline +10% +15% Courses with sustainability projects database Set baseline Faculty with sustainability related +10% +15% database donations, grants and contracts N/A (set 8 baseline +5% +10% Sustainability related jobs found by students database !

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Thank you Please provide any suggestions, innovations, or schedule meetings to discuss Sustainability Minor @ NMSU with coordinator, David Boje has the info on the Greening the Curriculum @ NMSU Project 15