{"id":3231,"date":"2012-10-26T09:11:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T16:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.nau.edu\/news-p\/wordpress\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2016-02-20T12:11:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T19:11:32","slug":"sustainability-giving-credit-where-credit-is-due","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/sustainability-giving-credit-where-credit-is-due\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability: Giving credit where credit is due"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Laura Huenneke, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/em>Northern Arizona University is committed to sustainability in academic and research programs as well as in operations.\u00a0That commitment produces results: You have probably seen the recent announcement<\/a> that we earned a Gold rating in the STARS program, up from Silver in last year\u2019s report.<\/p>\n

STARS is a self-reported assessment<\/a> of the sustainability performance of an educational institution, with some wiggle room in interpreting and presenting metrics.\u00a0Understandably, the \u201cself-reported\u201d aspect may raise some questions about the significance of the ratings.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no question in my mind.<\/p>\n

Last year, which was NAU\u2019s first year of participation, I was part of the tough discussions about how to present our performance on some of the measures.<\/p>\n

Although it was tempting to try to count every tiny effort and be generous in our descriptions of activities, in the end we focused on strict documentation and integrity in reporting. Even with such a conservative approach, NAU earned a Silver rating.<\/p>\n

This year, with concrete evidence of improvement in curriculum and in co-curricular activities, NAU moved solidly into the Gold category<\/a>.\u00a0There is still more improvement to be made and reported; for example, there are some huge opportunities for progress in documenting efforts in campus operations.<\/p>\n

As a university community, we\u2019re currently working on more effective communication of our actual sustainability accomplishments, from unique academic programs to facilities.\u00a0The Green NAU website<\/a> has become a central resource for such communications, but it does not yet capture all the accomplishments.<\/p>\n

What aspects of our sustainability and environmental\/social commitments do you believe we should promote and highlight?<\/p>\n

\"Leaf<\/p>\n

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