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Home  >>  Sustainability Initiatives

Sustainability Initiatives

Strategic Goal III
Building a Sustainable Community

The college will utilize practices and collaborate with community partners to build a sustainable community.

Students

  • To prepare students for participation in sustainable practices through the integration of sustainable community concepts in the curriculum.
  • To infuse the concepts of building a sustainable community into the co-curriculum.
  • As an organization of higher learning, to be a model of sustainable practices for our students.

Community

  • To engage the community in dialog about building a sustainable community.
  • To actively collaborate with community partners in developing sustainable initiatives and projects as appropriate.
  • To model the principles of sustainability for our community.
  • To encourage and support implementation of sustainable practices that benefit the college and the community.

Employees

  • To introduce our employees to the concepts of building a sustainable community.
  • To prepare employees for participation in sustainable practices by providing relevant professional development opportunities.

 

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