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Academics Assessment: Auburn University’s Stars Report

by Randy Martin, Office of Sustainability Thousands of students attend universities and colleges for primarily one purpose, academics. Academics serve as the backbone of an institution. There are many things that people do and participate in tangentially to classes, but at the root, the university experience is in the classroom.…

ContributorOctober 31, 2022

SDG4 Sustainability in Action

Campus Changemaker: Becki Retzlaff

By Grace Reilein. When was the last time you rode a bike to work? Yesterday? Every day this week? How about for the last 25 years? Becki Retzlaff falls in that final group, and as the newest Director of the Academic Sustainability Program, it could not be more fitting. Becki…

ContributorAugust 10, 2022

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Auburn’s Leadership in Sustainability in Academics: Evidence from the STARS Rating System

By Becki Retzlaff. Many students choose to study at Auburn because it is a big school that can provide many different opportunities for a wide variety of interests. As the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS) attests, one of those opportunities for students is to learn about sustainability from…

ContributorAugust 9, 2022

Announcements

Interactive Sustainability Map of Auburn University Created in Capstone Class

Each spring semester small groups of students in the SUST 5000: Senior Capstone in Sustainability apply the principles and concepts of sustainability to a project that addresses sustainability at Auburn. This year Courtney Eagle, Laine Harrington, Evanthi Hettiaratchi, Andrew Holley, & Matthew Manning developed a sustainability map of campus. The…

adminMay 5, 2021

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Stay in touch with the Academic Sustainability Program

By Sarah Hamilton. The Academic Sustainability Program has had a busy year. We’ve added dozens of courses to the redesigned minor in Sustainability Studies, toward which a record-shattering 128 students are currently working. Students in the Capstone course this spring produced outstanding student work that drew on their expertise in…

adminApril 29, 2021

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2020 Executive Summary of Sustainability at Auburn University

We invite you to view our 2020 Executive Summary of Sustainability at Auburn University. The 2020 Executive Summary gives a sense of the history of sustainability at Auburn University. While no means comprehensive, it shows our steady progress in integrating sustainability into our operations, outreach, administration, teaching, and research. The…

adminApril 20, 2021

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Spring Course Offerings in Sustainability

A wide variety of courses related to sustainability will be offered on campus during the Spring 2020 semester. Twenty courses which span 8 colleges on campus will be offered as part of the Minor in Sustainability Studies. Many of these courses also can be used toward core curriculum requirements, majors,…

adminSeptember 30, 2019

Guest Posts Updates

Over 20 Courses Toward the Sustainability Minor Offered this Fall

Post Contributed by Dr. Nanette Chadwick, Director of Academic Sustainability Programs Academic Sustainability Programs has prepared a listing of all courses in the Minor in Sustainability Studies that will be offered this summer and fall semesters, as well as related courses that are not yet officially in the minor. This summer,…

adminMarch 19, 2019

Guest Posts Updates

An Eye-Opening Experience Abroad

Post contributed by Ethan Heard, Sophomore at Auburn University Over the past month and a half, I have been all over the world. My journey started when I landed in Dunedin, New Zealand, and it ended in Nadi, Fiji. Now I know what you are wondering how that could be…

adminJanuary 8, 2019

Guest Posts Updates

My Brother Jona

Post contributed by Dominic Linehan, Freshman in Natural Resources Management I woke up early, around 6 in the morning. My host brother, Jona, was already awake and waiting for me. This was the first time that I saw him in daylight. The night before, he had gone to the mainland…

adminSeptember 5, 2018

Academics Assessment: Auburn University’s Stars Report

Campus Changemaker: Becki Retzlaff

Auburn’s Leadership in Sustainability in Academics: Evidence from the STARS Rating System

Interactive Sustainability Map of Auburn University Created in Capstone Class

Stay in touch with the Academic Sustainability Program

2020 Executive Summary of Sustainability at Auburn University

Spring Course Offerings in Sustainability

Over 20 Courses Toward the Sustainability Minor Offered this Fall

An Eye-Opening Experience Abroad

My Brother Jona

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