Information on Light the Night 2020 and Light the Night - Volunteer Opportunity were approved to be posted in e-Update, eWeek (for faculty and staff), GradLinks (for Graduate students), iNews (for Undergraduates), iSEE, ISSS Newsletters, and other newsletters.
As part of Vision Zero study, a survey was sent out to collect data about problematic locations within campus. To collect further data and gain insights, we are conducting a focus group. Please fill out this form if you are interested in attending the focus group. The focus group would be held over zoom and would be an hour long. The link to the zoom meeting will be sent in a later email.
Jacob Mathew • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
This opportunity is available online.
Digital Signs were posted to the following locations from 9/18/20 to 9/24/20:
7 projects were approved during the FY2020 Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) project selection. At this time, final scoring results were determined as well. F&S will be beginning these projects soon and will start assessing their correlated utility savings.
Due to COVID-19, the voting process was conducted via email as opposed to meeting in person. As a result of the success in the virtual voting process, future selections are planned to occur in a similar fashion.
Julie Wurth, iSEE Communications Specialist, released an article highlighting the preservation of century-old trees during the construction of the new Siebel Center for Design. These trees are rooted in the university's early history and serve as "remnants of a windbreak that protected a vast experimental orchard planted there in the late 19th century by botanist Thomas Jonathan Burrill, a pioneer in plant pathology and the third University of Illinois President (1891-94)."
Read the article as a PDF in the attachments or proceed to its posting in iSEE's News Releases!
Margaret Wertheim is a writer, artist and curator whose work brings together art, math and science as evidenced in her Crochet Coral Reef, created through hyperbolic crochet. This talk launches the Urbana-Champaign Satellite Reef, Part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim. Visit the project website https://uiucsatellitecrochetcoralreef.wordpress.com/
September 17, 5:30 pm • Map
Jennifer Bergmark • School of Art and Design
Please see attached August 2020 progress report for the Red Oak Rain Garden, provided by Eliana Brown
We have received review comments from the IEMA and FEMA review of the Final Draft of the Champaign County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2020 Update that was submitted for review on May 29, 2020.
Susan Monte's plan is to address six required revisions needed to the Final Draft HMP Update over the next few days. She will reach out to current HMP Team members for assistance that may be required.
Dear SWATeams and iWG,
We hope that you have had a smooth start to the academic year. Thank you for agreeing to serve on the iCAP teams (SWATeams) this year! You are an instrumental part of one of the seven teams: Zero Waste, Transportation, Energy, Land & Water, Resilience, Education, and Engagement (a new team this year)! You will soon receive an official charge letter from the iSEE interim director, Dr. Madhu Khanna.
We would like to invite you to the annual kick-off event which will include an overview of the iCAP process, expectations of the teams, and status of past recommendations. This event will be held next Thursday, September 17 via Zoom from 4-5pm. An Outlook invitation will follow this email. This event is a fantastic opportunity to gain an understanding of how these teams positively impact campus, and also say “hi” to the other members which is especially important as we are encouraging greater collaboration between the teams this year.
Secondly, please mark your calendars for the virtual Campus Sustainability Celebration on Tuesday, October 22 from 3-4:30pm. This will be an exciting event as the official approval ceremony of the iCAP 2020 by Chancellor Jones! Meredith will be sending Outlook invitations shortly.
Please let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to working with you this year, and thank you again for your commitment to campus sustainability efforts!
Best regards,
Dr. Ximing Cai and Morgan White, iWG co-chairs, and Meredith Moore, Sustainability Programs Coordinator
The work order was approved (WO #10813200) to place 7 tables, 15 chairs, 2 Hand sanitizer stations, 2 recycling bins for each of the following three locations:
The construction at the Flagg Hall location has started. Foundation has been installed (8/27/20) and cured (9/8/20).
The Youth Climate Justice Forum presents this podcast series in which we will be trying to find ways for all of us to continue to work for climate justice during and after the coronavirus crisis. This week, Caroline and Theo interview Dawn Blackman, the steward of the Randolph Street Community Garden and a minister at the Champaign Church of the Brethren.
https://youthclimateforum.wixsite.com/summit/podcast/episode/1c2d1b0f/th...
Dailiy Illini published an article about U of I's new bicycle registration system on September 3, 2020: https://dailyillini.com/news/2020/09/03/university-changes-bike-registra...
See attached this article in pdf format.
The Campus Bike Center has moved to a new location, and is planned to open on Sept 18 pending approval from the University! The new address is 51 E. Gregory Dr., Champaign, IL 61820. The shop is now open but only if you make an appointment.
Illinois Terminal (45 E University Ave, Champaign, IL 61820 . Phone: 217-384-3577) was added as the Shield pick-up location. Sarthak Prasad dropped off 100 Shields at the location to be picked up by bicycle users. This location will be available for Shield pick up from September 8, 2020.
On September 1, 2020, the Facilities & Services Communications team published and announcement on the F&S website about the transition of UIUC's old bicycle registration system to a national bike registration system through Project 529. The announcement can be found here: https://fs.illinois.edu/resources/newsroom/2020/09/01/u-of-i-joins-natio...
The F&S Communication team also sent out the press release for this change on September 1 evening. A pdf of this press release is also attached.
The Lawn Signs were approved by Kristin McMurray on September 1, 2020. The Lawn Signs will be placed at 15 pre-determined locations on-campus from September 17th to September 24th (removed right after the event).
The work order was approved to create the Lawn Signs on August 31, 2020 (WO #10811551).
The Lawn Signs were approved by Kristin McMurray on September 1, 2020. The Lawn Signs will be placed at 15 pre-determined locations on-campus from September 17th to October 17th.
The work order was approved to create the Lawn Signs on August 31, 2020 (WO #10811593).
RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the August 2020 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 731.2 Megawatt hours. See attached file.
Please see attached the Safety Plan and the Warning & Waiver form.
