After a discussion with Land and Water iCAP Team members and some IPM contact people, a project page was created on the iCAP Portal to house the collected documents.  Prior related project updates were also connected to this project for reference purposes.

One of the F&S departmental bike share bikes was repaired by Sarthak Prasad and Jake Benjamin at the Campus Bike Center on May 22, 2025. There is one more F&S departmental bike share bicycle that will repaired sometime next week.

F&S is also looking to purchase a small frame bicycle to add to their departmental bike share.

In Spring 2025, a CEE 449 course instructed by Prof. Ro Cusick built on water quality testing conducted by the same course in 2024 by conducting water quality testing in all campus residence halls. The testing confirmed previous findings that water quality in residence halls is very good. The final report is attached.

The Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Susan Martinis, the Interim Vice Chancellor for Administration and Operations Lowa Mwilambwe, the Associate Vice Chancellor and Executive Director of Facilities & Services Jeff Angiel, the Director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Madhu Khanna, and the iSEE Associate Director for Campus Sustainability Jennifer Fraterrigo met on May 15, 2025 to discuss the status of the Green Research program and the staffing request.

While everyone agreed that the program and coordinator position are important, the group felt that the timing is not right to ask for a new position given the current economic climate and impending budget recission for F&S. The VCRI suggested we brief the Sustainability Council next fall to inform Provost Coleman and the future chancellor about this effort. Everyone deeply appreciates the committee’s work on this topic and remains enthusiastic about implementing the program once we are in a better financial position. 

Morgan White, Miriam Keep, Elizabeth Murphy, Tiffany Jolley, Quinn Connolly, Sarthak Prasad, and Michael McKelvey met to discuss how best to cross reference iCAP Projects and Recommendations.

Discussion/Decisions

• Rec's link to
  • a Team,
  • Associated Project(s),
  • Objective(s), and
  • Future Updates project
• What to include on the team pages?
  • example logged in and logged out
  • For now: decided to hide the sidebar listing of associated Recommendations and show the list of recommendations w/recommendation updates in main section
  • Discuss how to display the recommendations (and recommendation updates?) in next large group meeting
• What to include on the iWG page? and the Sustainability Council page?
  • iWG project page: button in description field linking to Recommendations page
  • Sustainability Council page: disassociate this project with recommendations
• How to get to recommendations from the Home page?
  • Through link to iWG - decided not including a direct link to Recommendations page
• Could these be based on theme instead of team? What to show on a theme page?
  • Decided not to show list of recommendations on Theme pages; get to recommendations through iCAP Team linked in description
• Which projects should be associated? should it just be by objective and future updates..?
  • Associated Project(s): Don't include iWG and Team projects; just a minimal list of associated project(s)
  • Further Updates Will be Posted To...: 1 new project spawned by recommendation (if applicable)
• How to remove the summary pages?
  • The following projects can be found under Topical iCAP Teams
  • Recommendations summary projects (e.g. Education iCAP Team Recommendations Summary):
    1. Remove list of recommendations from Background
    2. Delete each project update that's actually a recommendation update (after confirming info has been migrated to a Recommendation Update)
    3. Delete Recommendation summary project (?)
  • iCAP Team projects (e.g. Education iCAP Team)
    1. Add link to Recommendations page filtered by related iCAP Team (e.g. see Transportation iCAP Team page)

TODOs:

• Show associated recommendations on projects linked via "Further Updates Will be Posted To..." field
• Add time-based filter on Recommendations listing page (e.g. last 5 years)

Work order #11252549 was created for the Key Shop to make 7 long shackled weatherproof padlocks for the shipping containers for the bike storage.

Over 50 volunteers helped pick up trash resulting in a total of 220 pounds of trash being removed from campus on 3/11/2025 and 4/22/2025.

Check out our new report on EV infrastructure, based on a survey of peer universities. The study examines how institutions across the country are planning, funding, and implementing EV charging solutions to support campus sustainability and evolving transportation needs.

The insights gathered will inform our campus’s approach to EV infrastructure development and long-term mobility planning.

School of Art and Design Re-Fashioned Fashion Show

The annual School of Art and Design fashion show is back! Re-Fashioned will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, in the Siebel Center. Admission is free. Students from the Studio Arts Fashion Concentration will be presenting over 100 one-of-a-kind ensembles. Wearable works of art walk the runway, combining sustainability and creativity in a fun event for the whole family.