Meeting minutes from the February 8th Education SWATeam meeting.
At this meeting, the team met with members of the Illinois Student Government to discuss their proposal to the Educational Policy Committee on developing a General Education Requirement in Sustainability. This has been an ongoing goal that builds off of iCAP 2020 Education objectives.
The Resilience and Education teams met to discuss the Edu002 recommendation and potential next steps. The recording is found here and minutes are attached below.
The Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) is a new initiative launched this spring by the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE). Targeted at undergraduate students, the Program will include pre-professional workshops, field trips, and networking opportunities. Developing an undergraduate leadership program was a key educational objective in the Illinois Climate Action Plan.
Hello Education and Resilience teams,
The meeting minutes are attached from 12/2/20. Bill Stewart from the Board of General Education spoke on the possibility of the sustainability gen ed requirement.
Meeting minutes from the 11/4/2020 Education SWATeam meeting. The team was joined by Gretchen Forman of the Grainger College of Engineering Office of First Year Experience and Creen Ahmad from Illinois Student Government. Discussions focused on enriching the first-year student experience through sustainability education. Strategies to acheive this goal include sustainability education in orientation and 100-level courses.
Attached are the compiled iCAP 2020 assessments from each of the iCAP teams.
Attached are the charge letters sent to each of the SWATeam members with the iWG copied, on September 16 by iSEE interim director, Dr. Madhu Khanna.
Hello Resilience SWATeam!
Dr. Evan DeLucia, Director of iSEE, responded to Meredith Moore with the following email:
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Good morning, Meredith
The Edu005 Sustainable Scholars Program recommendation was returned to the Education SWATeam on 6/9/2020.
Following the completion of the iWG assessment for Edu001 Environmental Leadership Program, the recommendation was transmitted to Evan DeLucia, Director of iSEE, on June 9, 2020.
See iWG assessment Edu001 Environmental Leadership Program attached.
See SWATeam recommendation Edu001 Environmental Leadership Program.
Following the completion of iWG assessment for Edu003 Sustainability Career Fair, the recommendation was transmitted to Jennifer Neef, Director of the Career Center on June 3, 2020.
See iWG assessment of Edu003 Sustainability Career Fair attached.
See SWATeam recommendation Edu003 Sustainability Career Fair.
The Education SWATeam made the following recommendation on 4/2/2020:
The Education SWATeam made the following recommendation on 4/2/2020:
The Education SWATeam made the following recommendation on 4/2/2020:
The Sustainability Career Fair working group has the following tiered recommendations, which would grow the general program over three years, with event implementation beginning in the Spring of FY21:
The Education SWATeam made the following recommendation on 4/2/2020:
The Education SWATeam made the following recommendation on 4/2/2020:
Develop an Environmental Leadership Program (ELP), for undergraduates and Masters’ students. ELP will comprise two week-long intensives, one in Fall and a Washington DC trip during Spring Break, exposing students to environmental governance at local, state, and federal tiers. Also includes pre-professional training, and speaker seminars during the academic year.
Minutes from the Marth 13th 2020 Education SWATeam meeting. This meeting focused on revising recommendation froms to be sent to the iWG.
Attached are the meeting notes from the iWG meeting on 3/16/2020. The focus of this meeting was on the Outreach section (renamed: Engagement) of the iCAP 2020.
