2QQ8 USSP GCOLLEGE REPORT Fifty schools that will help your kids help the planet. By Elizabeth Barker cross the country, hundreds of colleges and universities are making the shift to . While ten years ago students may not have taken the planet- friendliness of a campus into consideration when choosing a school, today it has become a major deciding point. From green buildings and local food to alterna- tive energy plans and environmental degree programs, more and more institu- tions of higher education are turning their campus into eco-education centers.

Since KIWI compiled its first Green College Report last in history,” he says. “Yes, we’re concerned about what will hap- year, which featured 50 schools helping to save the planet, pen, but we’re also optimistic that higher education can lead Aeven more institutions have jumped on the sustainability-in- our society to a better, more prosperous future.” schools bandwagon. The number of signatories to the Ameri- Here at KIWI, we are thrilled to see so many schools can College and University Presidents Climate Commitment launching green initiatives across the country. That’s why (the ACUPCC, a pledge to reduce and ultimately neutralize we’re helping you narrow your child’s school search by spot- all campus greenhouse-gas emissions) has shot up from 206 lighting 75 institutions of higher learning that are protecting schools to 560, and programs such as sustainability-themed the planet. Although each of these colleges and universities campus housing and student-developed alternative-energy has undertaken an array of environmental actions, we’ve ze- plans are cropping up at colleges across the country. roed in on just a few key green selling points of each campus. “We’ve seen an explosion of environment-focused activi- KIWI’s 2008 Green College Report features schools ties across the country,” says Judy Walton, PhD, acting execu- pioneering the way in campus sustainability, excelling in en- tive director of the American Association of Sustainability in vironmental stewardship, and making great strides toward Higher Education. “From the smallest to largest, community going eco. In an effort to celebrate the total green university colleges to Ivy League, everyone’s getting involved.” movement, the 75 school profiles on this list have no specific As schools discover new and novel ways to go green, ranking and are simply listed in alphabetical order. To learn they hope to continue setting the bar higher. John Pumilio, more about eco-minded schools across the U.S., check out Evergreen State College’s director of sustainability, considers the ACUPCC (www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org) or the it critical for campus sustainability to continue its tremendous Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher growth. “How the next 40 years plays out will define our place Education (www.aashe.org).

Green Glossary

Biomass: biological material that can be converted into energy man and environmental health: sustainable site development, water and used as fuel. Sources include food waste, leftover crops, savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environ- yard clippings and livestock manure. mental quality. Through a third-party commissioning process, build- ings are deemed “Certified,” “Silver,” “Gold,” or “Platinum,” depend- Green roof: an extension of an existing roof, covered with vegetation. ing on the number of credits they achieve in each category. Designed to filter , reduce building temperatures, and lessen pressure on sewer systems, green roofs feature a waterproof mem- Local food: food produced regionally and according to traditional brane, drainage layer, soil layer and lightweight plants. growing cycles, requiring less packaging and transportation in order to reach the consumer. Grey water reuse: a process of recycling shower, bath and laundry water for use in landscape irrigation. Photovoltaic panels: devices that convert sunlight directly into elec- tricity. Also called “solar panels,” they’re often made of highly puri- LEED certification: a nationally accepted standard for measur- fied silicon. ing building sustainability, developed and administered by the U.S. Green Building Council. To earn certification, buildings must meet Solar array: a configuration of photovoltaic panels. performance benchmarks (or “credits”) within five categories of hu-

2 • 2008 Green College Report • www.kiwimagonline.com www.kiwimagonline.com • 2008 Green College Report • 3 Clean Sweep, ’s “garage sale” of electronics, bikes, toys, furnishings and other goods takes place every year. Photo courtesy of Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College

In addition to its recently erected wind turbine, Babson’s green features include a biodiesel recycling program.

Allegheny College Babson College (Meadville, Pennsylvania; www.allegheny.edu) (Babson Park, Massachusetts; www.babson.edu) Undergraduates: 2,100 Tuition: $31,680 Undergraduates: 1,500 Tuition: $36,096 Room & board: $8,000 Room & board: $7,756 One-third of Allegheny’s food comes from local sources, and 15% In addition to its recently erected wind turbine (a student-led ini- of the campus is powered by wind energy. The school serves as the tiative and the first of its kind in the Boston area), Babson’s green home base for a Pennsylvania Environmental Council project pro- features include a biodiesel recycling program, a fleet of electric ve- Artist Michael Shaughnessy created this giant star of hay for the organic-themed Green Horizons exhibition and outreach program, which examines the politics and nature of sustainability. Photo courtesy of Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College moting energy efficiency and renewable resources. What’s more, hicles and a number of newly added, sustainability-focused courses Allegheny offers a minor in Art and the Environment (designed to in the school’s MBA program. “creatively confront the global environmental crisis,” according to the college). Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana; www.bsu.edu) Bowdoin College Aquinas College Undergraduates: 17,919 Tuition: $7,000 (Berea, Kentucky; www.berea.edu) (Brunswick, Maine; www.bowdoin.edu) (Grand Rapids, Michigan; www.aquinas.edu) Room & board: $7,598 Undergraduates: 1,550 Tuition: $0 (low-income students only) Undergraduates: 1,729 Tuition: $37,790 Undergraduates: 1,780 Tuition: $21,150 Green highlights from Ball State’s course catalog include classes in Room & board: $6,000 Room & board: $10,380 Room & board: $6,680 Global Climate Change, Environmental Disruption & Policy Analy- As part of a campaign developed by student group Helping Earth Bowdoin’s use of green power and purchase of renewable-energy Aquinas, which offers the country’s first undergraduate major in sis, and Environmental Economics. The university is engaged in an and Learning, Berea is working to meet 10% of the campus’s energy credits covers all of the campus’s electricity needs, and month-long , invites all members of the college community ongoing campus reforestation project and also purchases a percent- demand with clean and renewable sources by 2010. Most of the dorm competitions on energy conservation reduce the school’s car- to submit suggestions for building a greener campus. Proposals age of its goods from local farmers markets. college’s food is grown on campus, and courses include Ecological bon footprint even further. The college also runs its own certified already put into practice include a residence hall light bulb retrofit, Architecture and Introduction to Ecological Design. organic garden and communal bike club. an electronic-waste recycling program and the use of eco-friendly Bates College cleaning products in the housekeeping department. (Lewiston, Maine; www.bates.edu) Binghamton University California State Polytechnic University Undergraduates: 1,744 (Binghamton, New York; www.binghamton.edu) (Pomona, California; www.csupomona.edu) Tuition + room & board: $49,350 Undergraduates: 11,523 Tuition: $12,258 (out of state) Undergraduates: 19,569 Tuition: $3,564 (Tempe, Arizona; www.asu.edu) Bates is under a five-year contract to use 100% renewable electricity Room & board: $8,967 $5,998 (in state) Room & board: $9,120 Undergraduates: 41,815 Tuition: $16,929 (out of state) to power its main buildings. What’s more, over 80% of the school’s One of 11 U.S. schools to make the Princeton Review’s 2009 “Green While Cal Poly Pomona’s architecture program prepares students to Room & board: $7,780 $4,897 (in state) food waste goes to composting, donations to soup kitchens, and Rating Honor Roll,” this State University of New York institution become LEED-certified professionals, its Lyle Center for Regenera- Home to the world’s first PhD in Sustainability, as well as its first other partnerships with local farms and businesses. Each year, the has transformed 81,860 square feet of formerly paved areas to green tive Studies focuses on teaching green strategies such as low-energy School of Sustainability, Arizona State has two undergraduate degree college hosts a “sustainability theme house,” which accommodates space over the past five years, invested nearly $1.5 million in energy- architecture, organic agriculture, ecological restoration and sustain- programs—both a B.A. and B.S. in Sustainability—focused on devel- 20 students and serves as a pilot for green products, systems, design saving projects since 2007, and offers an average of 40 environment- able community development. oping creative solutions to sustainability issues. and innovation. or sustainability-related courses each year.

4 • 2008 Green College Report • www.kiwimagonline.com www.kiwimagonline.com • 2008 Green College Report • 5 Duke’s most recent building, the Platinum- rated Home Depot Smart Home, is a 6,000-square- foot home and laboratory for 10 students experi- menting with making liv- ing spaces more sustain- able.

California State University, Chico Development, the college also offers degrees in Environmental Sci- (www.csuchico.edu) ence and Environmental Studies. Undergraduates: 14,927 Tuition: $13,860 (out of state) Room & board: $8,466 $3,690 (in state) Cedar Valley College Chico State, which has used renewable energy throughout the cam- (Lancaster, Texas; www.cedarvalleycollege.edu) pus since 1992, has a Sustainability House, a 14-person residence Undergraduates: 4,000 Tuition: $936 for 24 credit hours hall featuring energy-efficient technology and sustainable practices. To cut back on water consumption, Cedar Valley utilizes its man- Majors include Land Stewardship and Applied Ecology. made lake for 80% of campus irrigation. The college offers a degree in Green Rating and also features courses in Sustainable Develop- Cape Cod Community College ment, Green Home Economics, and Smart and Sustainable City (West Barnstable, Massachusetts; www.capecod.edu) Growth. Undergraduates: 5,000 Tuition: $816 for two LEFT: A student at the College of the Atlantic changes one of the campus’s lights to a CFL bulb. Photo by Toby Hollis three-credit courses Colby College CCCC students have the opportunity to get a degree in Environmen- (Waterville, Maine; www.colby.edu) RIGHT: The new Kathryn W. Davis Student Residence Village at the College of the Atlantic burns wood pellets and tal Technology, with courses including Coastal Ecology, Renewable Undergraduates: 1,865 Tuition: $48,520 receives its electricity via low-flow hydropower. The heat resources used to house 50 students in six separate buildings Energy Sources and Introduction to Green Building. (including room & board) will be equivalent to that of one family home. Colby runs its entire campus on renewable sources (biomass and hydropower), and conserves water through the use of geothermal (Northfield, Minnesota; www.carleton.edu) wells. In addition, the dining halls serve sustainable seafood, sea- manages 4,000 acres of botanical gardens, an arboretum and other certified building is a platinum-rated, 6,000-square-foot laboratory Undergraduates: 1,966 Tuition: $37,845 sonal eats and an array of locally grown goods. natural areas used for research, education and recreation. and home for 10 undergraduate students experimenting with creat- Room & board: $9,993 ing more sustainable living spaces. In addition to currently constructing two LEED Gold dorms, Carle- College of the Atlantic ton offers courses on Conservation Biology, Environmental Ethics, (Bar Harbor, Maine; www.coa.edu) (Carlisle, Pennsylvania; www.dickinson.edu) Eastern Connecticut State University and Buddhism and Ecology. Students from a sustainable-agriculture Undergraduates: 300 Tuition: $31,467 Undergraduates: 2,300 Tuition: $37,900 (Willimantic, Connecticut; www.easternct.edu) group called Farm Club maintain an organic fruit and vegetable Room & board: $8,490 Room & board: $9,600 Undergraduates: 4,898 Tuition: $14,446 (out of state) garden near Carleton’s Farmhouse, which is focused on sustainable Human Ecology is the only major at this fully carbon-neutral school. This 50% wind-powered campus features a biodiesel plant, four Room & board: $8,337 $6,961 (in state) living. The college’s dorms feature radiant floor heating (generated by re- LEED-certified buildings and a transitional organic farm. Courses In 2001 this university—the site of the state’s largest geothermal- newable wood pellets), composting toilets, metered showers, recy- include Global Climate Change, Environmental Disruption & Policy heated and -cooled building—established its Institute for Sustainable Catawba College cled furniture and carpeting made from recycled materials. Analysis, and Environmental Economics. Energy to explore matters such as energy policy, efficiency conserva- (Salisbury, North Carolina; www.catawba.edu) tion, renewable energy and protection of environmental resources. Undergraduates: 1,291 Tuition: $22,290 Duke University Room & board: $7,700 (Ithaca, New York; www.cornell.edu) (Durham, North Carolina; www.duke.edu) Elon University Catawba students implemented a waste-reduction plan at the Center Undergraduates: 13,562 Tuition: $34,781 Undergraduates: 6,247 Tuition: $35,512 (Elon, North Carolina; www.elon.edu) for the Environment, a building that features rainwater storage, drip Room & board: $11,190 Room & board: $9,579 Undergraduates: 4,939 Tuition: $24,076 irrigation, sustainably grown wood and recycled construction mate- By 2010, Cornell will have exceeded its emissions-slashing goals As of June 2008, 20 Duke buildings have either received LEED cer- Room & board: $7,770 rials. With two new majors in Sustainable Business and Community (set in 2001 in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol). The school also tification or are in the process of being certified. The school’s newest Along with aiming to reduce its energy consumption by 50% over

6 • 2008 Green College Report • www.kiwimagonline.com www.kiwimagonline.com • 2008 Green College Report • 7 The Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprises at Ithaca College is a certified LEED Platinum facility. Photo by Adam Baker

Lane Community College’s organic garden gives students a hands-on learning opportunity. Produce from the garden is sold to the campus kitchens.

the coming years, Elon irrigates its campus with reclaimed stormwa- paneled roof, native-species landscaping and radiant heating and The school also runs a Farm to Fork program that purchases sea- (and 10% organic) foods. ter, hosts intra-dorm energy competitions and offers courses such as cooling. Last year the building won the Livable Buildings Award. sonal, regional and organic produce from local farmers and artisan Green Design: Envisioning a Sustainable Future. producers within a 150-mile radius. In addition, the Campus Ag- Harford Community College Frostburg State University riculture Co-op works to raise awareness of sustainable agriculture (Bel Air, Maryland; www.harford.com) Emory University (Frostburg, Maryland; www.frostburg.edu) through an ongoing composting and gardening project. Undergraduates: 7,800 credit students, 16,000 non-credit students (Atlanta, Georgia; www.emory.edu) Undergraduates: 4,335 Tuition: $15,106 (out of state) Tuition: $77 per credit Undergraduates: 6,646 Tuition: $34,336 Room & board: $7,818 $5,000 (in state) Green Mountain College Offering degrees in Environmental Science and Environmental Room & board: $10,220 Frostburg, which hopes to soon fulfill at least 15% of its electricity (Poultney, Vermont; www.greenmtn.edu) Technology—as well as eco-focused courses based in Denmark, Ger- Another school listed on the Princeton Review’s 2009 “Green Rat- needs from renewable sources, established a wind and solar energy Undergraduates: 729 Tuition: $24,565 many and Costa Rica—Hartford Community College boasts three ing Honor Roll,” Emory has introduced a Sustainable Food Initiative system in the summer of 2007. About 10% of on-campus food is Room & board: $8,982 green roofs and a rainwater collection system, as well as a number of that involves developing five on-campus educational food gardens organic, and undergraduate degrees include Environmental Analy- Along with its small-scale wind turbine, the Green Mountain campus bioretention ponds and rain gardens. and working toward procuring 75% of ingredients from local or sus- sis and Planning and Ethnobotany (the only degree of its kind in features a two-acre organic garden and a solar- and wind-powered tainable sources by 2015. the continental U.S., with an emphasis on integrating science and greenhouse. Thirteen percent of its food is produced locally, and that culture to increase understanding of human reliance on plants and number is set to grow 5% per year. (Cambridge, Massachusetts; www.harvard.edu) The Evergreen State College the environment). Undergraduates: 6,715 Tuition: $34,998 (Olympia, Washington; www.evergreen.edu) Grinnell College Room & board: $10,622 Undergraduates: 4,124 Tuition: $15,402 (out of state) Furman University (Grinnell, Iowa; www.grinnell.edu) After launching its Green Campus Initiative in 2000, Harvard has Room & board: $7,842 $5,067 (in state) (Greenville, South Carolina; www.furman.edu) Undergraduates: 1,521 Tuition: $35,428 employed renewable energy sources such as biomass, geothermal Committed to becoming carbon-neutral by 2020, Evergreen recently Undergraduates: 2,759 Tuition: $31,560 Room & board: $8,272 and solar power in an effort to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions to equipped its library with solar panels and launched an energy-saving Room & board: $8,064 Grinnel is now in the process of installing a wind turbine that will 11% below 1990 levels within the next 12 years. All dorms in Har- plan designed to cut 500 tons of carbon emissions from the college. All Furman undergrads are required to take a course entitled Humans meet about half of the campus’s energy demands. The school also vard Yard are now switching to green cleaning products, and the En- With 42% of campus food purchased from local and organic sources, and the Natural Environment, designed to build their awareness that recently set aside one college-owned house to demonstrate green vironmental Action Committee leads students in local and national the college also runs a 36-year-old organic farm that supplies food humans “remain dependent on the environment for resources and technologies for the campus and neighboring communities. “environmental justice activism.” to the cafeteria, as well as a Community Supported Agriculture pro- irreplaceable ecosystem services,” according to the university. At the gram. annual Let’s Get Trashed event, assorted trash from residence halls Guilford College Ithaca College is dumped in front of the library so students can spend a two-day (Greensboro, North Carolina; www.guilford.edu) (Ithaca, New York; www.ithaca.edu) Foothill-De Anza Community College District period sorting and displaying the recyclable discarded goods. Undergraduates: 2,688 Tuition: $13,050 Undergraduates: 6,196 Tuition: $30,606 (including Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain Room & board: $3,570 Room & board: $11,162 View, Palo Alto, Stanford, Sunnyvale and portions of San Goucher College Guilford’s student-run Environmental House features systems for Green highlights from Ithaca’s diverse course catalog include Eco- Jose, California; www.fhda.edu) (Baltimore, Maryland; www.goucher.edu) greywater, composting and rainwater collection, as well as commu- tourism and Natural Resource Management, History of American This district has recently implemented green features resulting in Undergraduates: 1,472 Tuition: $32,168 nal meals. The building’s carbon emissions are even offset by green- Environmental Thought, and Environmental Anthropology. Beyond a 17% reduction in natural gas usage. What’s more, the Cupertino Room & board: $8,958–$10,758 energy credits, Students also manage an organic-produce provider the classroom, students regularly go out in the community to con- campus’ Kirsch Center for Environmental Studies features a solar- One-quarter of Goucher’s campus is powered by green electricity. known as the Veggie Co-op, and the dining halls serve 30% local duct research for organizations hoping to increase their sustainabil-

8 • 2008 Green College Report • www.kiwimagonline.com www.kiwimagonline.com • 2008 Green College Report • 9 ity. The college is also committed to purchasing green power to offset from campus due to old age or construction projects, Lynchburg an- its School of Business. ticipates planting more than 100 trees in the 2008/2009 academic year. The campus’s Nature Study Center uses geothermal energy, and Lane Community College the dining services department purchases its greens from a local (Eugene, Oregon; www.lanecc.edu) community-sponsored agriculture group. Undergraduates: 11,181 Tuition: $3,020 Lane curbs its toxic chemical use through features such as eco- (St. Paul, Minnesota; www.macalester.edu) friendly art studios and integrated pest management systems, while Undergraduates: 1,900 Tuition: $36,504 an organic garden and biodiesel processor provide hands-on learn- Room & board: $8,472 ing opportunities for students. Degrees include Renewable Energy In 2008, Macalester’s Environmental Studies senior seminar com- Technician and Water Conservation Technician. pleted the college’s first greenhouse-gas emissions inventory. The school implemented water-efficiency projects in two off-campus Loyola University Chicago houses—one of which has reduced water usage by 75%—and in- (Chicago, Illinois; www.luc.edu) stalled one urban wind turbine and one solar hot-water heater. Northern Arizona University’s Applied Research and Development Building received status as a LEED-certified Platinum Undergraduates: 9,950 Tuition: $27,200 Meanwhile, a student group called Macalester Urban Land and building. It features a solar PV array, recycled denim insulation and a pervious concrete parking lot. Room & board: $6,330 to $11,150 Community Health maintains an urban garden and sells produce to This fall, Loyola will launch its Green Living and Learning Experi- the campus cafeteria. ence, in which a dedicated residence-hall floor will engage in sus- tainability-focused learning activities throughout the school year. Massachusetts College of Art and Design Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan; www.msu.edu) The campus also features a solar-heated pool and partially solar- (Boston, Massachusetts; www.massart.edu) powered library. Undergraduates: 1,597 Tuition: $7,900 (MA residents) Undergraduates: 35,821 Tuition: $22,450 (out of state) Room & board: $11,200 $14,000 (New England residents) Room & board: $6,094 $9,862 (in state) Luther College $23,000 (non-residents) Winner of a 2007 Campus Sustainability Leadership award from the (Decorah, Indiana; www.luther.edu) MassArt is currently constructing three LEED-certified buildings. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Edu- Undergraduates: 2,500 Tuition: $30,920 The school also uses biofuel to run its boilers (which has reduced cation, MSU boasts the lowest electrical consumption per square Room & board: $5,040 fuel consumption by 12%) and is now piloting a green-roof project foot among Big Ten universities. Its number of sustainability-related Luther students participate in month-long energy-saving contests based on recycled materials. courses has grown fivefold since 2000, and its newly launched Green and, at the end of each year, turn in their unwanted, reusable items to Textbook Initiative aims to reduce paper consumption on campus. be sold flea-market style on campus. In an attempt to cut its carbon Mercyhurst College emissions in half by 2012, the college relies on geothermal heating (Erie, Pennsylvania; www.mercyhurst.edu) Middlebury College for an arts building and a residence complex. Undergraduates: 3,000 Tuition: $21,876 (Middlebury, Vermont; www.middlebury.edu) Room & board: $7,100 Undergraduates: 2,475 Lynchburg College One-third of Mercyhurst’s campus is run on wind energy, and the Tuition + room & board: $49,210 (Lynchburg, Virginia; www.lynchburg.edu) college plans to incrementally increase its purchase and installation Middlebury, which plans to go fully carbon-neutral by 2016, houses Students at Mercyhurst College help install solar panels Undergraduates: 2,100 Tuition: $27,160 of wind, solar and geothermal power over the next 15 years. Mercy- the nation’s first carbon-neutral ski area. The school also has a stu- on the campus. Room & board: $7,475 hurst stopped using bottled water last school year, and now aims to dent-run organic garden that provides food to the dining halls, and As part of its commitment to plant two trees for every tree removed recycle 75% of its waste by 2015. the oldest undergrad Environmental Studies program in the U.S.

Mills College (Oakland, California; www.mills.edu) and operation agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Undergraduates: 948 Tuition: $34,170 Agency, Montclair is now integrating solar and steam energy, green Room & board: $11,270 building technology, and water and land conservation into all facility Awarded first place in RecycleMania 2008 (a national competition operations. in which colleges and universities try to collect the most recyclables over a 10-week period), Mills was recently recognized by the city of Mount Wachusett Community College Oakland for its 60% reduction in waste. Its dorms have compost- (Gardner, Massachusetts; www.mwcc.edu) ing programs, and newly constructed apartments feature sustainably Undergraduates: 3,937 Tuition:$10,380 (out of state) made carpets, tiles and furniture. $4,230 (in state) A winner in the National Wildlife Federation’s 2007 Campus Ecol- Students participate in a team- building activity at Montclair Montclair State University ogy Chill Out contest, Mount Wachusett has converted its campus State’s School of Conservation in (Montclair, New Jersey; www.montclair.edu) to a heating system run on locally available biofuels, plus reduced Stokes Forest, located in Sussex Undergraduates: 13,500 Tuition: $9,154 (out of state) its greenhouse-gas emissions. Its sustainability-focused curricu- County, New Jersey. Room & board: $2,400–$3,800 $5,043 (in state) lum includes classes on renewable energy sources and conservation The first U.S. school to sign a comprehensive green construction methods.

10 • 2008 Green College Report • www.kiwimagonline.com www.kiwimagonline.com • 2008 Green College Report • 11 serve fund to help benefit local energy conservation and greenhouse- get a discount on fair-trade, organic coffee when they bring their gas-reducing projects. On the campus, energy-saving strategies intro- own mugs. Maintained pesticide-free for 22 years, the campus also duced in 2005 have resulted in a 56% drop in energy use for certain upholds an anti-sweatshop policy for all vendors and manufacturers dorms, and the school has offset more than 35,000 tons of its carbon that supply apparel bearing the university’s name or logos. dioxide emissions over the past four years. St. Lawrence University Pepperdine University (Canton, New York; www.stlawu.edu) (Malibu, California; www.pepperdine.edu) Undergraduates: 2,198 Tuition: $35,600 Undergraduates: 2,884 Tuition: $36,650 Room & board: $9,060 Room & board: $10,480 St. Lawrence—which has ceased mowing 20 acres of its campus and With renewable resources accounting for 17% of its energy consump- purchases 15% of its electricity as renewable-energy credits—runs a tion, Pepperdine’s seaside campus preserves more than 500 acres for program that allows students to check out bikes from the library in open space and maintains native vegetation to reduce air pollution, the same way they check out books. The dining department grows its minimize erosion and improve water quality. own organic herbs, sends its waste oil to be used in the university’s central boilers and buys 10% of its food through a local farm coopera- Portland State University tive (where many students work as volunteers). (Portland, Oregon; www.pdx.edu) Undergraduates: 17,998 Tuition: $17,920 (out of state) St. Olaf College Room & board: $7,050 $5,730 (in state) (Northfield, Minnesota; www.stolaf.edu) By adopting land-management practices that protect the habitats of Undergraduates: 3,040 Tuition: $34,300 native salmon, Portland State became the country’s first school to be Room & board: $7,900 certified “salmon-safe.” The school’s ongoing sustainability-fostering St. Olaf has undertaken land-restoration projects on 700-plus acres projects include a transition to purchasing 100% post-consumer- previously used for conventional agriculture, returning half of those waste paper, the construction of a LEED Silver student and communi- acres to conditions at the time of local settlement and placing the ty recreation center, and the development of an energy-management remainder in no-till farming to minimize impact. About a third of plan that will allow the school to be 100% green-powered by 2010. campus electricity is self-generated by a wind turbine, and the school composts all of its food waste. Salem State College (Salem, Massachusetts; www.salemstate.edu) Syracuse University Undergraduates: 7,600 Tuition: $6,470 (Syracuse University; www.syr.edu) Room & board: $8,400 Undergraduates: 12,491 Tuition + room & board: $30,470 A wind turbine sits in front of Northern Arizona University’s LEED Gold Engineering building. Working toward reducing its carbon emissions by one-quarter before Committed to purchasing 20% of its electricity from renewable en- 2012, Salem State—the first school in the Massachusetts state college ergy certificates since 2005, SU also recently completed a comprehen- system to hire a full-time sustainability manager—recently commis- sive carbon inventory and is now working on a master plan to reduce Through the Engineers for a Sustainable World program, Northwestern students are sioned studies for the construction of -grade wind turbines at greenhouse-gas emissions to net zero. At the end of each school year, two of its five campuses. students donate their reusable furniture, household items and cloth- working to use vegetable oil to fuel campus shuttles. ing to charity. Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, California; www.scu.edu) Napa Valley College Northwestern University Undergraduates: 5,271 Tuition: $34,950 (Medford, Massachusetts; www.tufts.edu) (Napa, California; www.napavalley.edu) (Evanston, Illinois; www.northwestern.edu) Room & board: $11,067 Undergraduates: 4,977 Tuition: $37,952 Undergraduates: 6,000 Tuition: $20 per credit unit Undergraduates: 8,153 Tuition: $35,229 Through a peer-led workshop called the Penstemon Project, Santa Room & board: $10,518 A member of the Environmental Education Coalition of Napa Coun- Room & board: $10,776 Clara faculty members learn how to integrate sustainability into new Boasting the world’s third-highest-rated LEED Platinum building, ty, this partially solar-powered college offers a certificate in Environ- Through the Engineers for a Sustainable World program, Northwest- or already-existing curriculum in fields such as biology, math, Eng- Tufts also features a LEED Gold dorm with solar arrays, 10% recy- mental Sciences and uses reclaimed water for landscaping. ern students are working to use vegetable oil to fuel campus shuttles, lish and business. An entire dorm is dedicated to the exploration of cled/renewable materials, stormwater management and improved air educate local sixth-graders on sustainability, and provide energy to a sustainability and the arts, and the university boats the 25th-largest quality. Northern Arizona University remote village in Panama as well as a newly opened health center in solar array among higher-education institutions in the U.S. (Flagstaff, Arizona; www.nau.edu) Ghana. The campus is 20% powered by renewable energy sources. University of California Undergraduates: 15,569 Tuition: $16,243 (out of state) Seattle University (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Room & board: $6,572 $5,145 (in state) Oberlin College (Seattle, Washington; www.seattleu.com) Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz; www. Committed to going carbon-neutral by 2020, NAU is home to a (Oberlin, Ohio; www.oberlin.edu) Undergraduates: 4,253 Tuition: $28,260 universityofcalifornia.edu) LEED Platinum building that’s 20% powered by solar panels. As part Undergraduates: 2,800 Tuition: $38,012 Room & board: $7,545-$9,030 All signatories to the ACUPCC, the University of California’s 10 of NAU’s efforts to “advocate for sustainable interaction with local Room & board: $9,870 In 2005, Seattle University’s Mechanical Engineering seniors installed campuses are home to eco-centric innovations such as the country’s ecology,” an organization called Students for Sustainable Living and Along with agreeing to purchase about 40% of its electricity from a solar array that provides electricity to the campus student center. In premier all-organic school salad bar (at Berkeley), one of the first in- Urban Gardening maintains an edible landscape garden on campus. green sources, Oberlin partnered with the city council to set up a re- the dining halls—where 30% of produce is locally sourced—students terdisciplinary undergraduate Environmental Studies programs in

12 • 2008 Green College Report • www.kiwimagonline.com www.kiwimagonline.com • 2008 Green College Report • 13 the U.S. (at Santa Barbara), and a Green Campus Program through University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill which student interns help integrate energy education into the cur- (www.unc.edu) The ’s Lillis ricula (at Merced). Undergraduates: 17,124 Tuition: $20,988 (out of state) Business Complex is a LEED- Room & board: $7,696 $5,340 (in state) certified building. University of Colorado—Colorado Springs Last year, UNC Chapel Hill’s Institute approved a minor in Sustain- (www.uccs.edu) ability, through which students can explore topics such as environ- Undergraduates: 6,242 Tuition: $262 per credit (resident); mental science and public policy. The university is home to a Center $765 per credit (non-resident) for Sustainable Enterprise that provides education, research and out- Washington and Lee Room & board: $7,200 (resident); $9,000 (non-resident) reach opportunities to undergraduate business and MBA students. It also plans to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 60% by 2050. manages a campus University of Colorado—Boulder (www.colorado.edu) University of Oregon garden that provides Undergraduates: 26,165 Tuition: $22,989 (out of state) (Eugene, Oregon; www.uoregon.edu) Room & board: $8,300 $5,643 (in state) Undergraduates: 16,681 Tuition: $6,531 (resident) food for the university UCCS developed a minor in Sustainable Development in 2006, while Room & board: $8,235 $19,941 (non-resident) CU-Boulder’s green efforts include a program allowing students to UO’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program offers the cafeterias and for the offset their electricity use by purchasing wind-power certificates for world’s first environmental law clinic, as well as the first academic pennies a day. curriculum in environmental law. The school, which gets 22% of disadvantaged. its energy from carbon-neutral sources, also has nine LEED Gold University of Florida buildings either in planning or already constructed. (Gainesville, Florida; www.ufl.edu) Undergraduates: 35,110 Tuition: $17,841 (out of state) Room & board: $7,020 $3,256 (in state) University of South Carolina at Columbia Warren Wilson College UF boasts 17 LEED-certified buildings and has pledged to go zero- (www.sc.edu) (Asheville, North Carolina; www.warren-wilson.edu) waste by 2015. The school offers sustainability-related courses such Undergraduates: 18,648 Tuition: $21,632 (out of state) Undergraduates: 850 Tuition: $22,666 as Environmental Technology, Principles of Sustainable Construc- Room & board: $6,946 $8,346 (in state) Room & board: $7,116 tion, Environmental Science and Humanity, and Ecological Engi- Opened in fall 2004, the University of South Carolina’s West Quad- Some of the dorms at Warren Wilson are equipped with solar-heated neering. rangle is a 500-bed, LEED-certified “Living-Learning Community” water, rainwater-harvesting systems and native landscaping. Stu- that integrates sustainable technology and research opportunities in dents may be awarded a B.A. or a B.S. in Environmental Studies with areas such as alternative energy and eco-conscious building design. a concentration in Conservation Biology, Environmental Chemistry, (Ann Arbor, Michigan; www.umich.edu) In addition, the school’s Center for Fuel Cell Research is one of the Environmental Education, Environmental Policy, Sustainable For- Undergraduates: 25,555 Tuition: $30,154 (out of state) nation’s leaders in developing alternatives to petroleum. estry or Sustainable Agriculture. The campus uses only Green Seal- $10,341 (in state) certified cleaning products and offsets 100% of its electricity usage Eight schools and colleges at the University of Michigan—home to through renewable energy purchases. the nation’s largest football-stadium recycling program—address (Burlington, Vermont; www.uvm.edu) sustainability challenges by integrating environmentally themed Undergraduates: 9,454 Tuition: $27,886 (out of state) Washington and Lee University studies into their core curricula. Those studies include the psychol- Room & board: $10,330 $11,048 (in state) (Lexington, Virginia; www.wlu.edu) ogy of environmental protection, the impact of the environment on Featuring a LEED Gold dorm that houses 800 students, the univer- Undergraduates: 1,777 Tuition: $36,525 human health, and the role of government in achieving environmen- sity runs an “Eco-reps” program that employs peer-to-peer educa- Room & board: $8,060–$10,755 tal sustainability. tion to spread sustainability on campus. A student-run, communi- Set to launch an energy-conservation educational campaign this fall, ty-supported agriculture program donates locally, while academic Washington and Lee manages a campus garden that provides food University of New Hampshire programs in Environmental Sciences use the community as a hands- for the university cafeterias and for the disadvantaged. The school (Durham, New Hampshire; www.unh.edu) on learning laboratory. offers a major in Environmental Studies and also runs a loaner bike Undergraduates: 11,622 Tuition: $9,420 (resident) program, local water campaign and composting system. Room & board: $8,596 $22,900 (non-resident) Home to the country’s first endowed sustainability program in high- (Seattle, Washington; www.washington.edu) Washington University in St. Louis er education, UNH features an organic dairy research farm, an Eco- Undergraduates: 25,469 Tuition: $6,385 (resident) (St. Louis, Missouri; www.wustl.edu) Gastronomy program and an annual campus dinner comprised of Room & board: $8,337 $22,131 (non-resident) Undergraduates: 6,000 Tuition: $35,524 gourmet local foods. At this partially solar-powered school, students can major in En- Room & board: $11,252 vironmental Health, Environmental Studies or Environmental En- This university’s 10 green student groups include the Environmen- gineering; join in the annual Environmental Career Fair; and par- tal Social Work Initiative, Students for Fair Trade and the Burning ticipate in the Program on the Environment’s year-long capstone Kumquat Student Farm. Along with its Environmental Health Stud- The University of Oregon’s White Stag Block is up for LEED experience (usually centered around a project-based internship with ies program, the school offers courses such as Dynamics of Air Pol- Gold certification. The facility harvests storm water from the a community partner). lution, Sustainable Air Quality, and Pollution Abatement and Waste building, treats in on site, uses greywater in its , and features Minimization. low-flow fixtures; the entire system reduces city-supplied- water use in the building by 86%. 14 • 2008 Green College Report • www.kiwimagonline.com www.kiwimagonline.com • 2008 Green College Report • 15 All Signatories of the Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah; www.westminstercollege.edu) American College & University Undergraduates: 2,000 Tuition: $23,790 Room & board: $7,440 Presidents Climate Commitment* Westminter is launching a Living Green program in its residence halls this fall. The school also purchases 11% of campus electricity from renewable sources, offers an Environmental Studies major and minor, and runs a free bike checkout program. Adams State College, CO Augsburg College, MN Bridgewater State College, MA Cedar Valley College, TX David P. Svaldi, President Paul C. Pribbenow, President Dana Mohler-Faria, President Jennifer Wimbish, President Willamette University (Salem, Oregon; www.willamette.edu) Agnes Scott College, GA Austin College, TX Bristol Community College, MA Central College, IA Elizabeth Kiss, President Oscar C. Page, President John J. Sbrega, President David H. Roe, President Undergraduates: 2,350 Tuition: $29,850 Room & board: $7,250 Alamo Community Colleges System Bainbridge Graduate Institute, WA Broome Community College, NY Central Connecticut State University, CT Willamette’s Center for Sustainable Communities sponsors work- (5 institutions), TX Gifford Pinchot, President Laurence D. Spraggs John W. Miller, President Bruce Leslie, Chancellor shops and facilitates the development of sustainability-related curri- Ball State University, IN Bryn Mawr College, PA Central New Mexico Community College, NM cula (including a Sustainability Law certificate and Sustainable MBA Alaska Pacific University, AK Jo Ann M. Gora, President Nancy J. Vickers, President Katharine W. Winograd, President track), while its food service department purchases 35% of goods Douglas M. North, President from local, organic farms. The university is committed to construct- Bard College, NY Bucknell University, PA Central Washington University, WA Albion College, MI Leon Botstein, President Brian C. Mitchell, President Jerilyn S. McIntyre, President ing all new campus buildings to LEED Silver (or higher) standards, Peter T. Mitchell, President and is working toward cutting energy consumption in half by 2020. Bates College, ME Bunker Hill Community College, MA Centralia College, WA Alfred University, NY Elaine Tuttle Hansen, President Mary L. Fifield,President James Walton, President Charlers M. Edmondson, President Bellevue Community College, WA Butte College, CA Centre College, KY (New Haven, Connecticut; www.yale.edu) Allegheny College, PA B. Jean Floten, President Diana VanDerPloeg, President John A. Roush, President Undergraduates: 5,333 Tuition: $34,530 Richard J. Cook, President Benjamin Franklin Institute of Room & board: $10,470 Warren Wilson students successfully petitioned the Cabrillo College, CA Century College, MN school to purchase 100% renewable energy credits. Alliant International University, CA Technology, MA Brian King, President Lawrence P. Litecky, President Following recommendations made by its Energy Task Force—a Geoffrey M. Cox, President Michael Taylor, President university-wide committee with staff, faculty and student represen- California State Polytechnic University, Chabot-Las Positas Community College tation—Yale is using energy conservation, alternative energy and American Public University System, WV Bentley College, MA Pomona, CA District, CA Wallace E. Boston, Jr., President Gloria C. Larson, President J. Michael Ortiz, President Joel L. Kinnamon, Chancellor renewable-energy credits to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse- gas emissions by 10% below its 1990 levels in the next 12 years. The American University, DC Berea College, KY California State University, Bakersfield, CA Chandler-Gilbert Community College, AZ university also publishes an online magazine called Yale Environ- Cornelius M. Kerwin, President Larry D. Shinn, President Horace Mitchell, President Maria Hesse, President ment 360, which offers analysis, reporting and debate on global en- Ancilla College, IN Bergen Community College, NJ California State University, Chico, CA Charles R. Drew University of Medicine vironmental issues. Ronald L. May, President G. Jeremiah Ryan, President Paul J. Zingg, President and Science, CA Susan Kelly, President Anna Maria College, MA Berry College, GA California State University, Monterey Bay, CA Jack P. Calareso, President Stephen R. Briggs, President Dianne Harrison, President Chatham University, PA Yale is using energy conservation, Esther L. Barazzone, President Antioch College, OH Berkshire Community College, MA Cape Cod Community College, MA Steven W. Lawry, President Paul E. Raverta, President Kathleen Schatzberg, President Chicago State University, IL alternative energy and renewable- Elnora Daniel, President Antioch University Los Angeles, CA Binghamton University (SUNY), NY Carolinas College of Health Sciences, NC Neal King, President Lois B. DeFleur, President Ellen Sheppard, President Cincinnati State Technical & Community energy credits to meet its goal of College, OH Antioch University New England, NH Birmingham-Southern College, AL Carleton College, MN John Henderson, President reducing greenhouse-gas emissions David Caruso, President G. David Pollick, President Robert A. Oden Jr., President Claremont McKenna College, CA Antioch University Santa Barbara, CA Black Hills State University, SD Carteret Community College, NC Pamela Brooks Gann, President by 10% below its 1990 levels in the Michael Mulnix, President Kay Schallenkamp, President Joseph T. Barwick, President Clark University, MA next 12 years. Antioch University, Seattle, WA Boise State University, ID Cascadia Community College, WA John Bassett, President Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet, President Robert W. Kustra, President William Christopher, President Clemson University, SC Appalachian State University, NC Bowdoin College, ME Case Western Reserve University, OH James F. Barker, President Kenneth E. Peacock, President Barry Mills, President Barbara Snyder, President Coast Community College District Aquinas College, MI Bowie State University, MD Castleton State College, VT (3 institutions), CA C. Edward Balog Mickey L. Burnim, President David S. Wolk, President Kenneth D. Yglesias, Chancellor

Coconino Community College, AZ Warren Wilson students have landscaped the Arizona State University, AZ , MA Catawba College, NC Michael Crow, Jehuda Reinharz, Robert E. Knott, Leah Bornstein, President EcoDorm with edible plants. President President President

16 • 2008 Green College Report • www.kiwimagonline.com *Complete list as of 09/08/08 www.kiwimagonline.com • 2008 Green College Report • 17 Coe College, IA Connecticut College, CT Eckerd College, FL GateWay Community College, AZ Hartnell College, CA Jackson Community College, MI Lee College, TX Massachusetts College of Art, MA James R. Phifer, President Leo I. Higdon, President Donald R. Eastman III, President Eugene Giovannini, President Phoebe K. Helm, President Daniel Phelan, President Martha Ellis, President Katherine Sloan, President

Colby College, ME Coppin State University, MD Edmonds Community College, WA George Mason University, VA Harvey Mudd College, CA James Madison University, VA Lasell College, MA Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, MA William D. Adams, President Reginald S. Avery, President Jack Oharah, President Alan G. Merten, President Maria Klawe, President Linwood H. Rose, President Michael Alexander, President Mary K. Grant, President

Colby-Sawyer College, NH Cornell University, NY Emerson College, MA Georgia Institute of Technology, GA , PA Jewish Theological Seminary, NY Lesley University, MA Massachusetts Maritime Academy, MA Thomas C. Galligan Jr., President David J. Skorton, President Jacqueline W. Liebergott, President G. Wayne Clough, President Thomas R. Tritton, President Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor Margaret A. McKenna, President Richard G. Gurnon, President

College of Alameda, CA County College of Morris, NJ Emory & Henry College, VA Georgia Southern University, GA Haywood Community College, NC Johnson County Community College, KS Lewis & Clark College, OR Massasoit Community College, MA Cecilia Cervantes, President Edward J. Yaw, President Rosalind Reichard, President Bruce Grube, President Rose H. Johnson, President Terry A. Calaway, President Thomas J. Hochstettler, President Charles Wall, President

College of Charleston, SC Dakota County Technical College, MN Fairfield University, CT Georgian Court University, NJ Heartland Community College, IL Juniata College, PA Lewis & Clark Community College, IL MassBay Community College, MA George Benson, President Ronald E. Thomas, President Jeffrey von Arx, President Rosemary E. Jeffries, President Jonathan, M. Astroth, President Thomas R. Kepple Jr., President Dale T. Capman, President Carole M. Berotte Joseph, President

College of Marin, CA Davidson College, NC Ferrum College, VA , PA Hiwassee College, TN Kalamazoo College, MI Life University, GA McDaniel College, MD Frances L. White, President Thomas W. Ross, President Jennifer L. Braaten, President Katherine Haley Will, President James A. Noseworthy, President Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran, President Guy Riekeman, President Joan Develin Coley, President

College of New Jersey, The, NJ Delta College, MI Finger Lakes Community College, NY Goddard College, VT Hobart and William Smith Colleges, NY Kankakee Community College, IL Linfield College, OR McLennan Community College, TX R. Barbara Gitenstein, President Jean Goodnow, President Barbara G. Risser, President Mark Schulman, President Mark D. Gearan, President Jerry W. Weber, President Thomas Hellie Dennis F. Michaelis, President

College of Saint Benedict, MN Des Moines Area Community College, IA Fitchburg State College, MA Goshen College, IN Hocking College, OH Kansas Wesleyan University, KS Loras College, IA Medical University of South Carolina, SC MaryAnn Baenninger, President Robert Denson, President Robert V. Antonucci, President James E. Brenneman, President John Light, President Philip P. Kerstetter, President James Collins, President Raymond S. Greenberg, President

College of Saint Rose, NY Dickinson College, PA Florida Atlantic University, FL Goucher College, MD Hollins University, VA Keene State College, NH Lorain County Community College, OH Mercer County Community College, NJ R. Mark Sullivan, President William G. Durden, President Frank T. Brogan, President Sanford J. Ungar, President Nancy Oliver Gray, President Helen F. Giles-Gee, President Roy A. Church, President Patricia C. Donohue, President

College of the Atlantic, ME Dillard University, LA Florida Gulf Coast University, FL Governors State University, IL Holyoke Community College, MA Kennesaw State University, GA Los Angeles Community College District Mercyhurst College, PA David Hales, President Marvalene Hughes, President Richard Pegnetter, Interim President Elaine P. Maimon, President William Messner, President Daniel S. Papp, President (9 institutions), CA Thomas J. Gamble, President Darroch F. Young, Chancellor College of the Holy Cross, MA Drake University, IA Florida International University, FL Grand Rapids Community College, MI Houston Community College, TX Keystone College, PA Merritt College, CA Michael McFarland, President David Maxwell, President Modesto A. Maidique, President Juan R. Olivarez, President Mary S. Spangler, President Edward G. Boehm, Jr., President Loyola Marymount University Robert A. Adams, President Robert B. Lawton, President College of Menominee Nation, WI Drew University, NJ Foothill-De Anza Community College Grand Valley State University, MI Howard Community College, MD Labette Community College, KS Mesa Community College, AZ S. Verna Fowler, President Robert Weisbuch, President District (3 institutions), CA Thomas J. Haas, President Kathleen B. Hetherington, President George C. Knox, President Luther College, IA Larry K. Christiansen, President Martha J. Kanter, Chancellor Richard L. Torgerson, President College of the Sequoias, CA Drury University, MO Granite State College, NH Huertas Junior College, PR Lafayette College, PA Messiah College, PA William Scroggins, President John Sellars, President Fort Lewis College, CO Karol LaCroix, President Edwin Ramos-Rivera, President Daniel Weiss, President Lynchburg College, VA Kim S. Phipps, President Brad Bartel, President Kenneth R. Garren, President Colorado State University, CO Duke University, NC Green Mountain College, VT Illinois College, IL LaGrange College, GA Metropolitan State College of Denver, CO Larry Edward Penley, President Richard H. Brodhead, President Framingham State College, MA John F. Brennan, President Axel D. Steuer, President F. Stuart Gulley, President Macalester College, MN Stephen M. Jordan, President Timothy J. Flanagan, President Brian C. Rosenberg, President Columbus State Community College, OH Durham Technical Community College, NC Greenfield Community College, MA Indiana State University, IN Lakeshore Technical College, WI Metropolitan State University, MN Valeriana Moeller, President William G. Ingram, President Franklin College, VA Robert Pura, President Lloyd W. Benjamin, President Michael A. Lanser, President Madison Area Technical College, WI William J. Lowe, President James G. Moseley, President Bettsey L. Barhorst, President Community College of Denver, CO Dutchess Community College, NY Guilford College, NC Institute of Construction Management Lake Michigan College, MI Middlebury College, VT Christine Johnson, President D. David Conklin, President Franklin & Marshall College, PA Kent John Chabotar, President & Technology Randall R. Miller, President Maharishi University of Management, IA Ronald D. Liebowitz, President John A. Fry, President Steve Cooper, President Bevan Morris, President Coconino Community College, AZ Eastern Connecticut State University, CT Gustavus Adolphus College, MN Lake Washington Technical College, WA Middlesex Community College, MA Leah Botstein, President Elsa Nuñez, President Franklin Pierce University, NH James L. Peterson, President Interdenominational Theological Center, GA L. Michael Metke, President Manchester Community College, CT Carole A. Cowan, President George J. Hagerty, President Michael A. Battle, President Jonathan M. Daube, President Concordia College-New York, NY Eastern Iowa Community College District , NY Lane Community College, OR Mills College, CA Viji George, President (3 institutions), IA Frostburg State University, MD Joan Hinde Stewart, President Inver Hills Community College, MN Mary Spilde, President Manchester’s Community College, NH Janet L. Holmgren, President Patricia Keir, Chancellor Jonathan C. Gibralter, President Cheryl Frank, President Darlene Miller, President Concordia University, NE Hampshire College, MA Laney College, CA Minneapolis Community & Technical Brian L. Friedrich, President Eastern University, PA Furman University, SC Ralph J. Hexter, President Iowa Lakes Community College, IA Frank Chong, President Mary Baldwin College, VA College, MN David Black, President David E. Shi, President Harold Prior, President Pamela Fox, President Phillip Davis, President Concordia University, OR Harford Community College, MD Lansing Community College, MI Charles E. Schlimpert, President Eastern Washington University, WA Gainesville State College, GA James La Calle, President Ithaca College, NY Judith Cardenas, President Marymount Manhattan College, NY Minnesota Community & Technical College, MN Rodolfo Arévalo, President Martha T. Nesbitt, President Peggy R. Williams, President Judson R. Shaver, President Ann M. Valentine, President

18 • 2008 Green College Report • www.kiwimagonline.com www.kiwimagonline.com • 2008 Green College Report • 19 Monroe Community College, NY North Central Michigan College, MI Palo Verde College, CA Rice University, TX Santa Clara University, CA Southern Oregon University, OR Stony Brook University, NY Union Theological Seminary, NY R. Thomas Flynn, President Cameron Brunet-Koch, President James W. Hottois, President David W. Leebron, President Paul L. Locatelli, President Mary Cullinan, President Shirley Strum Kenny, President Joseph C. Hough, Jr., President

Montana State University, MT North Lake College, TX Park University, MO Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, NJ Santa Fe Community College, NM Southern Polytechnic State University, GA Sweet Briar College, VA Unity College, ME Geoffrey Gamble, President Herlinda M. Glasscock, President Beverley Byers-Pevitts, President Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr., President Sheila Ortego, President Lisa A. Rossbacher, President Elisabeth S. Muhlenfeld, President Mitchell S. Thomashow, President

Monterey Institute of International Studies, CA North Shore Community College, MA Paul Smith’s College, NY Richland College, TX Santa Monica College, CA Southwestern College, KS Syracuse University, NY University at Buffalo, NY Clara Yu, President Wayne M. Burton, President John W. Mills, President Stephen K. Mittelstet, President Chui L Tsang, President W. Richard Merriman, Jr., President Nancy Cantor, Chancellor John B. Simpson, President

Montgomery County Community College, PA Northeastern University, MA Penn State Berks, PA Rider University, NJ Saint Peter’s College, NJ Southwestern Oregon Community College, OR Temple University, PA University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK Karen A. Stout, President Joseph E. Aoun, President Susan Phillips Speece, Chancellor Mordechai Rozanski, President Eugene J. Cornacchia, President Judith M. L. Hansen, President Ann Weaver Hart, President Elaine P. Maimon, Chancellor

Morrisville State College, NY Northern Arizona University, AZ Pine Manor College, MA Rio Salado College, AZ Saint Xavier University, IL Springfield College, MA Texas Christian University, TX University of Arkansas, AR Raymond W. Cross, President John D. Haeger, President Gloria Nemerowicz, President Linda Thor, President* Judith A. Dwyer, President Richard Flynn, President Victor J. Boschini, Chancellor John A. White, Chancellor

Mount St. Mary’s University, MD Northern Essex Community College, MA Pitzer College, CA Rochester Community and Technical Scottsdale Community College, AZ Springfield Technical Community College, MA The City College of New York, NY University of Arizona, AZ Thomas H. Powell, President David F. Hartleb, President Laura Skandera Trombley, President College, MN Arthur W. DeCabooter, President Ira Rubenzahl, President Gregory H. Williams, President Robert N. Shelton, President Donald D. Supalla, President Mount Union College, OH Northern Kentucky University, KY Plymouth State University, NH Seattle Pacific University, WA St. Mary’s College of Maryland The Community College of University of Baltimore, MD Richard F. Giese, President James C. Votruba, President Sara Jayne Steen, President Rockland Community College, NY Philip W. Eaton, President Jane O’Brien, President County, MD Robert Bogomolny, President Cliff L. Wood, President Sandra Kurtinitis, President Mount Wachusett Community College, MA Northern New Mexico College, NM Point Loma Nazarene University, CA Seattle University, WA St. Clair Community College, MI University of California, CA Daniel M. Asquino, President President José Griego Bob Brower, President Roger Williams University, RI Stephen V. Sundborg, President Rose B. Bellanca, President The Evergreen State College, WA Robert C. Dynes, President Roy Nirschel, President Thomas L. Purce, President Mountain View College, TX Northland College, WI Polytechnic University, NY Sewanee: The University of the South, TN St. Lawrence University, NY University of California, Berkeley, CA Felix A. Zamora, President Karen I. Halbersleben, President Jerry Hultin, President Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, IN Joel Cunningham, President Daniel F. Sullivan, President The George Washington University, DC Robert Birgeneau, Chancellor Gerald S. Jakubowski, President Steven Knapp, President Naropa University, CO Oberlin College, OH Pomona College, CA Shenandoah University, VA St. Norbert College, WI University of California, Davis, CA Thomas B. Coburn Nancy S. Dye, President David W. Oxtoby, President Rosemont College, PA James A. Davis, President William J. Hynes, President The New School, NY Larry Vanderhoef, Chancellor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, President Bob Kerrey, President Nashua Community College, NH Ocean County College, NJ Portland Community College, OR Shoreline Community College, WA State University of New York at Albany, NY University of California, Irvine, CA Lucille Jordan, President Jon Larson, President Preston Pulliams, President Rowan University, NJ Lee D. Lambert, President George M. Philip, President Tiffin University, OH Michael Drake, Chancellor Donald J. Farish, President Paul Marion, President Nassau Community College, NY Ohio University, OH Portland State University, OR Simmons College, MA State University of New York College at University of California, Los Angeles, CA Sean A. Fanelli, President Roderick J. McDavis, President Daniel O. Bernstine, President Roxbury Community College, MA Susan C. Scrimshaw, President Cortland, NY Toccoa Falls College, GA Norman Abrams, Acting Chancellor Terrence A. Gomes, President Erik J. Bitterbaum, President W. Wayne Gardner, President National Graduate School, MA The Ohio State University, OH Pratt Institute, NY Simpson College, IA University of California, Merced, CA Robert Battryn Gee, President E. Gordon Gee, President Thomas F. Schutte, President Saint John’s University, MN John W. Byrd, President State University of New York at Fredonia, NY Tompkins Cortland Community College, NY Steve Kang, Chancellor Dietrich Reinhart, President Dennis L. Hefner, President Carl E. Haynes, President New College of Florida, FL Ohlone College, CA Prescott College, AZ Skagit Valley College, WA University of California, Riverside, CA Gordon E. Michalson, Jr., President Douglas Treadway, President Dan Garvey, President Saint Xavier University, IL Gary Tollefson, President State University of New York at Geneseo, NY Towson University, MD Robert D. Grey, Chancellor President Judith A. Dwyer Christopher C. Dahl, President Robert L. Caret, President New England Institute of Technology, RI Olympic College, WA Presidio School of Management, CA Smith College, MA University of California, San Diego, CA Richard I. Gouse, President David C. Mitchell, President Steven L. Swig, President Salem Community College, NJ Carol T. Christ, President State University of New York at New Paltz, NY Transylvania University, KY Mary Anne Fox, Chancellor Peter Contini, President Steven G. Poskanzer, President Charles L. Shearer, President New Mexico State University Onondaga Community College, NY Purchase College, NY South Dakota College of Mines University of California, San Fransisco, CA (5 institutions), NM Debbie L. Sydow, President Thomas J. Schwarz, President Salem State College, MA & Technology, SD State University of New York at Oswego, NY Trinity College, CT J. Michael Bishop, Chancellor Mike V. Martin, President Nancy D. Harrington, President Charles Ruch, President Deborah F. Stanley, President James F. Jones, Jr., President Orange County Community College (SUNY), NY Quinsigamond Community College, MA University of California, Santa Barbara, CA New York University, NY William Richards, President Gail E. Carberry, President Salisbury University, MD South Puget Sound Community College, WA State University of New York at Potsdam, NY Trinity University, TX Henry Yang, Chancellor John Edward Sexton, President Janet Dudley-Eshbach, President Gerald Pumphrey, Presdient John E. Schwaller, President John R. Brazil, President Oregon Institute of Technology, OR Ramapo College of New Jersey, NJ University of California, Santa Cruz, CA San Bernardino Community College District, Norfolk State University, VA David M. Woodall, President Peter Mercer, President South Suburban College, IL State University of New York College of Truckee Meadows Community College, NV George Blumenthal, Chancellor Carolyn Meyers, President (2 Institutions), CA George Dammer, President Environmental Science and Forestry, NY Dolores Sanford, President Oregon State University, OR Randolph College, VA Donald F. Averill, Chancellor Cornelius B. Murphy Jr., President University of Central Florida, FL North Arkansas College, AR Edward J. Ray, President Virginia Hill Worden, President Southern Connecticut State University, CT Tulane University, LA John C. Hitt, President Jeff Olson, President San Francisco State University, CA Cheryl Joy Norton, President Stetson University, FL Scott Cowen, President Pacific Lutheran University, WA Rhodes College, TN Robert A. Corrigan, President H. Douglas Lee, President University of Central Missouri, MO North Carolina State University, NC Loren J. Anderson, President William E. Troutt, President Southern New Hampshire University, NH Union College, NY Aaron Podolefsky, President James L. Oblinger, President Paul J. LeBlanc, President Stephen C. Ainlay, President

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Sorensen, President Tom Buchanan, President University of Colorado at Boulder, CO University of Maine at Presque Isle, ME University of Montana (4 institutions), MT Wesleyan University, CT Worcester State College, MA G.P. “Bud” Peterson, Chancellor Don N. Zillman, President George M. Dennison, President University of South Dakota, SD Ursinus College, PA Michael S. Roth, President Janelle Ashley, President James W. Abbott, President John Strassburger, President University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD University of Nevada, NV West Valley College, CA World Learning/SIT Graduate Institute, VT Pamela Shockley-Zalabak, Chancellor David J. Ramsay, President David B. Ashley, President University of South Florida, FL Utah State University, UT Philip L. Hartley, President Carol Bellamy, President Judy Genshaft, President Stan L. Albrecht, President University of Colorado at Denver and Health University of Maryland, Baltimore County, University of Nevada, Reno, NV Westchester Community College, NY Xavier University, OH Sciences Center, CO MD Milton D. Glick, President University of Southern Maine, ME Vermilion Community College, MN Joseph N. Hankin, President Michael J. Graham, President M. Roy Wilson, Chancellor Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, President Richard L. Pattenaude, President Joe Sertich, President University of New Hampshire, NH Western Connecticut State University, CT Yeshiva University, NY University of Connecticut, CT University of Maryland Biotechnology J. Bonnie Newman, Interim President University of Southern Mississippi, MS Victor Valley Community College, CA James W. Schmotter, President Richard M. Joel, President Michael J. Hogan, President Institute, MD Martha Dunagin Saunders, President Robert M. Silverman, President Jennie C. Hunter-Cevera, President University of New Mexico (5 institutions), NM Western State College of Colorado, CO University of Delaware, DE David J. Schmidly, President University of Tennessee, Knoxville Campus, TN Villanova University, PA Jay W. Helman, President Patrick Harker, President University of Maryland Center for Environ- Loren W. Crabtree, Chancellor Peter M. Donohue, President mental Science, MD University of North Carolina at Chapel Western Technical College, WI University of Denver, CO Donald F. Boesch, President Hill, NC University of the Arts, PA Virginia Commonwealth University, VA Lee Basch, President Robert D. Coombe, Chancellor James Moeser, Chancellor Miguel Angel Corzo, President Eugene P. Trani, President University of Maryland, College Park, MD Western Washington University, WA University of Florida, FL C. D. Mote, Jr., President University of North Dakota, ND University of Utah, UT Virginia Wesleyan College, VA Karen Morse, President Bernard Machen, President Charles E. Kupchella, President Michael K. Young, President William T. Greer, Jr., President University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, MD Westfield State College, MA University of Hawai’i at Manoa, HI Thelma B. Thompson, President University of North Texas, TX University of Vermont, VT Wagner College, NY Barry M. Maloney, Interim President Denise Eby Konan, Interim Chancellor Gretchen M. Bataille, President Daniel Mark Fogel, President Richard Guarasci, President University of Maryland University College, MD Westminster College, UT University of Houston-Downtown, TX Susan C. Aldridge, President University of Oklahoma, OK University of Washington, WA Warren Wilson College, NC Michael S. Bassis, President Max Castillo, President David L. Boren, President Mark A. Emmert, President William Sanborn Pfeiffer, President University of Massachusetts Whatcom Community College, WA University of Houston-Victoria, TX (5 institutions), MA University of Oregon, OR University of Washington Bothell, WA Washington & Jefferson College, PA Kathi Hiyane-Brown, President Tim Hudson, President Jack M. Wilson, President Dave Frohnmayer, President Steven G. Olswang, Interim Chancellor Tori Haring-Smith, President Wheelock College, MA University of Idaho, ID University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA University of Pennsylvania, PA University of Washington Tacoma, WA Washington and Lee University, VA Jackie Jenkins-Scott, President Timothy P. White, President Thomas W. Cole Jr., Interim Chancellor Amy Gutmann, President Patricia Spakes, Chancellor Kenneth P. Ruscio, President , CA University of Illinois at Chicago, IL University of Massachusetts Boston, MA University of Pittsburgh at Titusville, PA University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, WI Washington College, MD Sharon D. Herzberger, President Sylvia Manning, Chancellor Michael F. Collins, Chancellor William A. Shields, President Brian Levin-Stankevich, Chancellor Baird Tipson, President Whitworth University, WA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA University of Portland, OR University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, WI Washington State University William P. Robinson, President Richard Herman, Chancellor Jean F. MacCormack, Chancellor E. William Beauchamp, President Bruce Shepard, Chancellor (4 institutions), WA Elson S. Floyd, President Wilkes University, PA University of LaVerne, CA University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA University of Puget Sound, WA University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, WI Joseph E. Gilmour, President Stephen Morgan, President David J. MacKenzie, Chancellor Ronald R. Thomas, President Richard H. Wells, Chancellor Washtenaw Community College, MI Larry Whitworth, President Willamette University, OR University of Louisville, KY University of Massachusetts Worcester, MA University of Redlands, CA University of Wisconsin-River Falls, WI M. Lee Pelton, President James R. Ramsey, President Michael F. Collins, Interim Chancellor Stuart Dorsey, President Donald Betz, Chancellor Weber State University, UT F. Ann Millner, President William Paterson University, NJ University of Maine, ME University of Memphis, TN University of Rhode Island, RI University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, WI Arnold Speert, President Robert A. Kennedy, President Shirley C. Raines, President Robert L. Carothers, President Linda Bunnell, Chancellor Webster University, MO Richard S. Meyers, President Wilson College, PA University of Maine at Augusta, ME University of Miami, FL University of Richmond, VA University of Wisconsin-Stout, WI Lorna Duphiney Edmundson, President Richard Randall, President Donna E. 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