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Sustainability Individualized Major
- Missouri State University (MO)
Students are allowed to major in Sustainability through the Individualized Major program. Students in this program are advised by members of the Sustainability Academic Subcommittee to ensure that relevant core ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Globalization and Sustainability Certificate
- Missouri State University (MO)
This certificate provides a foundational experience in the areas of Geography that informs students about the political and economic forces leading to global interconnectedness and the concurrent challenges of sustaining ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Sustainable Food Production Certificate
- Missouri State University (MO)
This certificate provides information to grow plant-based produce for human consumption using sustainable cropping system practices. Students who complete this certificate will obtain fundamental knowledge of successful plant production systems ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Environmental Physics Technology
- Missouri State University (MO)
In a world where climate change, its effects and consequences for mankind, and the human impact on the environment are common topics of discussion and study, this minor is essential ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Sustainability Graduate Certificate
- Missouri State University (MO)
Sustainability initiatives are becoming ubiquitous in society today for many corporations and government agencies at both national and international scales. The purpose of this graduate-level certificate is to provide an ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Sustainability Strategic Plan
- Missouri State University (MO)
As a higher education institution, Missouri State is in a unique position to adopt and model sustainable actions to the surrounding community and to educate students in lifelong strategies for ...
- Posted Oct. 6, 2021
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200 kW Power Purchase - CU Solar Farm
- Missouri State University (MO)
While sunshine itself is free, the equipment to turn it into a usable source of power is not. The CU Solar Initiative provides customers the ability to more easily afford ...
- Posted July 15, 2021
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Campus Sustainability: Using Planned Behavior Theory to Assess Student's Pro-Environmental Behavior
- Missouri State University (MO)
Over the few past decades, sustainability has increased in importance both in policymaking and academic discourse. A concern that economic progress and overconsumption and accumulation of waste operate against principles ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Student Sustainability Fund
- Missouri State University (MO)
Quick facts: - In March 2009, students voted to implement a $2 per semester fee to go towards sustainability on campus. - This fund is to be used solely by students for ...
- Posted Feb. 7, 2019
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Geotourism Minor
- Missouri State University (MO)
With this minor, students will learn how to lead in the sustainable tourism movement, improving how tourist attractions are taken care of and making them more appealing for visitors. Students ...
- Posted Jan. 11, 2019
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Environmental Education Certficate
- Missouri State University (MO)
This certificate is jointly offered by Department of Biology and Department of Geography, Geology and Planning and provides coursework to improve or broaden the student’s background knowledge of environmental ...
- Posted Jan. 11, 2019
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ZipGrow Towers at Missouri State University
- Missouri State University (MO)
In summer 2016, a basement storage room at Missouri State University was repurposed into a hydroponic growing room for the ZipGrow vertical growing towers program. Chartwells and MSU Dining Services ...
- Posted July 30, 2018
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MSU ZipGrow Tower full growth
- Missouri State University (MO)
In summer 2016, a basement storage room at Missouri State University was repurposed into a hydroponic growing room for the ZipGrow vertical growing towers program. Chartwells and MSU Dining Services ...
- Posted July 30, 2018
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Sustainability University–Community Partnerships: Lessons for practitioners and scholars from highly sustainable communities
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Missouri State University (MO)
As local communities face increasing pressure to address environmental concerns, town–gown partnerships are one avenue for improving environmental conditions and sustainability planning for the future. Partnerships between community leaders ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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The Ripple Effect: Taking Hydroponic Growing From Missouri State to 32 Other Schools and Eventually the World
- Missouri State University (MO)
- Compass Group (NC)
What began as an effort to showcase herbs grown on campus has already grown to 896 grow towers across the country, with an annual produce yield of 35,000lbs, a ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Taking Sustainability to the Basement: Indoor Campus Growing Solutions for any Room, any Size and any Budget
- Missouri State University (MO)
- Compass Group (NC)
A student driven initiative to create a year-round, hyper-local, on-campus food source that is run by students and funded by the campus dining partner. This model can be adapted to ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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The Relationship between Perceptions of Corporate Citizenship and Organizational Commitment
- Missouri State University (MO)
The results of a survey of business professionals verified a relationship between perceptions of corporate citizenship and organizational commitment. More important, the results demonstrated that the relationship between corporate citizenship ...
- Posted July 25, 2017
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Does the Gown Help the Town? Examining Town–Gown Relationship Influence on Local Environmental Sustainability in the United States
- Missouri State University (MO)
A US municipality environmental sustainability index, the OSSPI (Opp-Saunders Sustainability Practices Index), found an overwhelming percentage of top-ranked sustainable cities were home to higher education institutions. While this may be ...
- Posted Dec. 2, 2016
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Illustrating the 'Criterion Problem': How Starting With the End in Mind Gets us There
- Missouri State University (MO)
Virtually every sustainability problem begins with human thinking and behavior. While this may seem obvious, psychologists are rarely involved in the conception, development, delivery, or evaluation of real world attempts ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Restructuring our Sustainability Advisory Committee to Increase Stakeholder Engagement and Advance Sustainability
- Missouri State University (MO)
In support of the University’s Sustainability Vision Statement, the Sustainability Advisory Committee created four new subcommittees, corresponding to the major STARS categories: Academics, Engagement, Operations and Planning and Administration ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Partnerships for Youth Development: Green Leadership Academy for Diverse Ecosystems (GLADE)
- Missouri State University (MO)
The Green Leadership Academy for Diverse Ecosystems (GLADE) is a week-long academy for high school students sponsored by the Greater Ozarks Audubon Society, Missouri State University, Missouri Department of Conservation ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Iterative Adaptation: Dining and Residence Complex Renovations
- Missouri State University (MO)
Renovation on a college campus presents the opportunity for designers and clients to refresh facilities and revitalize human interactions to maximize vitality on campus. Often the renovation process evolves into ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Elephant Not in the Room: Redefining the Student- Administration Relationship
- Missouri State University (MO)
Student- Administration relationships have been an ever evolving dynamic on campuses around the country. Today, there are varying opinions on where this relationship currently stands. Too often there is a ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Gusts and Breezes of Change: Outcomes of a Faculty Curricular Workshop
- Missouri State University (MO)
We will describe the process and outcomes of a full-day workshop for eleven Missouri State University faculty that was modeled after AASHE's "Sustainability Across the Curriculum" leadership workshops. The ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Involving the Entire Community: Missouri State University and Sustainability
- Missouri State University (MO)
On June 15, 1995, Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan signed into law Senate Bill 340 which gave Missouri State University a statewide mission in Public Affairs. In late 2007 the University ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability at Missouri State University: A Public Affair
- Missouri State University (MO)
Missouri State University has a State wide Mission of "Public Affairs". Over the past several years, that mission has been explored through a Public Affairs Conference and various themes. In ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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MS in Environmental Engineering
- Missouri State University (MO)
Current research activities encompass physical/chemical/biological wastewater treatment, hazardous waste treatment, drinking water treatment, groundwater and soil remediation, and indoor air pollution control. While the program is tailored to ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Minor in Sustainability
- Missouri State University (MO)
A minor in sustainability complements most degree programs and disciplines, from the arts to the sciences. Knowledge of sustainability is highly sought in agriculture, business, construction and design, health related ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Implementation of a Student Sustainability Fund at Missouri State University
- Missouri State University (MO)
The purpose of the Student Sustainability Fund (hereafter referred to as the SustainaFund) is to provide the means to implement student-initiated projects on the Missouri State University-Springfield campus that focus ...
- Posted May 9, 2013
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Installing Occupancy Sensors at Missouri State University Residence Life and Services
- Missouri State University (MO)
Residence Life and Services at Missouri State University received a grant from City Utilities of Springfield, MO to install occupancy sensors on all lights in community and public restrooms, common ...
- Posted June 17, 2010
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