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  • 1.  Fwd(2): CSU President on marketplace oriented sustainability research

    Posted 04-07-2008 06:39
    I think we should be open to the idea that it is not just the Presidents and Deans who need to be convinced about the importance of sustainability. From the other side, it is quite apparent that Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Dean are often on board and eager to integrate and develop sustainable program in the university. It is often a harder sell for the faculty members. Individual faculty members are focused on their individual research and teaching that usually does not include sustainability. They are reluctant to make any changes to courses and curriculums. I have had similar feedback from at least 5 deans (I guess that is a very large percentage of the "sustainable deans" universe). Nevertheless, we are making steady progress but not as fast as we would (or the university Presidents) would like.

    Sanjay


    Sanjay Sharma, Ph.D.
    Dean/Doyen
    John Molson School of Business/Ecole de Gestion John-Molson
    1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West
    Concordia University/Universite Concordia
    Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8
    Phone: 1-514-848-2424 (x2703)


    >>> Gordon P Rands <GP-Rands@WIU.EDU> 06/04/2008 10:38 pm >>>

    For those looking for things to try to help your deans, provosts or presidents "get it" on sustainability, you might want to take a look at a recent Inside Higher Ed opinion piece from the president of Colorado State.  Here is the description from the AASHE Digest, a weekly bulletin related to campus sustainability.  The URL for the whole article follows.

    Colorado State University President Larry Edward Penley recently published an article in Inside Higher Ed that discusses the leadership role higher education institutions need to take in advancing sustainability research and solutions. He argues that research universities have an obligation and an opportunity to use their resources to educate green collar workers and create ground-breaking climate change solutions. Penley believes that universities should focus less on installing greener goods and creating climate change awareness, and focus more on preparing students for the up and coming green economy, advancing green research, and inputting new technologies into the free market. Once this research enters the marketplace, he says, it can create jobs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve health and living conditions worldwide, and stimulate the economy.


    Gordon

    Gordon Rands
    Western Illinois University



  • 2.  Fwd(2): CSU President on marketplace oriented sustainability research

    Posted 04-08-2008 04:18
    Well, in a way I am not surprised about this post, Sanjay, Gordon and colleagues.
     
    Colorado State University has one of the finest departments of political science in the country, in my humble opinion. It is also the only department of political science in the United States (and I am not sure if in the world too, but at least in the US that I know of) who focuses primarily on environmentally-related research. Everyone on their faculty do enviro-research and environmental policy is one of the areas of qualification for comprehensive exams for PhD students in the program. So, somehow I'm not surprised that Penley is so sold on the sustainability issue, as he presides a university with such outstanding environmental scholars.
     
    Cheers,
    Raul
    -----Original Message-----
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    Subject: Fwd(2): CSU President on marketplace oriented sustainability research

    I think we should be open to the idea that it is not just the Presidents and Deans who need to be convinced about the importance of sustainability. From the other side, it is quite apparent that Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Dean are often on board and eager to integrate and develop sustainable program in the university. It is often a harder sell for the faculty members. Individual faculty members are focused on their individual research and teaching that usually does not include sustainability. They are reluctant to make any changes to courses and curriculums. I have had similar feedback from at least 5 deans (I guess that is a very large percentage of the "sustainable deans" universe). Nevertheless, we are making steady progress but not as fast as we would (or the university Presidents) would like.

    Sanjay


    Sanjay Sharma, Ph.D.
    Dean/Doyen
    John Molson School of Business/Ecole de Gestion John-Molson
    1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West
    Concordia University/Universite Concordia
    Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8
    Phone: 1-514-848-2424 (x2703)


    >>> Gordon P Rands <GP-Rands@WIU.EDU> 06/04/2008 10:38 pm >>>

    For those looking for things to try to help your deans, provosts or presidents "get it" on sustainability, you might want to take a look at a recent Inside Higher Ed opinion piece from the president of Colorado State.  Here is the description from the AASHE Digest, a weekly bulletin related to campus sustainability.  The URL for the whole article follows.

    Colorado State University President Larry Edward Penley recently published an article in Inside Higher Ed that discusses the leadership role higher education institutions need to take in advancing sustainability research and solutions. He argues that research universities have an obligation and an opportunity to use their resources to educate green collar workers and create ground-breaking climate change solutions. Penley believes that universities should focus less on installing greener goods and creating climate change awareness, and focus more on preparing students for the up and coming green economy, advancing green research, and inputting new technologies into the free market. Once this research enters the marketplace, he says, it can create jobs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve health and living conditions worldwide, and stimulate the economy.


    Gordon

    Gordon Rands
    Western Illinois University



  • 3.  Fwd(2): CSU President on marketplace oriented sustainability research

    Posted 04-09-2008 14:38
    Hi All,

    It was nice to see this post.  As many of you know, I joined the Business School at Colorado State University in January.  They managed to lure me away from a great program at the University of Colorado with CSU's College and University focus on sustainability, an applied orientation, and clear commitment from the top.  The flagship program of the business school is the M.S. in Global Social, and Sustainable Enterprise (See http://www.biz.colostate.edu/ms/GSSE/).   The program stands out with its entrepreneurship orientation, international focus, and social/ustainability content in every course.  We are currently recruiting for the second class if anyone has an interest.  We also just announced the Clean Energy Supercluster initiative, which has spun-off a number of ventures in base of pyramid cookstoves, low-emissions two-cycle retrofit kits, algae to bioiesel, and smart grid.  Students in the GSSE program work directly with many of these ventures.  (see http://www.energy.colostate.edu/).  We also work across the state through the Renewable Energy Collaboratory, which includes Colorado State, University of Colorado, the Colorado School of Mines, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.   President Penley was previously at Arizona State University and is most committed to all of these efforts and the land grant/extension orientation of the school.  Anyway, those are a few of the things happening here.  Thanks for listening.  Best, Tom


    Thomas J. Dean
    Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
    Global, Social, and Sustainable Enterprise Program
    Department of Management
    Colorado State University
    225 Rockwell Hall
    Ft Collins, CO 80523-1275
     
    tom.dean@colostate.edu
    P: 970-491-7266
    F: 970-491-3522
    C: 303-818-7094
     
    http://www.biz.colostate.edu/ms/GSSE/




    On 4/8/08 2:18 AM, "Raul Pacheco" <pachecoh@INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA> wrote:

    Well, in a way I am not surprised about this post, Sanjay, Gordon and colleagues.

    Colorado State University has one of the finest departments of political science in the country, in my humble opinion. It is also the only department of political science in the United States (and I am not sure if in the world too, but at least in the US that I know of) who focuses primarily on environmentally-related research. Everyone on their faculty do enviro-research and environmental policy is one of the areas of qualification for comprehensive exams for PhD students in the program. So, somehow I'm not surprised that Penley is so sold on the sustainability issue, as he presides a university with such outstanding environmental scholars.

    Cheers,
    Raul

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Organizations and the  Natural Environment Discussion [mailto:ONE-L@AOMLISTS.pace.edu]On Behalf Of  Sanjay Sharma
    Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 3:39 AM
    To:  ONE-L@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: Fwd(2): CSU President on  marketplace oriented sustainability research


    I think we should be open to the idea that it is not  just the Presidents and Deans who need to be convinced about the importance of  sustainability. From the other side, it is quite apparent that Presidents,  Vice-Presidents, and Dean are often on board and eager to integrate and  develop sustainable program in the university. It is often a harder sell for  the faculty members. Individual faculty members are focused on their  individual research and teaching that usually does not include sustainability.  They are reluctant to make any changes to courses and curriculums. I have had  similar feedback from at least 5 deans (I guess that is a very large  percentage of the "sustainable deans" universe). Nevertheless, we are making  steady progress but not as fast as we would (or the university Presidents)  would like.

     
    Sanjay


     
    Sanjay Sharma, Ph.D.

    Dean/Doyen

    John Molson School of Business/Ecole de Gestion  John-Molson

    1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West

    Concordia University/Universite Concordia

    Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8

    Phone: 1-514-848-2424 (x2703)


     
    >>> Gordon P Rands <GP-Rands@WIU.EDU> 06/04/2008 10:38 pm  >>>

     
    For those looking for things to try to help your deans,  provosts or presidents "get it" on sustainability, you might want to take a  look at a recent Inside Higher Ed opinion piece from the president of Colorado  State.  Here is the description from the AASHE Digest, a weekly bulletin  related to campus sustainability.  The URL for the whole article  follows.

     
    Colorado State University President Larry Edward Penley  recently published an article in Inside Higher Ed that discusses the  leadership role higher education institutions need to take in advancing  sustainability research and solutions. He argues that research universities  have an obligation and an opportunity to use their resources to educate green  collar workers and create ground-breaking climate change solutions. Penley  believes that universities should focus less on installing greener goods and  creating climate change awareness, and focus more on preparing students for  the up and coming green economy, advancing green research, and inputting new  technologies into the free market. Once this research enters the marketplace,  he says, it can create jobs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve health  and living conditions worldwide, and stimulate the economy.

     
    http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2008/03/28/penley

     
    Gordon

     
    Gordon Rands

    Western Illinois University