Environmental Committee
Committee Co-Chairs
Faculty
- Paul Prew
Student
- Isaiah Rollins
- Nirmal Kokku
Meetings
Held the 3rd Friday of each month from 11am to noon.
Mandate Reference
Creation of this university-wide committee was authorized by President Richard Davenport following a September 2011 review by the President's Cabinet after consultation through the Meet & Confer process with the campus collective bargaining units and the Student Association.
Committee Charge
Advise the University President and the University Community of an environmental friendly practices and sustainable facilities and practices. Work toward and environmentally progressive campus where a community consciousness is promoted dealing with energy use and savings, recycling and reducing items that might otherwise end up in a landfill.
Reporting Relationship
The Environmental Committee reports to the University President through the Vice-President for Finance and Administration (or designee). As a University-wide advisory panel, recommendations adopted by the Environmental Committee, depending on their scope and topical area, may be referred by the Administration to the Meet & Confer consultative process to ensure the broadest feedback and input from the campus community.
Membership
Membership includes 10 voting members and 1 non-voting ex-officio member (Facilities Management Assistant Vice President or designee). Of the 10 voting members 3 are students appointed by the Student Government President for one year terms (one of which is a sitting Student Senator), one is a representative of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE) appointed for a two year term by the MAPE President, one is a MSU classified employee appointed for a two year term by the Local 648 President of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), two are faculty members appointed by the Faculty Association President for two year terms, one is a Minnesota State University Association of Administrative & Service Faculty employee appointed for a two year term by the MSUAASF President, one is a Middle Management Association employee appointed for a two year term by the MMA President, and one is a MSU emeriti faculty member appointed for two years by the Environmental Committee.
Student Association
- Jordan Mueller
- Madison Vandersee
- Vacant
- Vacant
- Vacant
From Other Constituencies
- Louis Schwartzkoph - Emeriti Faculty Representative
- Craig Rasmussen - AFSCME Local 638
- Paul Prew - Committee Co-Chair and IFO Faculty Association
- Monika Antonelli - IFO Faculty Association
- Sky Niesen Smith - IFO Faculty Association
- Robert Sorensen - IFO Faculty Association
- Jason McCue - Middle Management Association
- Medea Myhra - MAPE
- Wendy Schuh - MSUAASF
- Karen Anderson - MSUAASF
- David Cowan - Facilities Management
- Gary Urban - MAPE
- Beth Rorvig - Committee Secretary - Building Services
Total
- 10
