After a yearlong collaborative process, the Office of Sustainability releases the university’s first Sustainability Strategic Plan. The three-year plan provides strategic direction to focus on opportunities brought to light in the second STARS assessment. Access the plan here.
The Office of Sustainability and the Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (CEES) co-host the first-annual sustainability-across-the-curriculum workshop. Faculty in the first cohort name the workshop the Magnolias Curriculum Project. The workshop is co-facilitated by history professor Emily Wakild and Lindy Biggs of Auburn University. […]
Wake Forest University receives a second Silver rating from the AASHE Sustainability Tracking and Rating System (STARS). The boundary for the assessment is expanded to include Graylyn International Conference Center, the campus historic district, and all of the athletic facilities. Read the report here.
Wake Forest University is awarded Tree Campus USA designation, in recognition of the adoption of a comprehensive campus tree care plan. Access the campus tree care plan here.
Senior and Office of Sustainability Intern Frannie Speer develops and distributes a survey to determine why people choose bottled water over tap water. Over 400 people respond. The university begins installing hydration stations in high-traffic areas on campus so people can refill their own water […]
Wake Forest University receives a Silver rating under the AASHE Sustainability Tracking and Rating System (STARS) for its first campus sustainability assessment. The assessment provides the first comprehensive baseline measurement of sustainability on the Reynolda campus. Read the STARS report here.
In the same month, the Dianne Dailey Golf Education Center receives LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), earning LEED Gold. It is the first building on campus to receive LEED certification. View all LEED-certified campus buildings here.
The Office of Sustainability kicks-off the Go Deacs Go Green gameday recycling program, integrating recycling collection into tailgating areas at all home football games. Learn about the program here.
Wake Forest hosts Taking It to the Next Level: Strategies for Adaptation across the Sustainability Curriculum — a national conference on sustainability in the curriculum.
Wake Forest opens its Office of Sustainability in July 2009. Dedee DeLongpré Johnston is hired as the office’s inaugural director and establishes its mission to encourage and facilitate the collaborative efforts of faculty, students, and staff to generate knowledge, acquire skills, develop values, and initiate practices […]
In April 2009, Piedmont Environmental Alliance (PEA) hosts a community Earth Day celebration on Manchester Plaza – 7,000 attend. Wake Forest Student Environmental Action Coalition members also host a forum on sustainability during the same month.
Professor Avram Hiller and Head of Serial Acquisitions at ZSR, Chris Burris, organize a campus Earth Day forum with the full support of Facilities and Campus Management. The program, “Celebrating Nature” is a joint lecture led by four faculty members who address how nature could […]
At the encouragement of student Lawrence Ngo (‘08), Philosophy professor Avram Hiller organizes meetings for faculty and staff on sustainability. Campus Democrats also hosts a campus forum on sustainability in the same year.
The first students with minors in Environmental Studies and Environmental Science graduate from Wake Forest during the 1997-98 academic year. Explore the ENV Program here.
