Office of Sustainability

Department Program Review and Strategic Plan 2017 - 2021

Division of Administration and Finance
As a partner in learning and through the stewardship of resources, the Administration and Finance division
provides innovative programs and services to support the student–centered mission of the University.

Mission Strengths
The UCCS Office of Sustainability will Significant
STRATEGIC GOALS
and
in , , and toward
further and support , , and
corresponding . Historical and savings
Transition waste and recycling contract
UCCS in sustainability, locally and nationally
management and collection responsibilities to
Students are positively impacted through Facilities Services. OS will provide tracking and
Vision Sustainability Demonstration House , , education service and will keep cardboard and
The UCCS Office of Sustainability supports the UCCS , , and small electronics recycling for the near future.

Sustainability vision and mission to establish the university as a Contribute to , , and

in in
, ,
, and
and , and . Opportunities Determine if energy management will
partnerships continue to be a function of the OS or if
Transition to more and Sustainability Demonstration House office will support professional engineer
within Facilities Services in this role
Educational and consulting efforts to
Hire an
Energy and water projects that will provide further
requirements result in Determine, based on technology needs assessment,
collaborations, and leadership goals, what OS will continue to
successful and recruiting new students pursue with regard to dashboards, metering, apps, weather
stations, etc.
Bachelor of program support

Weaknesses
Improve and be accountable for areas that we

operations and role of

Achieve clarification of the role of
Effectively Heavy the office to directly support
academic mission
CORE VALUES

for some we are asked to direct

Trust and respect for every individual. PROCESS
Teamwork and leadership. have our growth with
Verbal from team members
Alignment with the goals of the institution. to make continued in energy and water Clarity in goals of Campus Sustainability
Committee and understanding of what
Partnership with faculty, staff, and students. responsibilities they will take on to support
full-time staff members
campus goals and STARS
Contribution to the academic excellence of the university. student employees
Stewardship of the built and natural environment. Threats on campus of how the
Proactively serve all stakeholders.
Number of students seeking with sustainability Shared in
Explore official designation Reviewed all of the provided assessment
Levels of overload among staff on campus are significant and sustainability is often seen as an add-on
of committee or advisory
meetings categories in an and dialogue
board for sustainability
Many people on campus still do not understand
or the ways in which it relates to their departments or work
- unknown direction with regard to sustainability staff member our progress
Participate in new UCCS
Sustainability Strategic Plan
Provided
The campus of the Faculty
Assembly, which on of the university
The group determined
, performed analysis,

C
and . Engaged an
ASSESSMENT TIMELINE

Develop better workload management processes

Assess unit progress and make improvements
Create greater operational consistency across the division CONCLUSION

As a result, our team better understands how our office functions and we learned
External review key takeaways from each of the eight categories to improve our operations.

We need more communication to our campus & community.

Campus review completed by the
Division Assessment Committee We need more communication within our office & division.
We need to celebrate our successes.
We need to strengthen our partnerships.
Complete a self-study
We need to continue to engage our students in all things.