Campus and Student Sustainability Leadership Awards

Posted by on June 29, 2009

American Association of Sustainability in Higher Education is inviting applications and nominations for our 2009 Awards program. All award winners will be announced at Greening of the Campus in September.

http://www.aashe.org/programs/awards.php

There are three categories of awards this year:

Campus Sustainability Leadership Awards (4 awards)
Four Campus Sustainability Leadership Awards are presented annually to institutions that have made the greatest overall commitment to sustainability as demonstrated in their education and research, campus operations, and administration and finance. The winners will be featured in Sustainability: The Journal of Record. One award is to be given in each of the following categories:

* Community colleges and other two-year institutions
* Four-year and graduate institutions under 5,000 student FTE
* Four-year and graduate institutions 5,000-15,000 student FTE
* Four-year and graduate institutions over 15,000 student FTE

Student Sustainability Leadership Award
This award honors an undergraduate student from an AASHE member institution who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in promoting campus sustainability. The Student Sustainability Leadership Award includes a $750 prize. In addition, the winner of this year’s award will be featured in Sustainability: The Journal of Record.

Student Research on Campus Sustainability Award
This award recognizes outstanding student research that advances the field of campus sustainability. Students are invited to submit research papers of any length on campus sustainability that have not been previously published, are written in English, and were completed within the 12 months prior to the application deadline. The winning paper will receive priority review for possible publication in Sustainability: The Journal of Record.

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Nominations for each of the award categories are highly encouraged but are not required! To nominate an institution or student for an AASHE Award, please send a brief letter of nomination to awards@aashe.org with contact information for the nominated institution or individual. AASHE staff will contact this person to let them know they or their institution has been nominated, and to encourage them to apply.

The application deadline for all of the awards is July 1.

We look forward to reading your applications!

Niles, Julia, and Julian
The AASHE Awards Team