The Environmental Issues Committee is comprised of six student representatives, six faculty representatives and three staff representatives. The committee advises on policies regarding environmental issues that affect the quality of life, safety and health of the University community, and recommends educational programs, training sessions, or workshops that could be offered to members of the University community and/or the general public.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES COMMITTEE

CHARGE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Environmental Issues Committee shall be responsible for the following: 1) Consideration, investigation and reporting, in the form of advisories or recommendations, on environmental issues that affect the quality of life, safety, and health of the University community, as well as on those issues about which the University should act as an educational resource;  2) Recommend promulgation of rules or policies directly related to environmental issues affecting quality of life, safety, and/or health to be adopted by the University administration and/or University Senate on behalf of the University community; 3) Recommend educational programs, training sessions, or workshops which could be offered to members of the University community and/or the general public; 4) Recommend ways to inform the University community about environmental issues; 5) Develop committee-sponsored research papers on environmental issues affecting the University community; 6) Recommend scheduling of environmental issue forums for the University community.  The Office of Public Safety provides the staffing for this committee.

MEMBERSHIP:

Membership of the Environmental Issues Committee is not fixed. It traditionally consists of: 6 faculty (minimum 2 teaching faculty); 6 students who represent a cross-section of student groups with environmental interests; 1 Officer of Administration representative; and 2 classified staff members. Ex officio, non-voting  members shall include: University Planner or designee, Director of Physical Plant and/or Physical Plant Recycling Coordinator, Director of Environmental Health and Safety, and Director of Public Safety or designee.

REPORTING:

The Environmental Issues Committee shall report to the Administration. The Committee shall also provide reports to the University Senate. At a minimum these  reports shall be in the form of an annual written report submitted by the Committee Chair to the Secretary of the University Senate no later than the final University Senate meeting in May. The committee shall also make additional written or oral reports to the Senate as necessary.