 Disconnect between students and administration began to close  Established sustainability interns in dining and housing  Problem: needed to “institutionalize relationships,” keep channel of communication open

 Lack of a consistent, centralized, and streamlined sustainability effort  To formalize collaboration between students and administration  Allow students to play an unprecedented role in the university

 Prove ourselves first with student money › After, administration often adopts projects  Start small  Work within circumstances and constraints

 “seed fund” to test-drive new ideas  Researchers  Liaisons  Publicists

Future Structure Facilities Management Housing StudentLife Projects in campus buildings Projects on campus grounds Projects in campus dorms Projects with dining Communication with student body Projects involving the student body and education

 Located 45 Minutes East of Kansas City  Undergraduate pop. 9,500 students  Graduate pop. 2,200 students

› $36.2 million Energy Savings Contracting  Recognized by former U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton › Certification of 1 st L.E.E.D. Certified Building  Projected to be Gold Level › Creation of Student-Run Office of Sustainability  Environmental Educational Programming  Campus-Wide Project Implementation  Sustainable Innovation  Community Partnerships

 2-Student Advocates-No Office-2009 › Create Recycling Program  4 bins/Voluntary/Ad-Hoc  Recycling Office-Closet Office-2010 › Expand, Maintain, and Track Campus-Wide Program  4,300/Centralized Collection  Office of Sustainability-Office in Admin

 Guide Students Through Bureaucratic System  Don’t Let Them Fail, Empowerment  Be Personable  Pay STUDENTS!!

 Service Learning  Habit Changing Gifts  Mini-Grant System- Student Chosen  Failure Is Not An Option

 Political Science Student  Student Advocate  Trash Digger  Change Agent

 Listen To Otherwise Crazy ideas..  8-5 isn’t 5-8  Equal Expectations  Embrace Teachable Moments  Titles Are FREE!!  Is This Your Work or Your Passion?  Acknowledge Success

 Graduation in May  Sustainability of the Office