The President’s Council on Sustainability (PCS) has begun meeting this semester to plan and support sustainable-related activities for the fall and spring semesters. Formed in the fall of 2009, the PCS consists of faculty, staff and students, and reports both to the executive vice president for Administration and Finance and the provost, playing a critical […]
Formal sustainability committee? Check. Environmentally focused degrees? Check. LEED-certified buildings? Check.A host of Earth-friendly initiatives has earned the University of Mary Washington a spot among the nation’s most environmentally responsible schools in the 2022 Guide to Green Colleges, published last week by The Princeton Review.“UMW offers excellent academics and demonstrates a commitment to sustainability that is exemplary on many counts,” […]
By summer, the University of Mary Washington plans to have its own Sustainability Coordinator. The announcement of the new full-time position by UMW President Troy Paino in last week’s Board of Visitors meeting comes just in time for Earth Day and on the heels of Gov. Ralph Northam’s executive order to reduce Virginia’s reliance on […]
The University of Mary Washington has earned a spot on a list of the nation’s most environmentally conscious schools. The ranking appears in the 2021 edition of The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges, which profiled 416 U.S. schools demonstrating a commitment to sustainability, based on student academic offerings and career preparation, as well as […]
The President’s Council on Sustainability (PCS) held its first meeting of the new academic year on Friday, September 13. Members discussed future action goals for the upcoming year, as well as reviewed the 2012-13 Annual Report that was presented to President Hurley this summer. Some of the accomplishments of the PCS last year included establishing a composting […]
