Sustainability Next Plan Virtual Town Hall

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Friday January 13, 2023
      2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Location: Virtual via Zoom
  • Phone:
  • URL: Join via Zoom
  • Email:
  • Fee(s):
    N/A
  • Extras:
Contact

Rachael Pocklington
Institute Communications

Summaries

Summary Sentence: The campus community is invited to attend a virtual town hall to learn more about the Sustainability Next Plan.

Full Summary: Members of the implementation team will share goals including plans to launch signature initiatives designed to coordinate and amplify the Institute’s research, education, operational, and economic development activities.

The campus community is invited to attend a virtual town hall to learn more about the Sustainability Next Plan and its newly unified vision for coalescing, implementing, and measuring cross-cutting sustainability initiatives across Georgia Tech in support of the Institute’s Strategic Plan.

Members of the implementation team will share goals including plans to launch signature initiatives designed to coordinate and amplify the Institute’s research, education, operational, and economic development activities. This includes:

  • Sustainable-X Student Entrepreneurship Program,
  • Stackable online graduate credentials in Climate and Sustainability,
  • Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grants,
  • Transdisciplinary Climate Research Seed Grant Program,
  • Climate Action Plan, and
  • Living Learning Lab.

Presenters include:

  • Jennifer Chirico, associate vice president for Sustainability, Infrastructure and Sustainability (I&S)
  • Maria Cimilluca, vice president for I&S
  • Laura Taylor, chair and professor, School of Economics, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
  • Beril Toktay, Regents’ Professor; interim executive director, Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems; faculty director, Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business, Scheller College of Business

This virtual town hall is hosted by Administration and Finance and will be held on Friday, Jan. 13, from 2 to 3 p.m. Attendees should click here to join.

Read more about the Sustainability Next Plan.

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

Administration and Finance, Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, Campus Sustainability, Facilities Management, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, School of Economics

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Postdoc, Public, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
Categories
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Keywords
Sustainability Next Plan, strategic plan
Status
  • Created By: Rachael Pocklington
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Jan 5, 2023 - 4:26pm
  • Last Updated: Jan 10, 2023 - 8:19am