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Funding granted to new Hopkins sustainability program
Issue date: 10/9/08
Like Harvard, Hopkins is moving toward a model of student sustainability. SHIP has put all its implementation documents online so that other schools make take advantage of them, which Oberlin College has already done.
According to Teran, SHIP is not a loan fund as it was originally thought, but will instead make a "payback" by lowering the operating costs of Hopkins, as Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration James McGill wanted to have a more centralized approach to sustainability.
The Office of Facilities Management will shoulder the implementation of projects and funding will be more centralized.
SHIP is primarily composed of an executive board, consisting of five students selected by the SGA Committee on Leadership Appointments, and an evaluations committee.
Teran is the student director and Davis Bookhart is the Staff Director of the executive board. Other members include Sean Murphy, Mike Rogers, Karen Nie, Laura Veldhuis and Alexia Simmonard.
The executive board functions to identify new projects, assist with the application process and maintain the outward visibility of the program. In addition, the executive board relies on the three other environmental groups on campus: the Engineers for a Sustainable World, Students for Environmental Action and the Hopkins Energy Action Team.
The evaluations committee will be responsible for meeting twice a semester to vote on whether the project meets funding criteria, which is composed of the staff director, student director (to represent the executive board), associate deans for Finance and Administration from both schools, a representative from Plant Operations, a faculty member with expertise in the area of sustainable development and the presidents the three student groups.
"The goal is to use the evaluations committee as a power-holding entity to give everyone a stake in the process," Teran said.
One of the first projects SHIP plans to fund will likely be securing the final funding for the waste vegetable pre-boiler, according to Teran.
According to Teran, SHIP is not a loan fund as it was originally thought, but will instead make a "payback" by lowering the operating costs of Hopkins, as Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration James McGill wanted to have a more centralized approach to sustainability.
The Office of Facilities Management will shoulder the implementation of projects and funding will be more centralized.
SHIP is primarily composed of an executive board, consisting of five students selected by the SGA Committee on Leadership Appointments, and an evaluations committee.
Teran is the student director and Davis Bookhart is the Staff Director of the executive board. Other members include Sean Murphy, Mike Rogers, Karen Nie, Laura Veldhuis and Alexia Simmonard.
The executive board functions to identify new projects, assist with the application process and maintain the outward visibility of the program. In addition, the executive board relies on the three other environmental groups on campus: the Engineers for a Sustainable World, Students for Environmental Action and the Hopkins Energy Action Team.
The evaluations committee will be responsible for meeting twice a semester to vote on whether the project meets funding criteria, which is composed of the staff director, student director (to represent the executive board), associate deans for Finance and Administration from both schools, a representative from Plant Operations, a faculty member with expertise in the area of sustainable development and the presidents the three student groups.
"The goal is to use the evaluations committee as a power-holding entity to give everyone a stake in the process," Teran said.
One of the first projects SHIP plans to fund will likely be securing the final funding for the waste vegetable pre-boiler, according to Teran.
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