President’s Task Force for Campus Sustainability
to "not only position the College to join other institutions in signing the American College & University Presidents' Climate Leadership Commitments, but also to take action and monitor progress."
The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the activities PTFCS planned for spring 2020, but the task force reconvened in the fall of 2020.
Statewide Achievements
Joined PERC (Pennsylvania Environment Resource Consortium) becoming a member of it since November 1, 2020
Nationwide Achievements
AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) STARS (The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) since 2022
SIMAP (Sustainability Indicator Management & Analysis Platform) is a campus calculator tool to collect carbon footprint and nitrogen emissions. The Task Force is currently working with various offices collecting data to establish the YCP baseline. 2020