EPA Regional Symposium on Sustainable Environmental Practices At Colleges and Universities

Greening Your Campus and Curriculum: Shaping the Environmental Leaders of the Future

September 13-14, 2012
Alumni-Foundation Events Center, N.C. A&T State University

Presented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Hosted by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Bennett College

The Collegiate Environmental Sustainability Symposium is designed to encourage colleges and universities to implement environmentally sustainable projects on their campuses and to incorporate sustainability into their curricula. This conference will serve as a collaborative exchange of achievements in environmental sustainability at Minority Academic and Minority Serving Academic Institutions in the Southeast and nationwide. The focus this year is “Greening Your Campus and Curriculum: Shaping the Environmental Leaders of the Future.”

The symposium is designed to educate, motivate and provide a forum to network and initiate conversations between faculty, facility managers, and students at colleges and universities, corporations, government agencies, elected officials, and nonprofits.

Program

Photos from the symposium

Report on sustainability initiatives in higher education

This EPA report provides a look at sustainability initiatives at colleges and universities in the southeast, with a focus on Minority Academic Institutions.

The College of Engineering ranks No. 1 for the number of degrees awarded to African Americans
U.S. News and World Report ranks the COE in the top third of the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
N.C. A&T is the home of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (ERC)
SAES brought in more than $20 million in research grant funding
The School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (SAES) is the largest among the nation’s HBCUs
F.D. Bluford Library is one of the region's premier research libraries
The Master of Science in Information (MSIT) Online Program is ranked No. 7 by U.S. News & World Report

A&T had ninety-eight student athletes earn a cumulative 3.0 grade point average or higher for the 2011-2012 academic year
Freshmen Janay Ferrell placed seventh at the Robert Shumke HBCU Classic
Track and Field sprinter Jarrell Elliott qualified for the Olympic trials
Aggie baseball player Xavier Macklin was drafted in the 12th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft
Aggies will host the 2013 Junior National Olympics
N.C. A&T long jumper Shakia Forbes became the first Aggie female to earn All-American honors in a field event
North Carolina A&T has had 16 players drafted to the major leagues

The College of Arts and Sciences awards one-third of the university’s degrees each year
University Choir has performed for President Obama at the White House
The Music Program has been fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1991
A&T Jazz Ensemble to release its first professional CD - Jazz Preeminence
Theatre program to perform at the regionally acclaimed "Center Stage Theatre" in Baltimore, Maryland
A&T Lyceum Series brings provocative, culturally diverse programming to the campus and community
Travis W. Alexander has been named National Conductor for the 105 Voices Of History National Concert Choir