A Green History of UW Oshkosh

The greening of UW Oshkosh has been going on for a long time.

2002

UW Oshkosh participates in the Wisconsin Energy Initiative and initiates a student-led campus sustainability audit.
The university establishes a new major in Environmental Studies.
The university officially endorses the Earth Charter.

2003

UW Oshkosh becomes the first Wisconsin university to join the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership by agreeing to purchase at least 3 percent of its energy from renewable sources, making it the largest purchaser of green energy in Wisconsin.
The university wins an EPA Green Power Purchase Award and is listed by the EPA as an Energy Star Case Study.
The university announces a Green Master Plan.

2004

UW Oshkosh wins a National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Recognition Award for its campus audit.

2005

UW Oshkosh wins a Green Campus Grant from Johnson Controls.
The university wins an Energy Star Award from the EPA.

2006

Governor Doyle announces a plan that UW Oshkosh and three other UW campuses will aim to be energy independent by 2012.

2007

Chancellor Richard Wells signs the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment.

2008

UW Oshkosh adopts a policy to purchase cage-free eggs.
The university unveils its Campus Sustainability Plan.
The Faculty Senate approves a list of essential learning outcomes for the curriculum, including “knowledge of sustainability and its applications.”
The university offers The Winnebago Project, a two-day faculty workshop for infusing sustainability in college courses.

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by David Barnhill — last modified Feb 13, 2009 09:57 AM

Bike and Pedestrian Survey

The City of Oshkosh is updating its Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation Plan and they are looking for public input from people who live, work, study, or recreate in Oshkosh. They have developed a website that has links to an online survey:

pedestrian_bicycle_plan

Even if you do not currently use a bike or walk to campus, completing the survey will help the city learn why you do not, or how they might improve city infrastructure.

Most of us use city facilities every day: sidewalks along streets carrying automobiles through campus are built by the city, to their current standards. The last public meeting was in August, so student and staff input was not representative of UW Oshkosh pedestrians and bicyclists. So please consider giving the city some feedback from the campus community.