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Sustainability as an Essential Learning Outcome

In spring semester, 2008, the Faculty Senate included sustainability in a set of Essential Learning Outcomes for the university.

As part of Liberal Education Reform at UW Oshkosh, the Faculty Senate approved a set of Essential Learning Outcomes for all UW Oshkosh students.

Included in the category of "Responsibility, as Individuals and Communities," is "Knowledge of sustainability and its applications." UW Oshkosh is one of the few universities in the country that have explicitly made sustainability an essential part of its university-wide essential learning outcomes.

For the complete list of learning outcomes, see the LERT webpage.

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by David Barnhill — last modified Feb 08, 2009 02:48 PM

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.