Faculty Leadership in Sustainability

An award recognizing Tri-C faculty who have demonstrated leadership by creatively incorporating sustainability into their curriculum and inspiring students to embrace sustainability inside and outside the classroom.

For this award, sustainability is defined broadly. It includes teaching about social, economic and environmental systems, how those systems are interconnected and how individual decisions can affect them.

Tri-C’s Sustainability Plan includes long-term Academic and Workforce Training goals:

• Faculty and instructors will infuse sustainability literacy throughout the curriculum and;
• Tri-C students will recognize and understand the basic concepts of sustainability and communicate those concepts to others in the community.

Tri-C faculty who teach during the 2026-2027 academic year (full-time or adjunct faculty are eligible). Nominations must reflect sustainability activities that took place during the 2026-2027 academic year, but do not have to be new for the current academic year. Self-nominations are welcome.

Nominations should identify how the nominee has contributed to the Academics and Workforce Training goals in Tri-C’s Sustainability Plan by describing:

• How sustainability has been incorporated into curriculum;
• Whether students completed an assignment which includes a sustainability focus;
• Whether the results of the assignment are measurable;
• Whether the assignment had an impact on the campus or in the community (or could have in non-COVID times);
• Whether the assignment can be duplicated in other courses.
• Nominees are encouraged to include any student feedback or testimonials.

Nominees who do not self-nominate will be given the opportunity to submit supporting documentation about their work.

The 2026-2027 nomination period opens during fall semester. Stay tuned for more details!