TICUA Go Green! Project |
Beginning in the spring of 2007, TICUA launched an initiative with 30 of its member campuses to provide training and other beneficial resources to aid our campuses in their efforts to be good environmental stewards. TICUA Go Green! was created from this effort and will consist of multiple learning opportunities and initiatives over the coming years.
An initial piece to the TICUA Go Green! project was creating a formal relationship with EPA Region 4 to participate in their "College and University Compliance Incentive Initiative." An innovative agreement was put in place with EPA Region 4 to include "peer-audits" as an approach to environmental education and sustainability.
 2007 Peer-Audit Training Participants The peer-audit environmental component of TICUA Go Green! allows participating colleges and universities to collaborate and help one another in assessing their campus environments, identifying possible ways to further improve the campus environment. The peer-audit proram is modeled after one set up by the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Pennsylvania (AICUP) and now replicated by TICUA sister associations in NJ, NC, AL, GA, and FL. Training for the peer-auditors occured on June 19-21 with over 90 participants.
A steering committee of 10 personnel from across our member campuses representing the areas of campus safety, physical plant, faculty and enviornmental safety and health are working to further develop consorita efforts.
In January 2008, the Procurement Committee approved two contracts to help support environmental compliance activities on all our member campuses. Air Cycle and Southeast Recycling Technologies, Inc. provide excellent discounts for TICUA members.
Stay tuned--there is more to come as TICUA goes green.
| Campuses Participating in TICUA Go Green! Project |
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Aquinas College
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Baptist College of Health Sciences
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Belmont University
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Bethel College
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Bryan College
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Carson-Newman College
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Christian Brothers University
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Crichton College
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Cumberland University
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Fisk University
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Free Will Baptist Bible College
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Freed-Hardeman University
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Hiwassee College
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Johnson Bible College
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King College
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Lambuth University
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Lee University
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Lincoln Memorial University
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Lipscomb University
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Maryville College
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Memphis College of Art
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Milligan College
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Rhodes College
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Southern Adventist University
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Southern College of Optometry
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Tennessee Wesleyan College
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The University of the South: Sewanee
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Trevecca Nazarene University
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Tusculum College
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Vanderbilt University
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 EPA Signing Ceremony, June 25, 2007: Tad Goetcheus, HRP; Susanna Baxter, TICUA Chief Operating Officer; Claude Pressnell, Jr., TICUA President; Jimmy Palmer, EPA Region 4 Administrator; and David Losee, Halloran & Sage.
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