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Campus Sustainability Award Nominations

The UC San Diego Advisory Committee on Sustainability is accepting nominations for the annual Sustainability Awards. The nomination period closes March 25, 2014.

In celebration of UC San Diego’s Earth Week, April 21-25, 2014, the Advisory Committee on Sustainability will recognize individuals and groups (teams, departments, units, student organizations, etc.) that have made our campus more sustainable.

Sustainability is defined as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Nominees must be closely affiliated with UC San Diego and have worked outside the capacity of their job descriptions to advance one or more of the Advisory Committee on Sustainability's goals. Nominations guidelines are available at

http://earthweek.ucsd.edu/sustainabilityawards.html

Award categories include:

Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Outstanding Graduate Student
Outstanding Faculty
Outstanding Staff
Outstanding Student Group
Outstanding Individual (not UC San Diego student, faculty or staff)
Outstanding Collaboration
Outstanding Campus Food Vendor

Nominators may submit more than one nomination. All nominations must be received by 5 p.m. March 25, 2014. To nominate someone or yourself, please complete the online nomination form at http://earthweek.ucsd.edu/form/default.aspx

If you have any questions, please contact Krista Mays at kmays@ucsd.edu, or via phone at (858) 246-0730.

Gary C Matthews Vice Chancellor - Resource Management & Planning