Read AASHE's 2023 Sustainable Campus Index on the AASHE website.
Above photo: Dynnika, a Navajo student majoring in public health with an emphasis on environmental health at the University of Arizona, is president of American Indian Student Initiatives. This student-run organization helped install solar panels throughout Navajo Nation, providing clean and renewable energy to families.
The University of Arizona was featured in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's (AASHE) annual Sustainable Campus Index (SCI). The SCI recognizes top-performing colleges and universities by country, institution type, and in 17 sustainability impact areas, as measured by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). Used by hundreds of colleges and universities, STARS helps institutions measure, report, and strengthen their contributions to global sustainability.
A new Trends & Highlights section recognizes trends in higher education sustainability and high-impact projects and initiatives, including Advancing Racial Equity & Social Justice, where the University of Arizona was featured for our Native Scholars Grant program. The program is the first of its kind for a public Arizona university and guarantees that tuition and mandatory fees for Native, Arizona resident, undergraduate students are fully covered. This grant is available for students from Arizona’s 22 federally recognized tribes who are studying on the main campus. Hundreds of new and continuing full-time, degree-seeking undergraduates who verify Tribal enrollment are eligible.
See the cover and page 53 of the SCI for the UArizona feature!