1. Promote Research
2. Advance Learning
3. Accelerate Internationalization
   

• Actively seek and pursue research ideas - from faculty and staff members, students and individuals and organizations outside the university - that involve cross-unit participation

• Develop and refine interdisciplinary environmental and energy research projects and programs to address the changing needs of society

• Make joint, mutually beneficial faculty hires and contribute to salary support on a long- or intermediate-term basis

• Help departments recruit new faculty members with environmental and energy research interests

• Alert interested the faculty members to opportunities for interdisciplinary environmental and energy research and outreach projects and to potential funding sources

• Help faculty and staff members prepare and submit interdisciplinary environmental and energy research proposals

• Provide logistical support to faculty and staff members for interdisciplinary environmental research projects

• Share indirect cost recovery accruing from extramural grants with the home departments of investigators, as appropriate

• Enhance cross-campus communication and networking on environmental and energy concerns

• Explore new ways to support schools, departments, and other units in environmental and energy research

• Develop and strengthen collaborative research projects with other public and private organizations at the state, national, and international levels

• Facilitate links with faculty members, departments, and schools at other universities to strengthen our own research activities

• Promote use of the Science and Research campus and community as a living laboratory to teach, test, and demonstrate environmentally and energy sound practices.

Advance Learning

A. General
Actions:

• Actively seek and pursue learning ideas - from faculty and staff members, students and individuals and organizations outside the university - that involve cross-unit participation

• Help promote department-based courses with environmental and energy content and where the school academic programs, encourage cross-listing with the institute

• Offer joint courses, with credit (and teaching budget) following the instructors

• Organize, sponsor, and promote environmental events and related activities jointly with other campus units whenever possible

• Seek the best applications of old and new instructional technologies to enhance the learning experience of students

• Make joint, mutually beneficial faculty hires that contribute to the institute's teaching mission

• Explore new ways to support schools, departments, and other units on environmental and energy matters

• Enhance cross-campus communication and networking on environmental and energy concerns

• Promote use of the community as a living laboratory to teach, test, and demonstrate environmentally sound practices

• Facilitate links with faculty members, departments, and schools at other universities to strengthen our own instruction, research, and outreach activities.

B. Graduate and Professional Education
Actions:

• Develop and refine interdisciplinary environmental graduate programs to address the changing needs of society

• Increase the pool of potential advisers for the school graduate students

• Strive to ensure financial support for as many school graduate students as possible

• Alert school graduate students to significant environmental and energy learning opportunities within University schools and departments and elsewhere in the country

• Involve more graduate students in special environmental and energy programs and opportunities, such as study abroad and internships

• Refer graduate student inquiries and applications received by the school to other academic units at University if the students' goals would be better met there.

Accelerate Internationalization

Actions:

• Develop and strengthen collaborative instruction, research, and outreach projects with other public and private organizations at the international level

• Join other interested units in bringing international environmental and energy scholars and experts to campus as speakers or short- or long-term visitors.