Last October, Linda Bunnell, chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP), gave the charge for the campus’ first-ever Sustainability Task Force. Creating a sustainable campus and community is part of UWSP’s Vision 2015 and remains a campus priority.

To that end, Bunnell appointed a diverse task force (listed below) of knowledgeable and dedicated campus staff, faculty, and students to make specific, action-oriented recommendations to campus. The taskforce will use the guidelines set forth by the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC).

"I believe this organization will provide the taskforce with a specific direction in which to move forward with our campus’s plan for sustainability. I anticipate that the taskforce will find additional avenues to explore in regard to campus sustainability issues," said Bunnell.

Home of one of the largest natural resource programs in the country, UWSP takes its commitment to sustainability very seriously:

Members of the Sustainability Task Force are: Jack Annis, retired lecturer in resource management; Steve Bjella, professor of music/violin; John Blakeman, assistant professor of political science; Tom Brown, architect, board member Midwest Renewable Energy Association; Katherine Clancy, assistant professor of water resources; Michael Demchik, associate professor of forestry; Bob Govett, professor of forestry, wood utilization; Anna Haines, director Center for Land Use Education (CLUE); Paul McGinley, associate professor of water resources; Thomas Miller, campus ombudsman, senior university relations specialist; Holly Nickel, senior majoring in wildlife ecology (California); Robert Oehler, director of facility services; Eric Olsen, instructor, Center for Land Use Education (CLUE); Ben Ropella, senior majoring in education (Neenah); Jasia Steinmetz, associate professor of health promotion and human development; Carrie Ziolkowski, outreach specialist in energy education; and Mike Zsido, assistant director of building services/residential living.