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Sustainability Committee
Curriculum Circle Meeting Minutes
April 5th, 2012 3:30pm-5:00pm
SDS Conference Room
In Attendance: Amy LaZerte, Katie Barndt, Heidi Leonard, Christy Nordstrom, Tracy Furutani, Alice Melling, Toni Anderson
· Introduction Question: What book are you reading right now?
· Christian Update
· Open Discussion/ Brainstorming: Developing New Partnerships for Service Learning
o Heidi will be doing the leg work to develop partnerships for us.
§ Tracy suggests Jay Thomas Rankin- WTIA- place to start for Heidi
· Group of companies that are interested in generating business through sustainability
§ Building relationships is critical! Toni has some support now that helps build that support.
· Being plugged into chambers around the city is a good way to network. Toni has an employee named Sandy who has an existing relationship with these chambers and is able to facilitate relationships.
· There are a handful of companies who will repeatedly take interns from NSCC
§ Clarity about what business owners’ and NSCC expectations is important
§ Encouraging employers to see the value in taking on interns. Exploring avenues, making new connections, exploring pathways via internships.
§ Even if the cert doesn’t run in the near future, it’s valuable to pursue relationships these relationships. The Sustainability Office can introduce potential interns to organizations.
· Who’s our audience? Academic students, and also some prof tech
· ISSP members- consultants hanging out their shingle, some think there may be a job out there for them as a “Sustainability Champion” within an organization.
§ What kind of geographic boundaries do we have? King County? Western Washington?
· Western Washington was suggested.
o Campus Wide Civic Engagement
§ Next years’ theme is civic engagement, Pete and Mary Ellen may have more information on this.
§ There is a service learning class on the books here at NSCC.
§ It would be grand to have someone paid to manage service learning opportunities and relationships with organizations.
§ Students in four year programs, and even other programs on campus, are placed with companies. It would be best if we can mimic that model as an institution.
§ Traci points out that the NSCC “model” for maintaining a service learning component with a program or organization is to turn it into a class.
· Assign New Action Items
o Toni and Heidi to connect with Sandy to discus tactics
o Katie to talk to Pete about Civic Engagement
o Christy to send Heidi contact information.
o Tracy to find name for Homewaters contact for Heidi.
o Toni to get Heidi contact info for the Green Fest in Shoreline and a green architecture firm in West Seattle.
· Schedule next meeting:
o Next meeting is scheduled for April 12th, from 3:30-5:00pm in the College Center Conference Room. The focus will be learning outcomes.
· In Closing: What idea discussed today “jazzed” you the most?
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