{"id":2213,"date":"2010-04-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=2213"},"modified":"2010-04-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T04:00:00","slug":"reaccreditation-process-features-unique-sustainability-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2010\/reaccreditation-process-features-unique-sustainability-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaccreditation Process Features Unique &#8216;Sustainability&#8217; Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo right\" style=\"width: 250px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/images\/2010\/qep.gif\" alt=\"91短视频 Quality Enhancement Plan\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;A model for other colleges.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> That&#8217;s how the 91短视频 Quality Enhancement Plan was described by a visiting reaffirmation team from Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges in early March. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Peace with Creation: Environmental Sustainability from an Anabaptist Perspective&#8221; is the title of <a href=\"\/qep\/\">91短视频&#8217;s Quality Enhancement Plan<\/a> or &#8220;QEP.&#8221; The plan was evaluated during 91短视频&#8217;s once-every-10-year review. Some 800 schools are part of the SACS commission, and a QEP is required for each reaccreditation process. <\/p>\n<p> Dr. Michael Johnson of the Commission commented enthusiastically about the QEP on behalf of the nine-person review team representing eight colleges and universities. <\/p>\n<p><b>Creation care will be significantly integrated across 91短视频&#8217;s curriculum<\/b> as part of the plan, strengthening (or complementing) 91短视频&#8217;s already strong commitment to sustainability in areas of energy use, recycling and facilities development. <\/p>\n<p> The QEP seeks to unite the Anabaptist peace tradition with an interdisciplinary framework of principles for sustainability as set forth by Dr. Anthony Cortese of Second Nature, a nonprofit organization. These principles include: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> The health of all current and future humans and other species; <\/li>\n<li> The fairness, equity, stability and security of human cultures and social systems; <\/li>\n<li> Economic opportunity for all current and future humans; and <\/li>\n<li> Ecological diversity and integrity. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> The focus is on undergraduate level learning around these themes. <a href=\"\/begreen\/\">Learn more about sustainability at 91短视频<\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>91短视频 focus is unique<\/h3>\n<p> &#8220;The 91短视频 QEP focus&#8230;is a unique and precedent setting initiative,&#8221; wrote Dodd Galbreath, executive director of the Institute for Sustainable Practice at Lipscomb University and lead evaluator of the QEP. <\/p>\n<p> The March 1-4 on-site reaccreditation visit, chaired by Dr. Mark Smith of Rhodes College, resulted in a strong affirmation of 91短视频&#8217;s undergraduate programs. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;This affirmation of what we do and how we operate is significant,&#8221; notes <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/fk938\">91短视频 Provost Fred Kniss<\/a>, Ph.D. &#8220;Our QEP is a place where our core values as a university can intersect with a pressing issue for the global community.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> The Quality Enhancement Plan on sustainability will be implemented over the next five years. The first step in implementation is to include sustainability themes in several courses in 91短视频&#8217;s general education program, including all first-year writing and <a href=\"\/bible\/\">Bible and religion<\/a> classes, and <a href=\"\/crosscultural\/\">cross-cultural programs<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p> Details of the plan are available online at <a href=\"\/qep\/\">www.emu.edu\/qep.<\/a> A full copy of the visiting  committee&#8217;s exit conference report is available on request by contacting BJ  Miller, 91短视频 Institutional Research at <a href=\"mailto:bjmiller@emu.edu\" title=\"mailto:bjmiller@emu.edu\">bjmiller@emu.edu<\/a> or (540) 432-4304.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A model for other colleges.&#8221; That&#8217;s how the 91短视频 Quality Enhancement Plan was described by a visiting reaffirmation team from Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges in <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2010\/reaccreditation-process-features-unique-sustainability-plan\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Reaccreditation Process Features Unique &#8216;Sustainability&#8217; 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