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Facilities Manager | march/april 2015 | 1 MARCH/APRIL 2015 Volume 31 • Number 2 features ADVANCING SUSTAINABILITY 18 30 Leveraging Campus Facilities to Advance Sustainability in Academics By Daniel Aragon, Bill Elvey, and Alfonso Morales The results of a sustainability initiatives inventory project at the University of Wisconsin Madison identify a diversity of existing relationships, partnerships, and collaborations around campus sustainability that serve as a baseline for further advancing campus sustainability initiatives. Association Partners Bring the Power of Collaboration By Debra G. Rowe, Ph.D. If you sometimes feel that a lot of the work for sustainability rests on your office alone; that if you could get more staff positions on the campus involved with sustainability, your efforts would be more efficient and effective; or if you want to explore new resources about sustainability that can help you collaborate more effectively with colleagues on campus, take a look at the Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC). Expression in Landscape By Carleton Beach Achieving an exterior environment that makes a strong, positive first impression on visitors and passersby is not a random process. A landscape should communicate the unique philosophy and sense of mission embodied in the institution it surrounds. PGMS Offers Landscape Management Accreditation By Thomas C. Shaner, CAE The grounds and landscape operations of a school has always been one of the top reasons why a potential student's parents select one higher education institution over another. Now there's a valuable tool to help enhance "first impressions" through an evaluation of a campus' grounds operations when measured by a series of best practices. APPA 2015 Conference Overview Chicago, Illinois • August 4–6, 2015 24 36 42 | h/ il 2015 APPA 2015 Annual Meeting & Exposition August 4-6, 2015 | Chicago, IL ch ag hicag ch go chicag hicago ch APPA 2015 is the premier event for the facilities professionals offering the ultimate networking and learning experience for facilities officers, directors, and management personnel at every level, and from around the world. APPA 2015 will explore the latest trends, challenges, and solutions facing facilities organizations within colleges and universities, K-12 private academies, and public school systems, libraries, museums, and other institutions of learning. Enjoy over 60 conference sessions with diverse perspectives from today's leading facilities officers, campus administrators, college presidents, students, and education experts who are shaping and influencing the direction of the education and the campus facilities environment. REGISTER TODAY! www.appa.org/training/APPA2015

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