UTRGV Office for Sustainability

OFS Mission The Office for Sustainability’s mission is to advance the principles of sustainability through the continuing existence of a healthy, safe, and environmentally sustainable campus that enhances individual health, community well-being, and positive teaching/learning experiences while maximizing efficiencies, accessibility, and affordability by educating and empowering faculty, students, staff, and community to enact change on our campus and the region. OFS Vision The Office for Sustainability at UTRGV strives to satisfy the needs of these individuals as we move together in pursuit of sustainable innovation, opportunity, purpose, and careers. In contributing to a sustainable, high quality of life on campus, in the Rio Grande Valley, and across the globe, the Office for Sustainability helps satisfy the goals of UTRGV in a manner that allows our region to shine as a global innovator in higher education. Student Success graphic: We seek to engage and unite every corner of the university to create an environment in which all campus community members are generating knowledge, acquiring skills, developing values, and initiating sustainable practices in their personal and professional lives. This work reinforces UTRGV’s core priorities—student success, educational opportunity, community engagement, research impacting the Rio Grande Valley and beyond, and health & medical education.

The Office for Sustainability works with the campus and regional community to institutionalize sustainable development across academics, research, operations, administration, and engagement, with collaborative efforts with the University Sustainability Council (USC), the Sustainability Tracking Assessment Rating System (STARS), and the Center for Sustainability Across Curriculum. OFS works with faculty, staff, and students to organize events such as Campus Sustainability Day, Earth Fest, and Arbor Day Foundation Tree Campus USA through electronic and social media.