M. Ann Howard, the senior associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Rochester Institute of Technology, was presented with the American College Personnel Association's Champion of Sustainability award.
The annual award honors an individual or group best modeling healthy environments, social justice and strong economies. Involvement in sustainability at the regional and national level is also considered.
Howard has been working in sustainability for over two decades, establishing and overseeing the University/Community Partnerships program with leaders in northeast Rochester. Projects through the University/Community Partnerships program have included a 10-year community health initiative, community-based asset mapping and the establishment of a community garden network.
"Ann takes students through the process of self-reflection, intellectual engagement and then helps them become agents of social change and community development," said Enid Cardinal, RIT's senior sustainability adviser to the president, in a press release. "She uses sustainability as a way to bring light to the connections between natural and human communities, between nature and culture, and the connections between environmental, economic and social systems, with an emphasis on equity and social justice. Students who work with her do not have a master plan of how Rochester should appear; instead they collaborate with the citizens of Rochester and together, both groups learn from one another."
Howard will receive the award March 26 in Louisville, Ky.
The annual award honors an individual or group best modeling healthy environments, social justice and strong economies. Involvement in sustainability at the regional and national level is also considered.
Howard has been working in sustainability for over two decades, establishing and overseeing the University/Community Partnerships program with leaders in northeast Rochester. Projects through the University/Community Partnerships program have included a 10-year community health initiative, community-based asset mapping and the establishment of a community garden network.
"Ann takes students through the process of self-reflection, intellectual engagement and then helps them become agents of social change and community development," said Enid Cardinal, RIT's senior sustainability adviser to the president, in a press release. "She uses sustainability as a way to bring light to the connections between natural and human communities, between nature and culture, and the connections between environmental, economic and social systems, with an emphasis on equity and social justice. Students who work with her do not have a master plan of how Rochester should appear; instead they collaborate with the citizens of Rochester and together, both groups learn from one another."
Howard will receive the award March 26 in Louisville, Ky.
M. Ann Howard, the senior associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Rochester Institute of Technology, was presented with the American College Personnel Association's Champion of Sustainability award.
The annual award honors an individual or group best modeling healthy environments, social justice and strong economies. Involvement in sustainability at the regional and national level is also considered.
Howard has been working in sustainability for over two decades, establishing and overseeing the University/Community Partnerships program with leaders in northeast Rochester. Projects through the University/Community Partnerships program have included a 10-year community health initiative, community-based asset mapping and the establishment of a community garden network.
"Ann takes students through the process of self-reflection, intellectual engagement and then helps them become agents of social change and community development," said Enid Cardinal, RIT's senior sustainability adviser to the president, in a press release. "She uses sustainability as a way to bring light to the connections between natural and human communities, between nature and culture, and the connections between environmental, economic and social systems, with an emphasis on equity and social justice. Students who work with her do not have a master plan of how Rochester should appear; instead they collaborate with the citizens of Rochester and together, both groups learn from one another."
Howard will receive the award March 26 in Louisville, Ky.
The annual award honors an individual or group best modeling healthy environments, social justice and strong economies. Involvement in sustainability at the regional and national level is also considered.
Howard has been working in sustainability for over two decades, establishing and overseeing the University/Community Partnerships program with leaders in northeast Rochester. Projects through the University/Community Partnerships program have included a 10-year community health initiative, community-based asset mapping and the establishment of a community garden network.
"Ann takes students through the process of self-reflection, intellectual engagement and then helps them become agents of social change and community development," said Enid Cardinal, RIT's senior sustainability adviser to the president, in a press release. "She uses sustainability as a way to bring light to the connections between natural and human communities, between nature and culture, and the connections between environmental, economic and social systems, with an emphasis on equity and social justice. Students who work with her do not have a master plan of how Rochester should appear; instead they collaborate with the citizens of Rochester and together, both groups learn from one another."
Howard will receive the award March 26 in Louisville, Ky.
