Chatham University, Other PA Schools Featured In The Princeton Guide To Green Colleges

Chatham University is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S.A. and Canada, according to The Princeton Review
            Princeton Review selected Chatham University for inclusion in the just-released second annual edition of its free downloadable book, “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges: 2011 Edition.”
            Other Pennsylvania colleges and universities listed as "stars" include: Dickinson College, Franklin & Marshall College, Gettysburg College and Penn State University (main campus), 
            Other state schools listed in other categories include: Carnegie Mellon University, Gettysburg College, Harrisburg Area Community College, Penn State University (Main Campus, Wilkes-Barre, Worthington campuses), University of Pennsylvania, Wilson College, Clarion University, Dickson College, Duquesne University, Muhlenberg College, Slippery Rock University and Villanova University.
            Chatham University joins the ranks of outstanding universities and colleges nationwide that are leading the sustainability movement through their own special programs and initiatives.  The University includes its historic 39-acre Shadyside Campus and 388-acre Eden Hall Campus in Richland Township, Pa. 
            Eden Hall Campus is the first university campus in the nation built from the ground up to integrate sustainable development, living and learning. Eden Hall Campus will be home to Chatham’s pioneering new School of Sustainability and the Environment – the second freestanding university school of sustainability in the United States.
            The University is also a charter signatory of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, a high-visibility effort to address global climate disruption undertaken by a network of colleges and universities that have made institutional commitments to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions from specified campus operations, and to promote the research and educational efforts of higher education to equip society to re-stabilize the earth’s climate.
            Created by The Princeton Review in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges” is the only free, comprehensive guidebook profiling institutions of higher education that demonstrate a notable commitment to sustainability in their academic offerings, campus infrastructure, activities and career preparation.
            The Princeton Review chose the schools for this guide based on a survey of administrators at hundreds of colleges that the Company polled in 2010 about their school’s sustainability initiatives.
Released on April 20, just two days prior to the April 22 celebration of the 41h Anniversary of Earth Day, the guide has profiles of the colleges that provide application information plus facts, stats, and write-ups reporting on the schools’ environmentally related policies, practices and academic offerings.         
            The free guide is available online.
            The Princeton Review first created this one-of-a-kind resource for college-bound students in 2010 with the U.S. Green Building Council, which is best known for developing the LEED standard for green building certification.
            This past fall, USGBC launched its Center for Green Schools to increase its efforts to drive change in how campuses and schools are designed, constructed and operated so that all educational facilities can enhance student learning experiences.


4/25/2011

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