Awards & Honors

Terra Awards

The Terra Awards recognize UAlbany faculty, staff and students who go above and beyond to further campus sustainability. Nominations for this annual award open in early Spring and recipients are announced at the campus Earth Day celebration.
 

Terra Award Recipients
Terra Award Recipients

2024-2025 Recipients

  • Irina Holden, Associate Librarian, University Libraries
  • Trish Meyer, Project Manager, Office of Planning, Design and Construction
  • Kelsey Rejman, Eco-Rep, Office of Sustainability; Chair, YDSA Mutual Aid 

 

President's Sustainability Leadership Award

The President's Sustainability Leadership Award recognizes a UAlbany graduate or undergraduate student who contributes to the advancement of environmental, economic and social sustainability at the UAlbany and within the surrounding community. 

Honorees must demonstrate a leadership role in raising awareness and increasing campus involvement in advancing sustainability.  The nomination period opens in late January and recipients are announced at the President's Leadership Awards ceremony.
 

President's Sustainability Leadership Award Recipients
President's Sustainability Leadership Award Recipients

2024-2025 Recipient: Lindsay Solomon

 

Green Workspace Challenge

The Green Workspace Challenge is a self-reporting framework for faculty and staff to make their workplaces more sustainable and receive a ranking for implementing sustainability practices. To enroll your office, please complete the Green Workspace Challenge Interest Form.
 

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Green Workspace Challenge Participants
Green Workspace Challenge Participants

2024-2025 Participants

  • Green
    • Office of Sustainability
    • Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, Uptown Campus Office
  • Gold
    • Campus Center Management
    • Office of Facilities Management, Service Building A
    • Division of Inclusive Excellence
    • Office of the Vice President of Finance & Administration
    • Student Involvement
  • Silver
    • Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
    • Empire Commons, Main Office
    • Information Literacy Department, University Libraries
    • Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures  
    • Purple Pantry
    • Recreation and Wellness, Building 511
    • Registrar’s Office
    • Student Association
    • University Art Museum
  • Bronze
    • Learning Commons
    • Center for Leadership and Service
    • Intensive English Language Program
    • Residential Life, Central Office