
2025 UO Sustainability Awards
Sustainable Purchasing
UO Outdoor Program
Recognizes an employee or team for the introduction of a sustainability best practice into their department or unit’s purchasing of goods or services. Sponsored by Purchasing and Contracting Services.
Town and Gown
Score Program
Recognizes individuals or groups for projects that promote, educate or enhance a more sustainable community. Sponsored by Government and Community Relations.
Sustainable Campus
Landscaping and Grounds Team
Recognizes an employee or team for the introduction of a sustainability best practice into their department or unit's day-to-day work or their service to campus. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President of Finance and Administration.
Campus Design
Huestis Hall Remodel - Mike Pluth and Hal Sadofsky, project sponsors
Recognizes units or individuals who have demonstrated leadership and creativity in support of the Oregon Model for Sustainable Development. Sponsored by Campus Planning and Design and Construction.
Innovation and Impact
Colin Ives, Art
Recognizes a University of Oregon project whose innovations were developed in the course of UO research and are now offered as publicly available products or services that improve sustainability. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation.
Research and Scholarship
Leigh Johnson, Geography
Recognizes a University of Oregon researcher whose research has made significant contributions to human knowledge related to sustainability. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation.
Student Leadership - Undergraduate
Valentine Bentz and Hattie Sterns
Recognizes students who have made significant impacts towards human equity, environmental vitality, and economic well-being at the UO. Sponsored by the Student Sustainability Center.
Student Leadership - Graduate
Dehlia Wolftail and Madison Fowler
Recognizes students who have made significant impacts towards human equity, environmental vitality, and economic well-being at the UO. Sponsored by the Student Sustainability Center.
Excellence in Teaching
Nicole Ngo
Recognizes faculty who have developed pedagogy and curriculum that reinforce and advance principles of sustainability through course design and instruction. Sponsored by Office of the Provost's Teaching Engagement Program.
Excellence in Teaching
Kory Russel
Recognizes faculty who have developed pedagogy and curriculum that reinforce and advance principles of sustainability through course design and instruction. Sponsored by Office of the Provost's Teaching Engagement Program.
Sustainable Student Support and Programming
Derrick Hindery
Recognizes an individual, team, or department unit for student-focused programs, projects, or initiatives related to sustainability. Sponsored by the Division of Student Life.
Videographers: Elise Haverland and Elizabeth Lucas-Lucas