2025 UO Sustainability Awards

Daffodils in foreground and Lillis Hall with it's iconic "O" in the background on the UO campus.

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