Project Plan (DRAFT)

Project Name: Project Manager: Drew Guswa, Associate Professor, Engineering

Center for the Environment,
Ecological Design and
Sustainability (CEEDS)

Objective: “Facilitate
Collaboration and Synergy
among Environmental Interests”

Project Description
A primary role for the CEEDS will be the facilitation of communication and collaboration among college constituents with an interest in or connection to the
environment.
Benefits
Through increased communication and collaboration, CEEDS will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of curricular and co-curricular programs related to
the environment. By serving as a clearing house, CEEDS can readily serve the environmental information needs of students and others in the Pioneer Valley.

Project Implementation Team Members

Name
Andrew Guswa, Associate Prof., Engineering
Joanne Benkley, Program Coordinator, ES&P
Ruth Constantine, Vice President for Finance & Admin.
Amy Rhodes, Associate Prof., Geology
L. David Smith, Associate Prof., Biological Sciences
Dano Weisbord, Sustainability Coordinator
Role
Project Manager; Advisor to the President, CEEDS
Program Coordinator, Environmental Science and Policy
VP for Finance and Admin.
Manager of the Ada and Archibald MacLeish Field Station
Director of Environmental Science and Policy
Sustainability Coordinator

Metrics Status
(Specific, Measurable Achievable, Relevant, Time Bound) Programs/Projects/Tactics to Achieve
(Idea, Study, Planning, Execution,
Objectives & Metrics Completed, Assessment)

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 By fall 2009, develop an engaging web portal, a virtual
home to all things environmental at Smith
 By 2012 have a physical home for CEEDS, a physical
home for all things environmental at Smith
 By fall 2009, CEEDS will publish a newsletter two times
per year to keep the campus community and alumnae
apprised of its activities.
 Coordinate international environmentally related
internship, volunteer, research, and educational
opportunities for students
 Coordinate internship and volunteer opportunities for
students with environmental entities in the Pioneer Valley
 Coordinate post-Smith information and opportunities for
students: graduate school, professional school, work,
volunteering, etc.
 Coordinate outreach activities for K-12 students in and
around Northampton
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 Develop pages that communicate the mission, vision,  Execution
personnel, resources, and facilities associated with CEEDS
 Develop pages with links to departments, programs, and
curricula; pathways by which to study the environment at  Planning
Smith
 Develop pages with links to student groups
 Develop pages with educational content  Execution
 Develop pages to communicate results from Environmental  Idea
Research Groups  Idea
 Develop pages by which to submit applications to CEEDS
(for ERGs, Green Fellows, small grants, etc.)  Idea
 Develop pages for the display of environmental data (from
the MacLeish field station, individual buildings, etc.)  Study
 Secure appropriate staff support for maintenance of the site
 Study
 Develop a program for CEEDS’s physical space (building on  Study
the program laid out in the original proposal)
 Identify a campus location
 Secure funding for renovation/construction
 Renovate/Construct the space
 Ribbon cutting event with alumnae, etc.
 Develop appropriate electronic format for the newsletter  Idea
 Secure financial and administrative support
 Identify relevant entities at international sites  Idea
 Hire administrative personnel (Director and others) to
establish and maintain connections with these groups
 Secure appropriate funding
 Coordinate with Center for International Study
 Identify relevant entities within the Pioneer Valley  Idea
 Hire administrative personnel (Director and others) to
establish and maintain connections with these groups
 Secure appropriate funding
 Coordinate with Center for Community Collaboration
 Hire administrative personnel to work with the CDO  Idea
regarding these opportunities
 Have faculty and administrative staff learn about program
and degree requirements, opportunities, etc.
 Establish regular programs to inform students of post-Smith
opportunities related to the environment
 Identify opportunities  Idea
 Secure financial resources
 Identify and secure appropriate staff support
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 Create efficiencies of space and instrumentation within the  Director of CEEDS is the clearinghouse for use of shared  Study
center space and instruments for the entire campus

Risks/Issues
(Risks are things that MAY happen; Issues are things that are already happening)
RISK: Most, if not all, activities are wholly dependent on funding availability
ISSUE: We are certainly not among the first educational institutions to develop a Center for the Environment; consequently, there must be a unique or
extraordinary character to our Center in order for it to stand out among our peers

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