Campus Beautification & Preservation Committee

Description

• Statement of Sustainability

  A General Statement on Campus Beautification & Preservation

  
  Our Commitment:

  
  While honoring our mission to keep the Kutztown University campus beautiful, we hereby state that we are committed to both the protection of human health and the environment.
  In light of our commitment, we establish the following guidelines and principles:

  
  1. Care of KU grounds and buildings should always be conducted with widely accepted, acceptable, and standardized techniques that limit or decrease:

  
  a. any harm to the individual

  
  b. the need for major repairs, restoration, and/or replacement of campus environmental landscapes, all of which would upset the basic aesthetic of the campus and the community

  
  2. All environmental interventions should follow a continuum, starting from the gentlest and least invasive before proceeding to the next level.

  
  3. While economic factors sometimes necessitate certain courses of action, economics alone should not have primacy over social or environmental concerns

  Misson:

  The Campus B & P Committee seeks to empower our community by connecting us to our past heritage and by honoring our future with a sense of stewardship for the long-term health of our campus ecosystems, built environment, and human communities.

  Purpose:

  The Campus Beautification and Preservation Committee reports to the President’s Administrative Council and is responsible for the following:

  1. Makes recommendations as to how the interior and exterior environments on campus can be improved, with respect for our past and a vision for the future health of our campus communities.

  2. Engages members of the university community in dialogue, research, and actions promoting awareness of place and a sense of stewardship.

  3. Advances sustainable and regenerative practices for changes in natural and undeveloped locations on campus.

  4. Provides timely historic preservation review of and comment on projects affecting buildings fifty years and older. 

  5. Contributes to the review of drafts of new building construction or campus renovations while those projects are in the design phase.

  6. Consults on the selection, placement, and care of fine art including sculpture and the installation of murals.

• Membership

  Position and Term Length	Name	Term Expires
  College of Visual & Performing Arts Representative** (2 years)	Michael Covello	8/2026
  Graduate Faculty Representative** (2 years)	Gwendolyn Yoppolo, Chair	8/2026
  College of Education Representative** (2 years)	Nicole Johnson	8/2027
  College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Representative** (2 years)	Robert Reynolds	8/2027
  College of Business Representative** (2 years)	Liaoliao Li	8/2027
  Professional Staff Representative** (2 years)	Jane Boyer	8/2027
  Director, Facilities Management designee	Will Meeker	*
  Director of University Galleries	Karen Stanford	*
  AFSCME Representative (2 years)	Veronique Vlaun	8/2027
  Student Representative elected by Student Government Board	Allison Kessler	8/2026

  * Indefinite Term of Office
  ** Appointed by Committee on Committees

• Mission & Bylaws
  1. MISSION: The Campus B & P Committee seeks to empower our community byconnecting us to our past heritage and by honoring our future with a sense ofstewardship for the long-term health of our campus ecosystems, built environment,and human communities.
  2. PURPOSE: The Campus Beautification and Preservation Committee reports to the
     President’s Administrative Council and is responsible for the following:
     1. Makes recommendations as to how the interior and exterior environments on
        campus can be improved, with respect for our past and a vision for the future
        health of our campus communities.
     2. Engages members of the university community in dialogue, research, and
        actions promoting awareness of place and a sense of stewardship.
     3. Advances sustainable and regenerative practices for changes in natural and
        undeveloped locations on campus.
     4. Provides timely historic preservation review of and comment on projects
        affecting buildings fifty years and older. 
     5. Contributes to the review of drafts of new building construction or campus
        renovations while those projects are in the design phase.
     6. Consults on the selection, placement, and care of fine art including sculpture
        and the installation of murals. 
  3. COMPOSITION AND TERMS OF APPOINTMENT
     1. Composition
        1.  Graduate Faculty Representative
        2. College of Visual and Performing Arts Representative
        3. College of EducationRepresentative
        4. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Representative
        5. College of Business Representative
        6. Professional Staff Representative
        7. AFSCME Representative
        8. Student Representative elected by the Student Government Board
        9. University Galleries and Community Outreach designee (permanent
           member)
        10. Facilities Management designee (permanent member)
     2. Terms of Appointment
        1. Student Representative shall be appointed each September
        2. College and Graduate Faculty representatives to be appointed by
           the Committee on Committees onastaggered two-yearterm starting
           in Fall by the following groups.
           1. Graduate Faculty Representative, College of Visual and Performing
              Arts Representative and College of Education Representative.
           2. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Representative, College of
              Business Representative and Professional StaffRepresentative.
           3. The AFSCME representative is to be appointed by the union in August
              every two years.
        3. Election of Officers
           1. Chair-elect shall be elected at the last meeting in the Spring.
           2. After serving one academic year as chair-elect, the Chair-elect
              will transition into the chair position for a one-year term.
           3. RecordingSecretary shall be elected at the first meeting in the Fall.
  4. MEETINGS
     1. Meetings are generally held monthly but the Chair may cancel one
        meeting due to a lack of material to cover. The Committee is required to
        meet the following month if one meeting is skipped.
  5. VOTING
     1. Whenever possible the Committee operates by consensus.
     2. If votingisnecessaryaquorumofsixofthetenmembersofthe Committee
        must be present.
  6. AGENDA: The agenda shall consist of the following order of priority
     (recommended):
     1. Call to Order
     2. Approval of Minutes
     3. Announcements
     4. Old Business
     5. New Business
     6. Adjournment
  7. RULES OF ORDER
     1. Robert’s Rules of Order will govern the committee’s procedures in all cases
        where applicable.
     2. A quorum will consist of a simple majority of voting members of the full
        committee.
     3.  In order to have a vote, there must be a quorum.
     4. Amendment of the Bylaws shall require a two-thirds majority of the voting
        membership.

  
  Revised February 2023
  Admin Council Approval 

• Meeting Times

  Fourth Thursday of the month at 11 a.m.

• Agenda & Minutes

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