Sustainability @Rowan

Welcome to the Sustainability @Rowan home page, where you can find information about Rowan University's efforts to reduce our environmental impact. We aim to accomplish this through our own activities and campus operations, and also by offering classes and degree programs to educate and inspire the next generation of sustainability professionals. We have a variety of sustainability degree programs at the moment, each with a vibrant student and faculty community. We also have several campus centers dedicated to sustainability topics, including the Sustainable Facilities Center and the Rowan Center for Responsible Leadership.

In 2025, we launched the Rowan University Sustainability Council (RUSC), a multi-stakeholder university body intended to serve as a primary vehicle for the coordination, advancement, and tracking of sustainability activities and policies across the university and campus community. Key goals of the RUSC include:

• Promoting sustainability-related teaching, learning, and research.
• Supporting long-term greening of campus activities and operations.
• Encouraging a culture of sustainability among Rowan community members.
• Collecting data for reporting and planning purposes.

Rowan University is a proud member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), and the Rohrer College of Business is an original signatory to the United Nation's Principles for Responsible Management Education.

If you are a Rowan student, faculty, or staff, you can join several sustainability-related email lists.

Sustainability Events at Rowan List: The purpose of this list is to provide a venue for exchanging information about sustainability related activities or events at Rowan University. All faculty, staff, and students, as well as alumni and public constituencies, are welcome to be part of this list serv. Subscribe via the link or by messaging sympa@listmanager.rowan.edu with the words "subscribe environment-events" in the subject line (without the quotation marks!).

Sustainability Teaching and Research (STAR) List: The STAR list is designed as a platform for conversation between and among Rowan University faculty and professional staff who are interested in sustainability issues. Restricted to Rowan faculty and professional staff, the list hosts sustainability-related conversations and helps accelerate collaborations. Subscribe via the link or by contacting the moderator Broad@Rowan.edu.