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1911 |
Connecticut College founded to provide higher educational opportunities for women |
Connecticut College Arboretum established |
1931 |
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1952 |
Bolleswood Natural Area designated for long-term ecological studies |
Human Ecology (now Environmental Studies) major first offered |
1969 |
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1969 |
Environmental Model Committee Established |
Campus wide recycling program begun (one of the first in the nation) |
1970 |
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1973 |
Unity House founded to support multicultural students |
Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment established |
1993 |
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Earth House formed |
1994 |
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1994 |
First Environmental Coordinator hired |
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1996 |
Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy established |
College signs carbon offset agreement with Reforest the Tropics |
1999 |
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2001 |
Renewable Energy Fund (now Sustainable Projects Fund) begun |
Sustainability Fellows Program initiated |
2012 |
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2012 |
New London Hall reopens after a green renovation and receives LEED Gold |
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2013 |
Office of Sustainability established |
Suzi Oppenheimer '56 Faculty Director of Sustainability appointed |
2014 |
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2016 |
First Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion hired |
Campus Sustainability Task Force convened |
2017 |
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2018 |
Connecticut College awarded Silver ranking from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education |
Connecticut College achieves Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education |
2021 |
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2022 |
Public commitment to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2030 |
Work begins on a new solar array planned for the south area of campus |
2023 |
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