Sustainability Council

Sustainability Council Members

The Sustainability Council at Southern Illinois University Carbondale provides recommendations and advice related to sustainability policies for the SIU campus. The Council is composed of ten members: four students, three faculty, and three staff, who are committed to advancing sustainability efforts on campus. Members apply to serve on the Council where they guide the vision of sustainability for SIU and make decisions regarding Green Fee distribution.

Students serve one-year terms while faculty and staff terms are two years.

All members are expected to attend every Sustainability Council meeting. Meetings are generally scheduled one time per month during the academic year. In addition, there are other committee responsibilities. Note that all students serve on the Green Fund Committee, which includes an extensive time commitment. Former Green Fund Committee student members have commented, however, that the skills developed as a part of this commitment are invaluable.

Interested students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend a Sustainability Council meeting to determine if they would like to apply and can submit an application at any time for future consideration.

The STUDENT membership application is available here. Students from any area of study are welcome to apply!
The FACULTY membership application is available here.
The STAFF membership application is available here.
Completed membership applications should be emailed to greenfund@siu.edu with "Sustainability Council Application" in the subject line.

The Council’s Operating Papers can be found here.

Contact Information

Please contact greenfund@siu.edu with questions, comments.

Council Members
Name	Membership	Department	Term Began/Begins
Marsden Fisher	Undergraduate Student	Zoology, Pre-Vet Concentration	Spring 2023
Chaya Rice	Undergraduate Student	Geography & Environmental Resources	Spring 2024
Morgan Schmitt	Undergraduate Student	Geography & Environmental Resources	Spring 2024
Mandeep Redhu	Graduate Student	Agricultural Sciences	Spring 2024
	Faculty	VACANCY!!
Joseph Ragnanese	Faculty	School of Automotive Technology	Spring 2023
Dr. Sangmin Shin	Faculty	Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering	Fall 2023
John Donoghue	Staff	CALPS – Deans Office, University Farms	Fall 2024
Elizabeth Donoghue	Staff	University Honors Program	Fall 2022
Krish Marshall	Staff	Exploratory Student Advisor- Saluki Success Initiative	Spring 2023

Note: If there are two dates listed under "Term Began," the first refers to the first appointment on the council and the second refers to the start of the member's most recent term.

Terms officially begin at the start of the fiscal year. However, because the Sustainability Council does not regularly meet in the summer, terms are noted here as beginning in the fall semester. If spring semesters are noted, it is because the member completed/is completing the term of a prior member.

Schedule for Council Meetings

Meetings are hosted Mondays, once every 5 weeks in the Student Center Wabash Room from 4:00PM-5:30PM.

Fall 2024

Monday, September 23rd

Other dates will be added soon!