Sustainability
We do sustainability differently. At Dickinson, you will discover a community that examines actions and questions through the lens of sustainability. It’s integrated into the academic programs, visible in daily student life, crucial to campus operations and prominent in our vision for the future. Dickinson’s commitment to sustainability initiatives is authentic and deeply rooted in our historic mission to provide a useful liberal-arts education. Our commitment, executed on both a small and large scale, locally and globally, positions Dickinson and its graduates for engaged leadership as they confront the most pressing challenges of the 21st century. The Dickinson community has developed a culture of sustainability that welcomes you to bring your own ideas to lead, inspire others and make a change.
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Students are critical participants in advancing sustainability. FUELING THE CAMPUS Students at our Biodiesel Shop convert waste vegetable oil to biodiesel, a clean, renewable fuel that powers Dickinson’s farm equipment and other machinery and produces zero net emissions of climate-changing gases.
PROTECTING OUR WATERS Student staffers of Dickinson’s award-winning Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM) work with community organizations across the Northeast to apply science to monitor water quality and improve watershed management.
BIKING AT DICKINSON Dickinsonians pedal around campus and explore Carlisle on college-owned red bikes and green bikes. Green bikes are rebuilt at The Handlebar, a student-managed bicycle co-op on campus.
LIVING IN THE TREEHOUSE Fourteen students make their home in the Center for Sustainable Living (Treehouse) and limit their energy, water and other resource use. It is the first student residence in Pennsylvania to earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification.
FARMING FOR THE FUTURE Student farmers and community volunteers grow organic vegetables and raise free-range livestock on the USDA certified-organic College Farm. Food from the College Farm contributes to feeding the campus community, and waste gets sent back to the farm to be composted and used to improve the soil and grow more food—cutting in half the volume of waste sent to the landfill.
We combine study and exploration with action.
LIVING LABORATORY IN THE CLASSROOM Whatever your major, you will find opportunities to enrich your studies with courses that build knowledge and capabilities for creating a sustainable world. Eighty percent of the class of 2013 took one or more sustainability related courses in two years. Our students are seeking solutions to the challenges of improving the human condition for current and future generations, eradicating poverty and hunger, advancing social justice and protecting natural resources and living systems.
Hands-on learning opportunities abound. ALLARM, the Biodiesel Shop, buildings with advanced environmental designs, campus waste management and energy conservation programs, the certified-organic College Farm and renewable energy projects provide opportunities to experience, create and implement sustainable solutions.
LOCAL TO GLOBAL Students work with Carlisle organizations to protect local air and water quality and provide health, shelter, food and other community services. They assist communities across the state in monitoring the effects of natural gas development from Marcellus Shale. They engage in service-learning projects that range from promoting recycling in Cameroon to providing access to water in rural Tanzania.
Our global program provides a platform to study sustainability. GLOBAL SCIENCE
SUMMER IMMERSION
Dickinson students can study scientific principles and processes that underlie sound management of environmental systems and resources in semester and yearlong programs at the universities of Bremen, Germany; East Anglia, UK and Queensland, Australia, and the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Cape Cod, Mass.
Four-week summer programs focused on interdisciplinary field studies to explore environmental and sustainability problems are offered in Cameroon, China, Germany and Israel.
IN-DEPTH STUDY Many of the study-abroad programs are based at institutions that allow for study of cultural, social and policy aspects of sustainability. These include programs in Beijing, China; Bologna, Italy; Moscow, Russia; Toulouse, France; and YaoundĂŠ, Cameroon.
MOSAIC SEMESTERS Dickinson has pioneered semester programs, called Mosaics, in which students take two to four linked courses of focused study that include off-campus field research. Mosaics on watersheds, climate change, sustainable agriculture, natural hazards and natural history have taken students to the Chesapeake Bay, Denmark, the lower Mississippi Delta, Montserrat, the valleys and ridges of Pennsylvania, South Africa and Venezuela.
Bremen, Germany
Ever green with pride. Dickinson’s leadership in sustainability from campus operations to curriculum is gaining considerable national attention. Recently, Dickinson: • earned a STARS Gold Rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, which measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education • was named by Sierra magazine as second among the 10 “coolest schools” in the country for innovation and leadership in sustainability • was named one of the top colleges nationally for sustainability, according to The Princeton Review’s 2014 Green Rating Honor Roll. Of the 832 schools reviewed, only 22 were named to the Honor Roll. Dickinson was the only Pennsylvania school to qualify. • earned LEED gold certification for four buildings (Center for Sustainable Living, Rector Science Complex, Althouse Hall and the Waidner Admissions House) and is pursuing LEED certification on all new construction and campus renovation projects • received a $400,000 implementation grant from the Henry Luce Foundation’s Luce Initiative on Asia and the Environment to develop innovative approaches to Asian studies teaching and research through the lens of the environment and sustainability.
The facts. Dickinson is a premier four-year residential liberal-arts institution chartered in 1783 and widely recognized as a leader in global and sustainability education. We prepare our graduates to face the world’s challenges so they are always equipped and eager to collaborate with others to make an impact.
CAMPUS & FACILITIES
TUITION & FEES (’13-’14)
• 180-acre campus • 58 general and specialinterest housing facilities • 4 LEED-gold-certified buildings
• Tuition — $45,644 • Room & Board — $11,568 • Student Activities Fee — $450 AID • $39 million in grants awarded
ACADEMIC FEATURES • 10:1 student-faculty ratio • 17 student average class size • 42 majors plus minors, certificate programs, independent research • Army ROTC
in ’12-’13 • 66% of students receive merit or need-based aid ADMISSION & AID DEADLINES • Early Decision I – Nov. 15 • Early Action – Dec. 1 • Early Decision II – Jan. 15 • Regular Decision – Feb. 1
ENROLLMENT • 2,339 full-time students • 44 states and territories and 44 countries represented
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