Waste Management Institute

NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY VOLUME 23 NO. 22 • SUMMER 2018

INTERDISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC AFFILIATE UNITS

ANIMAL SCIENCESAGRICULTURAL EDUCATIONAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERINGBIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERINGBUSINESS MANAGEMENTCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

CHEMISTRYCIVIL ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCEBUILT ENVIRONMENT

CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTIONECONOMICS

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGHISTORY

FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCEINDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONSLIBERAL STUDIES

MATHEMATICSMECHANICAL ENGINEERING

NATURAL RESOURCESNURSING

POLITICAL SCIENCEPHYSICS

PSYCHOLOGYSOCIOLOGY/SOCIAL WORK

Interdisciplinary Waste Management Institute

Dr. Godfrey Uzochukwu, DirectorAcademic DeansDr. Beryl McEwen., ProvostDr. Harold L. Martin Sr., Chancellor

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UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

For the fifth consecutive year, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) was ranked among the top 7 percent of universities in the world for university sustainability according to Universitas Indonesia’s GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities.

Six hundred and nineteen universities were ranked in 2017. The Wageningen University and Research Center (Netherlands) was ranked as the world’s best green campus. N.C. A&T was ranked No. 14 overall and No. 4 in USA behind The University of California at Davis, The University of Connecticut and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The 2017 GreenMetric results were computed from information provided by universities online survey under six categories — infrastructure, energy and climate change (21 percent), waste management (18 percent), water usage (10 percent), transportation (18 percent) and education (18 percent).

The following units contributed information for the 2017 survey: Colleges, Facilities Department, Budget Office, Division of Research and Economic Development, Campus Enterprise, Office of Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness, University Farm and The Waste Management Institute (WMI).

“For the first time, N.C. A&T was ranked in the top 2 percent in the world for university sustainability,” said Dr. Godfrey Uzochukwu, director of the WMI. To achieve this ranking, academic and non academic units collaborated and worked together on sustainability challenges in the areas of infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste management, water usage, transportation and education. n

UI GreenMetric Ranks N.C. A&T In The Top Two Percent Globally for University Sustainability

NC 17 NADP site at N.C. A&T continues to track atmospheric deposition and its effects on the ecological systems. NC 17 site operates two monitoring networks (the National Trends Network, NTN) and Mercury Deposition Network (MDN). NADP data is critical to public safety, ecosystem services and environmental policies. N.C. A&T students are the site operators. n

(L-R) Raheem Outlaw (graduate student), Dr. Uzo and Precious Hairston (undergraduate student) at NADP NC 17 site at

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University

National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP)

UI Green Metric Ranking 1 National Atmospheric Deposition 1Certificate Recipients 2Environmental Workshop 3 Global Sustainability Workshop 3 Sustainability Leadership 4Noteworthy 4 WMI Affiliated Faculty 4Happy WMI Graduates 4

Dr. Uzochukwu and Rixon Campbell

Doris Maxwell

Jordan Smith Jones and Dr. Uzochukwu

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Fahad Mohammed Aldawsari Civil EngineeringBasel Nabil Alrish Chemical EngineeringTiwalope C. Anyansi MarketingTiffani Marie Aponte Industrial and Systems EngineeringDaniele Bwamba Food and Nutritional ScienceZakiyyah Brown Civil EngineeringRixon Tarikh Emeka Campbell BiologyAna A. Carrell Environmental StudiesJeffrey Ezugwu Industrial and Systems EngineeringJoel Ifeanyi Ezugwu Industrial and Systems EngineeringDarius Faison Architectural EngineeringAdelaide McCabe Henry Animal ScienceDarryl K. Jackson Jr. Criminal JusticeChristoper Johnson Chemical EngineeringJordan Michelle Smith Jones Environmental StudiesLucious Clay McEachin III Civil EngineeringNatalia Guarnizo Mendoza Chemical EngineeringQuincey Lewis Moffitt Environmental StudiesNwabata Adaeze Nnani Chemical EngineeringKourtney Eugenia Onyemize BiologyGabriel Pauling Chemical EngineeringYoVanna Solomon International StudiesChad Venable Staples Mechanical EngineeringQuenswayla Denise Story Food and Nutritional ScienceAdrew James Suber-Brown Agricultural BusinessKeenan Ross Thomas Environmental StudiesBrian James Ward Animal ScienceShonni Monet Wiggins Environmental StudieTrae Leimonte Rasean Wilson Industrial and Systems EngineeringDaniel Yaw Yankey Chemical Engineering

Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate Recipients

Students are addressing the convergence of physical sciences, social sciences, engineering, technology and life sciences for accelerating environmental solutions.

Graduating Students Receive Waste Management Certificates

Norbert Ayine Agana (Ph.D.) Electrical EngineeringEzekiel Isikhuemhen (M.S.) Agribusiness

Advanced Waste Management Certificate Recipients

Thirty graduating seniors (B.A./B.S.) and two graduate students (M.S./Ph.D.) received Waste Management Certificates in December 2017 and May 2018 at special ceremonies. The students completed their degree and certificate requirements. The keynote speakers were Dr. Mukta Jost, Vice Provost, Office of Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness in December 2017 and Hon. Secretary Michael Reagan, N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in May 2018. The Waste Management Certificate highlights the training of students in environmental sustainability, security and waste management issues and signals to employers that N.C. A&T graduates are ready to broadly advance waste management and sustainability in their fields. The certificate adds value to the undergraduate and graduate training at N.C. A&T. n

Student Round Table Discussion and Presentation of Waste Management Issues

Keynote Speakers

Hon. Michael Regan

Dr. Mukta Jost

Dr. Stephanie Luster Teasley

Dr. Linda Florence Callahan

Dr. Kelly Rowett James, Registrar

Tour of Landfill Gas Facility

Environmental and Waste Management Guest Speakers (Big Ideas and New Perspectives)• O’Brien & Gere Ltd

Site Remediation

• Waste Industries USA

Tour of Landfill Bio Gas

• Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Compliance

Environmental Security, Sustainability and Waste Management WorkshopPre-College Workshop on Environmental Security, Sustainability and Waste

Management was conducted for 33 high school students and teachers in June and

July 2017. The theme of the workshop was “Environmental Security and Waste

Management” highlighting challenging environmental security, sustainability and

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Hazmat Training at N.C. A&T - students and Greensboro Fire Department

Global Sustainability Workshops4th International UI GreenMetric Workshop at Semarang, IndonesiaDr. Godfrey A. Uzochukwu, director of NC A&T’s Interdisciplinary Waste Management Institute and lead professor for UI GreenMetric World University Sustainability Rankings, was an invited speaker at the 4th International UI GreenMetric University Sustainability Rankings Workshop which was held at the University of Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia on April 8-10, 2018. Dr. Uzochukwu represented N.C. A&T at the international workshop. The workshop addressed universities’ impact on achieving sustainable development and provided a forum to share best practices for improving university campuses in the areas of setting and infrastructure, energy and climate, transportation, waste management, water management and education. The University was ranked 14th overall in the world and 4th in USA for University Sustainability. The international workshop speakers and participants were university representatives from all over the world who have shown incredible performances in every criteria in UI GreenMetric. N.C A&T is a member of UI GreenMetric University Sustainability Ranking Network. n

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• City of Greensboro

Waste Reduction and Recycling

• Hackley and Associates

Ethics and Leadership

• Peace Corps

Global Environmental Issues

Career Paths for Graduates Who Received the WMI Certificates

MAJOR CAREER PATH

Animal Science Environmental Health and ScienceBiology Environmental BiologyBusiness Environmental BusinessChemistry Environmental ChemistryCommunication Environmental CommunicationConstruction Management Environmental SafetyCriminal Justice Environmental CrimesEconomics Environmental EconomicsEducation Environmental EducationEnvironmental Studies/Science Environmental Scientists/Consultants/SpecialistsEngineering Environmental EngineeringJournalism Environmental JournalismLandscape Architecture Environ Design/Visual Resource SpecialistMathematics Environmental Mathematics/StatisticsNursing Environmental Health/Occupational SafetyOccupational Safety and Health Environmental SafetyOther Environmental ConsultantsPhysics Environmental PhysicsPolitical Science Environmental Policy/PoliticsPsychology Environmental Psychology Sociology Environmental SociologySocial Work Environmental Social Justice

Workshops on Sustainable Infrastructure, Energy and Power, Transportation, Water Conservation, Waste Management and Education were conducted for students and teachers at St. Anthony’s High School and Mgbidi Technical School in Nigeria in June 2018. Students and teachers were encouraged to integrate sustainability into their activities. n

Workshops on Sustainable Infrastructure, Energy and Power, Transportation, Water Conservation, Waste Management and Education in Nigeria

UI Green Metric University Representatives at Semantang, Indonesia

INTERDISCIPLINARY WMI PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Felicia Anike, Ph.D. College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Niroj Aryal, Ph.D. College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Fafanyo Asiseh, Ph.D. College of Business and Economics

Kory Bennett, Ph.D. College of Engineering

Heather Colleran, Ph.D. College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Derome Dunn, Ph.D. College of Engineering

Godfrey Gayle, Ph.D. College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Louis Jackai, Ph.D. College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Ralph Noble, Ph.D. College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Robert Pyle, Ph.D. College of Science and Technology

George Robinson, Ph.D. College of Health and Human Sciences

Amy Schwartzott, Ph.D. College of Arts and Humanities

Mary Smith, Ph.D. College of Science and Technology

Stephanie Luster Teasley, Ph.D. College of Engineering

Godfrey Uzochukwu, Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Waste Management Institute

Tobin N Walton, Ph.D. College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Regina Williams, Ph.D. The Center for Academic Excellence

Ereka Williams, Ph.D. College of Education

Vereda Williams, Ph.D. College of Business & Economics

We welcome creative ideas that are suitable for inclusion in the EnviroNews. Send a brief summary of your ideas to: WMI, Carver Hall • 261 North Carolina A&T • Greensboro, NC 27411 • PHONE: 336 334-7030 • FAX: 336 334-7399 • Email: uzo@ncat.edu

North Carolina A&T State University is a land-grant

doctoral/research university and AA/EEO employer

From the Editorial Staff: For more information about the Waste Management Institute call, fax or write Director, Waste Management Institute, 1601 East Market Street, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411336 334-7030 • FAX 336 334-7399Email: uzo@ncat.edu

WMI Mission: Enhance awareness and understanding of waste problems and their management in our society and develop programs to improve the quality of life and protect the environment.

This newsletter is a publication of the Waste Management Institute of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. It is intended to increase the awareness of teachers, students, industry, government and community groups about environmental, sustainability and Waste Management issues.

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World Class WMI Affiliated Faculty

Happy WMI Graduates

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has a history of providing leadership in addressing sustainability issues such as infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste management, water usage, transportation and education through Colleges, Facilities Department, Budget Office, Division of Research and Economic Development, Campus Enterprise, Office of Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness, University Farm and Interdisciplinary Waste Management Institute (WMI). These collaborations have made the university a major contributor to understanding sustainability on a global scale. The University has taken advantage of Higher Education Sustainability Bill (The Higher Education Opportunity Act-P.L. 110-315) signed by President George W. Bush in 2008. In March 2011, Chancellor Harold Martin, Sr. launched a robust sustainability program and encouraged everyone to integrate sustainability into their daily operations. n

Sustainability Leadership at A&T

• Best performing professors and students are affiliated with WMI • Campus-wide resource for faculty and students • Awarded 2,115 WMI Certificates • Adding Value to degree programs • Facilitated top 2 percent (No. 14 overall) and No. 4 in USA rankings UI Green Metric – University Sustainability World Ranking for N.C. A&T • Selected No. 1 by the Environmental Careers Organization • Recognized by the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce as an innovative environmental program • Top 28 interdisciplinary institute/center in USA (2013 NCSE report - 360 were profiled) • Enhances student retention and graduation – scholarships and internships • Forum for Big Ideas – created EES PhD • Forum for

exchange of big ideas among students from different disciplines • Forum for exchange of big ideas among faculty members from different disciplines • Brings environmental industry leaders to campus • Promotes economic growth for the City of Greensboro through national conferences • Offers best interdisciplinary support courses • Promotes Big Ideas of Sustainability – Infrastructure, Energy and Power, Transportation, Water Conservation, Waste Management and Education.

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