Ithaca Receives Sustainability Grant

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This fall, HSBC Bank’s philanthropic division, HSBC in the Community (USA) Inc. Foundation awarded Ithaca College a $500,000 grant that will support the development of a new sustainability major and minor at the College.

In addition to these new academic programs (tentatively scheduled to begin in fall 2009), the grant will subsidize scholarships and fellowships,an internship and research fund for projects, and a scholar-in-residence program, and allow IC to offer more study-abroad opportunities like trips to the UN Climate Change Convention.

“This grant is an acknowledgment and affirmation of Ithaca College’s status as a frontrunner in the areas of environmental studies and sustainability,” says President Thomas R. Rochon. “It will allow us to take some important steps to enhance the academic component of these programs and further develop our partnerships and other outreach efforts with likeminded organizations and institutions locally, regionally, and nationally.”

The College was also recently recognized by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education by winning a campus sustainability leadership award.