University of Minnesota, Morris
University of Minnesota, Morris
Morris is an undergraduate, public, liberal arts college of 1700 students. Morris is located in Morris, Minnesota a town of 5,000 people. Morris was founded in 1960, but its history goes back over 100 years as an educational institution. Morris provides a personalized educational experience with the resources of a top-ten research school. Our goal is a renewable, sustainable education.
Morris has a goal of carbon neutrality and energy self-sufficiency by 2010. Morris is a charter signatory of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. Morris is building an integrated small-scale renewable energy platform and has an ongoing, aggressive multi-million dollar conservation approach - over half of the electricity at Morris is provided by a large 1.65MW wind turbine. Morris has built a first-of-a-kind biomass gasification reactor on campus. Students are engaged in a wide variety of sustainability-related research. Morris has a unique shared governance structure that engages students in resource decision-making. Morris is a founding member of Pride of the Prairie - one of the longest running local food initiatives in Minnesota higher education.
Morris student Tara Greiman one of two Minnesota students to win a Udall scholarship
Junior Tara Greiman, Dayton, is a recipient of the 2009 Udall Scholarship, one of only two students awarded who attend a Minnesota college. Greiman is the second Morris campus student to receive the Udall and the first to focus on environmental studies.
University of Minnesota, Morris and partners work to demonstrate new energy and building technologies
The University of Minnesota, Morris and the University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center work together to develop renewable energy initiatives and demonstrate new green building technologies and ideas. A website is available to learn more about these initiatives.
University of Minnesota, Morris finishes first year of new book club!
For the past year, University of Minnesota students, staff, faculty and citizens of Morris have joined in a conversation about the book, Plan B 3.0, by Lester Brown. This book served as a great template for asking hard questions and thinking more deeply about sustainability solutions.
University of Minnesota, Morris works to promote local foods with partners
Morris continues to develop relationships between farmers and consumers by celebrating with a meal of locally grown food.
Morris students lower their carbon footprint by bus-pooling
Students at the University of Minnesota, Morris had a vision that they could provide an environmentally feasible and an economically possible way for campus folks who need to travel to the Twin Cities on the weekend. They worked to make it happen.
University of Minnesota, Morris launches new biomass gasification curriculum with partners
University of Minnesota, Morris has been awarded a grant of $174,258 by the Renewable Energy Marketplace - Alliance for Talent Development (MNREM) initiative to develop a new curriculum in biomass gasification technology which will serve participants during an intensive three-week pilot to be offered in May 2009 on the Morris campus.