Colgate University Sustainability

STUDIO: IN-HOUSE

SCOPE:

iconography
publication design
data visualization
event marketing
social media

DATE: 2018–2020

Over my years at Colgate University, I have worked on many projects with the Sustainability Department.

From producing their annual reports and aiding in numerous events, to launching a communication campaign highlighting the University’s efforts toward reaching carbon neutrality, this page illuminates some of the great work we’ve accomplished together.

Carbon Neutrality Communications

Colgate University pledged to be carbon neutral by 2019. Many efforts to improve campus energy, consumption, and infrastructure have been made, but to bridge the gap, Colgate committed to purchasing carbon offsets. To engage students, staff, faculty, and community members, we launched a campaign that aimed to inform and ask for input from these constituents.

I created a set of icons and illustrations that represent elements of campus and our sustainability features. This icon set is used in the timeline to the left that illustrates our past, present, and future of Colgate’s sustainability efforts. These were printed out as flipbooks and placed around campus. The icon set was also featured in a class, where students commemorated our carbon neutrality with a mural.

SCHEDULE ON THE COLGATE MOBILE APP:

NYCSHE 2018 State of Sustainability

Colgate University was the host of the 2018 New York Coalition for Sustainability in Higher Education (NYCSHE) Conference in 2018, which welcomes professionals from all across New York state. Working with many colleagues across campus and our sponsors, I created a digital program, session schedule through the Colgate mobile app, social media materials, and volunteer t-shirts.