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Looking for Ways to Help Your Company Go Green This Earth Day? Consider a University of Wisconsin Capstone Project

Enrollment for University of Wisconsin Online Bachelor’s Degree is up 36 Percent Across Four UW Campuses

Veteran among the First to Get Sustainable Management Degree

New Online Sustainable Management Bachelor's Degree Earns 2010 Chancellor's Award for Excellence

Enrollment Up 66% for UW Online Degree

Lessons from the Gulf: The American Public Believes Business Leaders Need to Be Well-Versed in Sustainability

University of Wisconsin- Extension Creates Certificates in Sustainable Management

Earth Day Returns to its Roots: Tia Nelson Blogs with University Students to Mark the 40th Earth Day

Sustainable Management Degree Earns Award for Outstanding Program

University of Wisconsin-Extension Releases Beta Version of Virtual Student Union

UW Campuses Add Courses to Accommodate Increased Enrollment in the Online Green Degree

New Degree Delivers Skilled Green Collar Job Prospects for Wisconsin

Fact Sheets

How a green degree works

The Sustainable Management degree takes the theories of sustainability and makes them applicable to current and future occupations. A core component of the curriculum is the concept of the Triple Bottom Line – the consideration of profit, people and planet in equal parts.

Why a green degree helps Wisconsin grow jobs and increase income

More Degrees = More Income: $25 BILLION

Green Collar Careers

A Green Collar manager understands the inseparable connections between profit, science, and community.

Sustainable Management Degree FAQ's

The Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Management degree is a new cuttingedge, online, undergraduate degree completion program that combines resources of five University of Wisconsin System institutions: UW-Extension, UWParkside, UW-River Falls, UW-Stout and UW-Superior.

Responses from the Industry

New program gets positive response from industry.

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Going Green

Three Years In, Sustainable Management Degree Doubles Enrollment Stephanie Lecci

Campus Connection: UW online degree program offering to help companies go green

Businesses and organizations that would like to become more sustainable are being offered a golden opportunity by an online degree program offered through a partnership of University of Wisconsin System institutions.

Enrollment for University of Wisconsin Online Bachelor's Degree is Up 36 Percent Across Four UW Campuses

The University of Wisconsin-Extension announced that fall 2011 course enrollments for the online Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Management degree are up 36 percent. This degree is offered jointly by four University of Wisconsin campuses--UW-Parkside, UW-River Falls, UW-Stout and UW-Superior. The Sustainable Management program is the first of several collaborative online bachelor's degrees being offered by the University of Wisconsin. Citing the results of a recent employer survey, the UW-Extension credits growing employer acceptance of online degrees as one of the reasons for the increase.

Duluthian Magazine - New Sustainable Management Bachelor's Degree Helps Managers Master the Triple Bottom Line.

The trend in business today is toward leaner and greener. Whether they want to reduce costs, meet changing regulations or cut their carbon footprint, many employers are looking for ways to adapt environmentally freindly practices.

To prepare managers who can lead the green trend, University of Wisconsin-Superior works with the University of Wisconsin-Extension in offering an online bachelor's degree in Sustainable Management.