<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">Upon further discussion, I believe we will wait to make a press release to the public for the group but instead focus on inviting other institutions in Oklahoma and other individuals at your own target schools to become members of HESCO.
Please send me a list of contacts or universities you would like to invite to consortium or take it upon yourself to invite them. The finalized release is below:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Higher Education Sustainability Consortium of Oklahoma seeks members
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">OKLAHOMA CITY – The</span><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Higher Education Sustainability Consortium of Oklahoma (HESCO) invites institutions of higher education in Oklahoma to join the discussion and work collaboratively toward the common goal of
environmental sustainability. HESCO facilitates the free exchange of information, ideas, and experience.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">HESCO envisions a participatory alliance in which all institutions of higher education use their expertise and resources to make Oklahoma more sustainable. The consortium operates
by working collaboratively and celebrating the diversity of expertise among institutions. Consortium members tailor programs and policies to meet the individual needs of each campus in accordance with location, student body, faculty, and mission. HESCO plans
to showcase innovation and best practices among institutions for the advancement of all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">The Oklahoma State Facilities Energy Conservation Program, created earlier this year by Governor Mary Fallin, directs all state agencies and higher education institutions to cut
their energy costs by at least 20 percent by the year 2020. This is one of many objectives the consortium seeks to address.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">“HESCO has quickly become my favorite place for innovation and collaboration with my peers. I believe that this group will take on a leadership role in moving campus sustainability
forward,” said Tim Tillman, HESCO spokesman and University of Central Oklahoma Sustainability Coordinator.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">HESCO was founded by the mutual consensus of the following institutions that have shown a commitment to sustainable growth and the advancement of each of their campuses: University
of Central Oklahoma (UCO), Oklahoma State University – Oklahoma City (OSU-OKC), Oklahoma State University (OSU), Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC), Oklahoma City University (OCU), Oklahoma Christian University (OC), Southern Nazarene University (SNU),
Metro Technology Centers, and Francis Tuttle Technology Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">To join the consortium or for more information contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Tim Tillman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Sustainability Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">The University of Central Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">(405) 974-3526<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:ttillman2@uco.edu"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">ttillman2@uco.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ryan Bartnick<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office of Sustainability<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">City of Oklahoma City<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(405) 297-3645<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<HR>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the person to which it is addressed and may contain privileged and confidential information protected by law. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or e-mail, destroy this message and delete any copies held in your electronic files. Unauthorized use and/or re-disclosure may subject you to penalties under applicable state and federal laws.<BR>
</body>
</html>