"We're not trying to change the world here, just our part of it," says Graham Spanier, president of Penn State.
The school's commitment is embodied in a program called the Environmental Stewardship Initiative. Managed by Steve Maruszewski, deputy associate vice president for the Office of Physical Plant and comprised of a team of 10 managers and directors that cuts across university functions, the Initiative has as one of its objectives to move the university toward more sustainable practices.