Dear Infrastructure and Sustainability team,
As I walked through our bustling campus with the start of classes, I couldn’t help but smile and be energized as the return of our students added new vibrancy that has been sorely missed over the past 18 months. Similarly, I'm grateful that I got the opportunity to see and talk to many of you at the Buffs Back Together event on Farrand Field, in the shop spaces and in various other parts of the campus over the last several weeks. I thoroughly enjoyed catching up with so many of you and want to again thank you for all you do for the university.
In many ways, our Infrastructure and Sustainability team has a chance to make a profound and lasting impact on the future of our campus over the coming academic year. We’ll begin implementation of our Energy Master Plan, which along with the upcoming update to our Climate Action Plan, will set CU Boulder on a course toward carbon neutrality by 2050.
I am also excited about working with our new campus architect, d’Andre Willis -- about whom you can read more below -- as we begin the detailed work of implementing the capital investment plan outlined in the Campus Master Plan (CMP). The CMP will go to the Board of Regents for approval in the coming months. It ties together many building block efforts -- Strategic Facilities Visioning, our Transportation Master Plan and Housing Master Plan among them -- to map out land use on our campus for the next 30 years, with a particular focus on the projects that can make the most impact over the next 10. The work each of you does will support the implementation of this vital initiative to ensure future generations of students and researchers are set up for success through access to world-class facilities.
As we look to the future, we can’t forget about the challenges of managing COVID-19 now. We must all be diligent in continuing to turn back the virus that impacted our lives so drastically over the past 18 months. I’d like to remind everyone to complete your vaccination requirement -- either through submitting proof of vaccination or exemption information -- as soon as possible but no later than the campus deadline of Sept. 15. If you have not already done so, please visit the faculty and staff vaccination requirement webpage for instructions. Completing this one simple step will help enable all of the important work ahead this year.
With gratitude for all you do,
David Kang, vice chancellor for infrastructure and sustainability
