Creating an advanced technology center at Santa Fe Community College is a long-time dream of President Sheila Ortego. The community of Santa Fe and the larger region have embraced renewable energy, water conservation, and sustainable practices making Santa Fe a unique community.

SFCC is located in the middle of Santa Fe County’s Community College Planning District. This special zoning was created to build sustainability into all future development in the area surrounding the college, with an emphasis on respect for the environment, community, connectedness, and economic development to provide jobs close to neighborhoods. The city of Santa Fe also adopted an economic development plan in 2004 which includes the goal of establishing Santa Fe as a leader in renewable energy.

The academic programs of the Sustainable Technologies Center are part of SFCC’s overarching strategic objective to make the college a ‘green’ facility throughout, and to infuse sustainability across its curriculum with an emphasis on strong core Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. President Sheila Ortego is deeply committed to reducing the carbon footprint of SFCC and is an original signatory to the College and University President’s Climate Commitment.

For more information, please contact Lou Schreiber, 505.428.1617, lschreiber@sfccnm.edu.

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