| Overall Rating | Gold |
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| Overall Score | 68.91 |
| Liaison | Susan Powers |
| Submission Date | April 10, 2024 |
Clarkson University
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.07 / 4.00 |
Susan
Powers Director of the Institute for a Sustainable Environment ISE |
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Number of students enrolled for credit:
3,233
Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
2,022
Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
62.54
Name of the student educators program (1st program):
Sustainability Internship Program
A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
We typically have 8-10 student sustainability interns and one funded MS student. Peer education and outreach across campus is their main responsibilities. The interns work 6-10 hours per week through the semester while the funded MS student works 20 hours. Their tasks change based on the skill sets of the individual student and the priorities of the campus sustainability committee. Some examples of some of the activities they have carried out recently include distributing recycling information to all incoming and current students, going door to door training campus apartment residents about food waste collection, teaching proper waste separation in-person to students in the dining halls, coordinating sustainability events/programs throughout the academic year, outreach for our campus move-out program (promoted to off-campus students as well), improving biodiversity on campus by inviting students to work on grounds (planting wildflowers, removing invasive species, planting trees), leading food waste audits, and coordinating the Knight Rider Bike rental program which is promoted to all students.
The sustainability interns are trained by the sustainability staff in the office as well as trained by the current/senior interns. This allows students to learn about the projects and programs from multiple perspectives and gain a more holistic and broad knowledge.
The sustainability interns are trained by the sustainability staff in the office as well as trained by the current/senior interns. This allows students to learn about the projects and programs from multiple perspectives and gain a more holistic and broad knowledge.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
All residential students attending the Potsdam campuses are targeted through our Sustainability internship program's outreach. Graduate students on the Potsdam campus are also targeted.
Number of trained student educators (1st program):
8
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
28
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
7
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
1,568
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):
Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
Food to Energy Project
A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):
Students enroll in a course (MP210) that is part of a project on campus called the Food to Energy Project. Along with creating and implementing lessons on food waste in local middle and high schools, students enrolled in the course also work to educate the Clarkson and local community about the problem with food waste and solutions to it. In the Spring of 2021, students in the class specifically focused on creating instagram posts, buttons, brochures and a survey to understand student knowledge on food waste. The students also helped organize two events that educated the student body, one with the help of the Residential Life on campus and another at an Open House event.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
Clarkson Potsdam campus students, larger Potsdam community, and incoming students
Number of trained student educators (2nd program):
3
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (2nd program):
15
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (2nd program):
6
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (2nd program):
270
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (2nd program):
Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
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A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
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Number of trained student educators (all other programs):
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Number of weeks, on average, the student educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
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Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators (all programs):
1,838
Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.91
Website URL where information about the student sustainability educators programs is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
*Data from FY22
Students impacted by student educator peer to peer programs includes all residential students.
* First year students - Interns provide hallway sustainability bulletin boards
* Apartment dwellers - information and goals of Food waste collection program are communicated to all apartment dwellers, many of these students then participate.
* All residential students - value and opportunities to participate in Take it or Leave it end of year material goods collection and redistribution program are communicated.
An unknown number of graduate students at the Potsdam campus are also impacted and educated through the take it or leave it program. This number is not quantifiable and not included here.
Students impacted by student educator peer to peer programs includes all residential students.
* First year students - Interns provide hallway sustainability bulletin boards
* Apartment dwellers - information and goals of Food waste collection program are communicated to all apartment dwellers, many of these students then participate.
* All residential students - value and opportunities to participate in Take it or Leave it end of year material goods collection and redistribution program are communicated.
An unknown number of graduate students at the Potsdam campus are also impacted and educated through the take it or leave it program. This number is not quantifiable and not included here.
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