| Overall Rating | Bronze |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 34.48 |
| Liaison | Rebecca Jones |
| Submission Date | Feb. 9, 2022 |
Austin College
PRE-2: Points of Distinction
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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N/A |
Rebecca
Jones Coordinator Center for Environmental Studies |
Name of the institution’s featured sustainability program, initiative, or accomplishment:
A brief description of the institution’s featured program, initiative, or accomplishment:
More than 11,000 Grayson County area schoolchildren and their teachers have visited Austin College’s 100-acre Clinton and Edith Sneed Environment Research Area and Prairie Restoration, land donated to the College in 1984. The field trips are led by Austin College students. Each visiting child receives a field notebook and a sharpened pencil; they spend their trip trekking through the prairie as they engage in environmental experiments, conversations, and games that teach the significances of the endangered Texas Blackland Prairie ecosystem, regional history, and the potential of ecosystem restoration. Materials are provided to teachers for pre- and post-visit lessons. College faculty and staff have given numerous talks on the project to local organizations and landowners.
Which of the following impact areas does the featured program, initiative, or accomplishment most closely relate to?:
Website URL where more information about the accomplishment may be found:
STARS credit in which the featured program, initiative, or accomplishment is reported (if applicable):
A photograph or document associated with the featured program, initiative, or accomplishment:
Name of a second highlighted sustainability program/initiative/accomplishment:
A brief description of the second program/initiative/accomplishment:
Which impact areas does the second program/initiative/accomplishment most closely relate to?:
Website URL where more information about the second program/initiative/accomplishment may be found:
STARS credit in which the second program/initiative/accomplishment is reported (if applicable):
A photograph or document associated with the second program/initiative/accomplishment:
Name of a third highlighted program/initiative/accomplishment:
A brief description of the third program/initiative/accomplishment:
Which impact areas does the third program/initiative/accomplishment most closely relate to?:
Website URL where more information about the third program/initiative/accomplishment may be found:
STARS credit in which the third program/initiative/accomplishment is reported (if applicable):
A photograph or document associated with the third program/initiative/accomplishment:
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