Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.69
Liaison Margaret Lo
Submission Date Dec. 16, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Ball State University
EN-6: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 3.00 Peggy Weis
Secretary to the Director
CERES
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Does the institution administer or oversee an ongoing faculty/staff peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
No

Total number of employees:
3,417

Name of the employee educators program (1st program) :
Decisions for Sustainability - The BSU Story

Number of employees served by the program (1st program):
3,417

A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (1st program):

Every November, the Learning & Development department of the university provides briefings on the BSU sustainability enterprise.


A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive (1st program):

Professor Koester is a LEED certified professional provides a PowerPoint presentation on the history and planned next steps in university sustainability.


A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (1st program):

Facilitator, Robert J. Koester, is a long-time Ball State Professor of Architecture whose teachings include Design-for-Sustainability and who leads informational sessions on sustainability for employees of the university; staff participate as part of their paid time.


The website URL where information about the program is available (1st program):
Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):
Council on the Environment Green Initiatives Specialist

Number of employees served by the program (2nd program):
3,417

A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (2nd program):

This position is appointed by the Provost.


A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive (2nd program):

Dr. John Vann has a long history of teaching sustainability in business as well as an activist for sustainability.


A brief description of the financial or other support the institution provides to the program (2nd program):

Supported by the Council on the Environment.


The website URL where information about the program is available (2nd program):
Name(s) of the employee educator program(s) (all other programs):
N/A

Number of employees served by all other programs:
0

A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (all other programs):

N/A


A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive (all other programs):

N/A


A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program(s) (all other programs):

N/A


The website URL where information about the program(s) is available (all other programs):
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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