| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 58.58 |
| Liaison | Margaret Lo |
| Submission Date | July 14, 2022 |
Ball State University
EN-2: Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.80 / 2.00 |
Samantha
Ray Associate Director of Orientation and New Student Enrollment Undergraduate Admissions |
Are the following students provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability?:
| Yes or No | |
| First-year students | Yes |
| Transfer students | Yes |
| Entering graduate students | No |
Percentage of all entering students that are provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability:
A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation :
Students starting in Summer and Fall 2021 were required to participate in either a in-person or virtual orientation experience. The following aspects of the orientation program prominently highlighted sustainability:
All on-campus student affairs departments include information about and are able to answer questions about their sustainability initiatives for incoming students and their families. As part of all in-person and virtual orientation, presenters made note of where students could access additional resources electronically. Specific departments provided information about their sustainability initiatives students can participate in during their time as a student. Housing & Dining shared how students can recycle while on campus. Dining also expanded on sustainable on-campus dining, including using locally produced food and certified sustainable seafood, recycling waste oils, composting coffee grounds, distributing reusable bags, and donating about 25,000 pounds of wholesome leftovers to local charities each year. The Office of Student Life also presented on their 400+ student organizations, including several which promote sustainability initiatives.
Almost all information about orientation was sent electronically via email, texting, and phone application messaging. Each incoming student was provided a paper orientation handbook with campus resources and a paper advising handbook. Printing of materials was drastically cut down from previous years by: no longer mailing invitations and confirmation brochures to incoming students, providing all campus resource flyers electronically, eliminating paper advertisement given to students from the Daily News, and eliminating the need for plastic bags to carry all of this printed information.
Virtual orientation included: pre-recorded videos on a orientation resource website (for incoming students and their families) and virtual academic advising appointments (for incoming students).
Almost all information for orientation leader student staff training was done electronically, eliminating the need for resource binders and printed information.
Submitted by Samantha Ray (saray2@bsu.edu) on 1/31/2022.
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