Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.38
Liaison Laurie Husted
Submission Date June 12, 2014
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STARS v2.0

Bard College
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 4.00 Laurie Husted
Sustainability Manager
Bard Office of Sustainability (BoS)
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Does the institution coordinate one or more ongoing student, peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs that meet the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

Number of degree-seeking students enrolled at the institution:
1,800

Name of the student educators program (1st program):
EcoReps

Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (1st program):
1,350

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (1st program):

EcoReps promote residence hall sustainability, including maintaining recycling/reuse/compost stations(and EcoBoxes), creating educational pieces, helping PCs with programming and volunteering for campus life sustainability efforts including Recyclemania and CCN.


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

EcoReps are volunteers who self identify before the academic year begins. Peer Counselors are considered the EcoReps until a suitable replacement is identified.


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

We hold an Orientation meeting for PCs and EcoReps before the year starts. All EcoReps have required reading and are asked to attend a Social Marketing workshop in the Fall.


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

The EcoRep Program is funded out of BoS on an as-needsed basis. The budget is $500


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Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
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Name(s) of the student educator program(s) (all other programs):
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Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by all other student educator programs:
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Total number of hours student educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually:
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The website URL for the peer-to-peer student outreach and education program(s):
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