Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.05
Liaison Ellie Perry
Submission Date Feb. 15, 2023

STARS v2.2

California State University, Dominguez Hills
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.28 / 4.00 Ellie Perry
Sustainability Manager
Facilities Services
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Number of students enrolled for credit:
16,916

Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
2,410

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
14.25

Name of the student educators program (1st program):
Sustainability Club- Volunteer Internship Program

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

Through the Sustainability Club, student volunteer interns conduct peer-to-peer outreach activities as part of an annual academic year campaign schedule including October's Sustainability Month, March's Race to Reduce Month, and Earth Day.

Activities for these outreach campaigns are all focused on engaging student peers, and activities range from traditional tabling to educate students on how to "go green", support for green careers at job fair events, organizing service-days to gain an appreciation for native gardens, and much more.

Volunteer interns are required to conduct mandatory peer-peer engagement activities to help educate fellow students on sustainability concepts with associated hour requirements in order to receive credit for the internship.

All interns log outreach numbers/participants as part of every event and peer-peer outreach activity in order to calculate impact and effectiveness.

As part of their internship requirements, they must undergo Sustainability 101 and Communications 101 training which explains sustainability principles as well as community-based social marketing techniques for educating their peers on sustainability behaviors.


A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):

These outreach activities are designed to engage mostly students on campus, with some efforts dedicated towards Housing residents specifically, and others to the campus community as a whole (passersby, faculty, staff).


Number of trained student educators (1st program):
6

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
30

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
5

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
900

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):
Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
College Corps- Sustainability Educators

A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):

Three College Corps fellows are assigned to the Office of Sustainability to conduct peer-peer outreach and education on sustainability topics.

These "interns" are required to conduct mandatory peer-peer engagement activities to help educate fellow students on sustainability concepts with associated hour requirements in order to receive credit for their College Corps fellowship.

All interns log outreach numbers/participants as part of every event and peer-peer outreach activity in order to calculate impact and effectiveness.

As part of their internship requirements, they must undergo Sustainability 101 and Communications 101 training which explains sustainability principles as well as community-based social marketing techniques for educating their peers on sustainability behaviors.


A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):

These outreach activities are designed to engage mostly students on campus, with some efforts dedicated towards Housing residents specifically, and others to the campus community as a whole (passersby, faculty, staff).


Number of trained student educators (2nd program):
5

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (2nd program):
30

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (2nd program):
10

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (2nd program):
1,500

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 the student educators program (3rd program):
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A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (3rd program):
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Number of trained student educators (3rd program):
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Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (3rd program):
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Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (3rd program):
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Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (3rd program):
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Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (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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Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per student educator (all other programs) :
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Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (all other programs):
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Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators (all programs):
2,400

Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
1.00

Website URL where information about the student sustainability educators programs is available:
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