Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.05
Liaison Juliana Goodlaw-Morris
Submission Date June 30, 2017
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STARS v2.1

California State University, San Marcos
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.47 / 4.00 Juliana Goodlaw-Morris
Sustainability Manager
Safety, Risk and Sustainability
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Number of students enrolled for credit (headcount):
13,144

Total number of students enrolled for credit that are served (i.e. directly targeted) by a student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program (avoid double-counting to the extent feasible):
1,530

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer educator program:
11.64

1st Program 

Name of the student educators program:
Resident Advisory Sustainability Committee

Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount):
1,530

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities:
A resident advisory sustainability committee was developed in Fall 2015-2016. The RA's on this committee work within housing to do programming on sustainability. They work with all the other committees to ensure that sustainability is a part of the different programs happening across housing. One example of this is for all events that include food (movie nights, midnight snacks etc.) students that bring their reusable mugs, plates, silverware get to jump to the front of the line.

A brief description of how the student educators are selected:
Resident Advisors have to be a part of one of the committees. The RA's self-select the committee of their choice. Most members of this committee tend to be environmental studies/biology majors.

A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach:
The Sustainability Manager and Recycling Coordinator conduct a training at the beginning of the year with the RAs focused on sustainability and waste management. Throughout the year, they request different trainings or support focused on different aspects of sustainability.

A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination):
Support is offered via training. In addition, the RAs are given a small budget to host events.

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2nd Program

Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
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Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (2nd program):
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A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (2nd program):
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A brief description of how the student educators are selected (2nd program):
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A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (2nd program):
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A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination) (2nd program):
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3rd Program 

Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
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Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (3rd program):
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A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (3rd program):
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A brief description of how the student educators are selected (3rd program):
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A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (3rd program):
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Additional Programs 

A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs, including the number of students served and how student educators are selected, trained, and supported by the institution:
Our sustainability club does a lot of peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs. There are 30 active club members and they do outreach to approximately 500 students per year through their different events and training programs.

Optional Fields 

Total number of hours student educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually (all programs):
100

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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