California State University, Stanislaus
EN-2: Student Orientation

During New Student Orientation's Campus Showcase sessions, the Sustainability Program provides education about the importance of the use of refillable water bottles, the CSUs plastic bag/straw/water bottle ban, the university's recycling program, and ways to reduce/reuse paper. Tabling also includes a Climate Crisis Challenge to educate incoming students about the causes of climate change and how they can personally reduce their GHG emissions. This educational outreach is supported by providing every student with an aluminum water bottle and an academic planner, containing important campus information, in place of the traditional orientation booklet. Reusable straws are provided as giveaway items by other campus departments during tabling. In support of paper reduction, evaluations of students have been converted to an online format. New Student Orientation includes sessions on financial wellness, navigating college as a first generation student, disability resource services, health and wellness, and diversity and inclusion.