California State University, Stanislaus
EN-3: Student Life

Eco-Warriors is a sustainability club, open to all students at Stan State, with a mission to promote sustainable practices and environmental awareness through service and peer education. Eco-Warriors strives to empower students to participate and take up environmental activities and projects on campus and the local community. They are committed to developing an outlook to help students obtain a set of values and feelings of concern for the environment and the motivation for actively participating in environmental improvement and protection. More information may be found at: https://csustan.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/ecowarriors

The Agriculture Department offers on-campus delivery to offices for CSU Stan customers and for customers within a 5-mile radius from campus of fruits and vegetables grown in the university's sustainable garden.

For more information, go to: https://www.csustan.edu/agriculture/sustainable-garden/stanfresh-csa

The University Student Center's Mission Statement is as follows:
"The University Student Center of California State University, Stanislaus is the hub of campus life. As a not-for-profit organization, our mission is to provide quality facilities, services and programs to complement and enhance the academic experience. The Student Center is designed to create a sense of belonging, a welcoming environment, and a safe space for students, faculty, staff, alumni and the community."

Vision Statement:
The University Student Center will strive to be the center of student life and student success by providing a student-centered gathering place for our diverse student population. We will commit to offering exceptional facilities, services, and programming to encourage student involvement and enhance student life at our university."

The Student Center's values include: PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY

"We are committed to conscientiously managing our human, natural, and material resources wisely by reviewing our facilities, programs and services to ensure we are following the appropriate sustainable practices. We aspire to increase awareness about sustainable practices that will reduce negative impacts on the environment."

More information may be found at: https://www.csustan.edu/asi-sc/university-student-center

In 2017, 2018, and 2019, the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences hosted a conference about "Community-Focused Social Justice Advocacy for the Central Valley: confronting social, political & environmental hazards to our personal & community health." More information is available at: https://www.csustan.edu/social-justice-conference.

As part of the university's efforts to raise awareness about the climate crisis, in 2018 and 2019, the Stanislaus State chapter of the national history honor society, Phi Alpha Theta, sponsored a Climate Crisis Symposium. "Stan State professors and outside speakers delivered presentations on various aspects of the present and future crisis, including its effects on society and the natural world, who will be hit the hardest and what all of us can do about it." More information is available at: https://www.csustan.edu/climate-crisis-symposium/speakers-presenters.

Indigenous Peoples Day is a holiday that commemorates Indigenous Peoples of the U.S. and beyond. Indigenous Peoples Day is a growing social movement that brings to light Indigenous cultural preservation and revitalization. The holiday is observed in various cities and states throughout the country. For the past three years, at Stanislaus State, we have celebrated the Indigenous Peoples Day holiday with a series of events that include speakers and communities who came together to learn, share, and appreciate historical and contemporary cultures of Indigenous peoples. The 2019 theme was “Indigenous Sustainability: Protecting Land, Water, Human, and More than Human Kinships.” More information is available at: https://www.csustan.edu/article/stan-state-hosts-third-annual-indigenous-peoples-days.

Two Sustainability Student Assistants are employed by the Sustainability Program to assist with data collection for STARS; to conduct outreach during tabling, New Student Orientations, and via social media; to assist with the creation of new programs such as the Green Office Program; and to identify and assist with campus initiatives including the transformation of campus recycling.