| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 53.57 |
| Liaison | Noah Upchurch |
| Submission Date | March 3, 2023 |
Catawba College
EN-2: Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Noah
Upchurch Senior Sustainability Specialist Center for the Environment |
Are the following students provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability?:
| Yes or No | |
| First-year students | Yes |
| Transfer students | Yes |
| Entering graduate students | Yes |
Percentage of all entering students that are provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability:
A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation :
The College hosts a Sustainability Picnic event every year during orientation with the Office of the President and the Office of Student Affairs. The picnic immediately follows Convocation and is a zero-waste event that includes locally-sourced food options. Students and faculty are brought together through various sustainability-related tabling events. During the previous year's picnic, one table included the Fred Stanback Jr. Ecological Preserve Keeper informing students about the benefits of keeping plants in dorms. Another table offered succulents to students. Faculty in Chemistry had a table where there were demonstrations on creating safe balms and lotions. These sustainability-related tables at the picnic are part of a greater "Meet the Majors" effort to develop student interest in the Environment & Sustainability, Chemistry, and Biology programs at the College.
Website URL where information about sustainability in student orientation is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Attached is a screen capture of a Catawba College Sciences Facebook post made about the most recent Sustainability Picnic and "Meet the Majors" event in August, 2022.
Attached is a screen capture of a Catawba College Sciences Facebook post made about the most recent Sustainability Picnic and "Meet the Majors" event in August, 2022.
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