| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.69 |
| Liaison | John Pumilio |
| Submission Date | July 23, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Colgate University
EN-2: Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
John
Pumilio Director of Sustainability Sustainability Office |
The percentage of 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:
“This is Colgate” is an inserted publication given to each incoming first year student. The publication includes information about Sustainability at Colgate, and demonstrates how all students have a role to play to help the environment, whether it’s by turning off the lights when leaving a room, or joining one of Colgate’s action-oriented “green groups.” The publication lists opportunities for students such as the community garden, a composting club, and the green bikes program, which provides bikes to students who want to reduce their carbon footprint by driving less.
In addition, Colgate provides reusable tote bags for new students, and the class of 2016 received reusable mugs in their orientation bags. The Green Raiders program in all first-year residence halls conducts a CFL bulb swap program and runs a reusable water bottle program.
The website URL where information about sustainability in student orientation is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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