Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.19
Liaison Margaret Bounds
Submission Date March 1, 2024

STARS v2.2

Connecticut College
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00 Margaret Bounds
Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program

Number of students enrolled for credit:
1,973

Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
1,973

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
100

1st program

Name of the student educators program (1st program):
Sustainability Fellows Program

A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
Sustainability Fellows in the Office of Sustainability serve as peer-to-peer educators. The Sustainability Fellows have an orientation at the beginning of each year that goes over peer education principles. They also have monthly meetings that include professional development and time to review progress on projects and event planning. Additionally, during their first two years as a Sustainability Fellow, they are given the opportunity to take SUS293: Applications of Sustainability. This 2-credit seminar provides them with a deeper understanding of sustainability, how our campus works, and how to implement projects on campus.

In addition to peer-to-peer education activities, the Sustainability Fellows also work on implementing sustainability projects on campus. Working in teams, the Sustainability Fellows plan regular outreach events based on our annual sustainability theme and their project. Outreach events are also held for Campus Sustainability Week, Fall Weekend, and Earth Week. Some examples of events held in 2022-2023 include climate change trivia nights, a Halloween pop-up swap shop, work parties in our campus garden and a talk from an alumna working on polar research.

A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
The Sustainability Fellows outreach programs target the entire student body.

Number of trained student educators (1st program):
40

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
28

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
3

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
2,434.50

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):

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2nd program

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3rd program 

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A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
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Part 2. Educator hours per student served by a peer-to-peer educator program

Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators (all programs):
2,434.50

Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
1.23

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