| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.39 |
| Liaison | Stephanie MacPhee |
| Submission Date | Feb. 5, 2025 |
Dalhousie University
EN-2: Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Stephanie
MacPhee Executive Director Office of Sustainability |
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 :
Bike tours - Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) and DSUSO collaborates with the Bike Centre at Dalhousie to offer students free tours of Halifax utilizing active transportation while promoting the Bike Centre, primarily on the Studley Campus, with plan to expand following the completion of the Sexton Bike Centre Hub. Open to all students include transfer and graduate students.
Sustainability Booth at orientation resource fairs - The Office of Sustainability directs students to sustainability services on campus, provides printed resources answers questions, and leads a waste sorting activity. Open to all students include transfer and graduate students.
Water station - DSU, in partnership with the Halifax Water Commission, brought in semi-permanent water stations for the orientation week. This allowed for the banning of all bottled beverages during that week. Open to all students include transfer and graduate students.
Environment, Sustainability and Society lecture series organized by the College of Sustainability provides avenues for students to listen to guest speakers on various sustainability topics. Open to all students include transfer and graduate students. https://www.dal.ca/faculty/sustainability/ess-lecture-series.html
Residence floor meeting sustainability talks - Floor meetings run by the Community Assistant Teams (CATs) integrate sustainability talk for their residences. Talkings point to sustainability resources and explain expectations for sustainable practices in residence.
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