Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.95
Liaison Julie Plummer
Submission Date June 15, 2011
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STARS v1.0

Eastern Iowa Community College District
ER-12: Sustainability Immersive Experience

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Marshall McDonald
Department Coordinator
Agribusiness & Technology
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Does the institution offer a program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive experience(s) offered by the institution:

* Agriculture-Based Renewable and Sustainable Energy Project: EICCD has partnered with two institutions in Denmark - EUC-Syd and Dalum College of Agriculture on a project which allows 5 faculty members and 10 students to spend a month in Denmark studying agriculture-based renewable energy. This program is currently in it's first year.

* EICCD's Agribusiness and Technology Department programs all include extensive work experience requirements that place students in the agribusiness industry for a total of 34 weeks during the two-year program. The Agribusiness programs include many sustainability-related courses including soil management and conservation, enviornmental science, integrated crop/pest management, botany, horticulture, greenhouse management and landscape design.


The website URL where information about the immersive experience is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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