| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.75 |
| Liaison | Josh Lasky |
| Submission Date | Feb. 23, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
George Washington University
EN-2: Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.86 / 2.00 |
Kendra
Scott Coord, Hallmark & Stud Prog Office of Student Support & Family Engagement |
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 | No |
Percentage of all entering (i.e. new) students (including transfers and graduate students) that are provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability (0-100):
A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation (including how multiple dimensions of sustainability are addressed):
GW's student orientation program, Colonial Inauguration (CI), is a program offered to incoming students, including international and domestic freshmen and transfer students. In 2017, four of the six sessions took place in June. The fifth and sixth sessions are offered prior to classes starting in August and are more exclusively offered to transfer and international students. The program's format in June is 1-day, 2 nights for incoming students, who live in a residence hall room during their stay. These 2-day programs take place on Monday/Tuesday and Thursday/Friday. The freshmen August session is a 3-day, 2-night program and the August transfer student session is a 1-day program, again, offered prior to the start of classes.
Sustainability is featured in CI in a variety of different ways. Representatives from the Office of Sustainability set up a table outside to talk with incoming students and their families about upcoming initiatives, opportunities for involvement, and where to go for more information. They hand out eco-friendly water bottles. Meals and activities are conducted with sustainability in mind by using cardboard boxes for lunch, instead of plastic and by educating new students on how to properly dispose of food and materials for compost and recycling after each meal. We provide information to each student in their residence hall room about recycling, water, and electricity use. Lastly, at the Move-In Fair hosted in June, we talk with students about sustainability efforts at GW and how they can contribute.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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New student orientation programming that comes out of the Office of Student Support and Family Engagement is for undergraduate students. A variety of additional offices on-campus, specific to each program, offer orientation to graduate students.
New student orientation programming that comes out of the Office of Student Support and Family Engagement is for undergraduate students. A variety of additional offices on-campus, specific to each program, offer orientation to graduate students.
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