Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.66
Liaison Yumiko Jakobcic
Submission Date Feb. 13, 2013
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STARS v1.2

Grand Valley State University
SD-1: New Student Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Sharon Munski
Office Coordinator
Sustainability Initiative
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Does new student orientation include presentations, speakers, or skits that address sustainability and take place in large venues that most or all first-year students attend?:
Yes

Provide a brief description of the presentations, speakers or skits:

The new student orientation includes a written presentation with information on all the Sustainable Community Development Initiative, The Student Environmental Coalition, and many campus sustainability projects.


Does new student orientation incorporate sustainability information into presentations (e.g., made by Residential Advisors to individual dorm floors)?:
Yes

Provide a brief description of the presentations:

Residential Advisors have two energy competitions each year. RAs promote these initiatives and others with bulletin board presentations.


Does new student orientation actively engage students in activities that raise awareness about sustainability, highlight how sustainability plays out on campus, or allows students to take part in a productive green activity?:
Yes

Provide a brief description of the activities:

RecycleMania!, energy competitions, waste audits, Eco-Rep program, Green Team, water bottle initiatives, and many other productive green activities.


Does the institution make new student orientation more sustainable via efforts such as a zero-waste meal or carbon offsets?:
Yes

Provide a brief description of the efforts:

The new student orientation picnic is a zero-waste event.


Does the institution incorporate sustainability into new student orientation in other ways?:
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