Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 34.79
Liaison Eric Dodge
Submission Date Dec. 30, 2022

STARS v2.2

Hanover College
EN-2: Student Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Theresa Hitchcock
Director of Student Engagement
Student Life
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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 N/A - institution does not have graduate students

Percentage of all entering students that are provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability:
100

A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation :

Hanover College hosts a "Hike to the Point" to introduce new students to the 650 acre campus and encourage nature activities as part of the college experience. During welcome week, The OWL Program facilitates a day trip to a state park for kayaking. This trip connects new students with current student leaders interested in sustainable student involvement. Welcome Week included a shuttle trip to local farmers market to promote carpooling and connection to locally grown products. Welcome Week concluded with a Pop Up Farmers Market on campus to create connections with local producers and encourage participation at the farmers market in the future.


Website URL where information about sustainability in student orientation is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Hanover College hosts a "Hike to the Point" to introduce new students to the 650 acre campus and encourage nature activities as part of the college experience. During welcome week, The OWL Program facilitates a day trip to a state park for kayaking. This trip connects new students with current student leaders interested in sustainable student involvement. Welcome Week included a shuttle trip to local farmers market to promote carpooling and connection to locally grown products. Welcome Week concluded with a Pop Up Farmers Market on campus to create connections with local producers and encourage participation at the farmers market in the future.


Hanover College hosts a "Hike to the Point" to introduce new students to the 650 acre campus and encourage nature activities as part of the college experience. During welcome week, The OWL Program facilitates a day trip to a state park for kayaking. This trip connects new students with current student leaders interested in sustainable student involvement. Welcome Week included a shuttle trip to local farmers market to promote carpooling and connection to locally grown products. Welcome Week concluded with a Pop Up Farmers Market on campus to create connections with local producers and encourage participation at the farmers market in the future.

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