| Overall Rating | Bronze |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 26.46 |
| Liaison | Jeremy Johnston |
| Submission Date | July 2, 2024 |
John Carroll University
EN-3: Student Life
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Ed
Peck VP Mission and Identity |
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Does the institution have an active student group focused on sustainability?:
Yes
Name and a brief description of the active student groups focused on sustainability:
Environmental Interest Group consists of students who promote environmental justice through education, activities, and advocacy. Examples of significant programming include, Arbor Day, Earth Week, and Fall Sustainability programming initiatives.
Student Government Body Sustainability Committee educates and promotes sustainability on campus.
The JCU Green Team, which focuses on promoting/supporting recycling and other sustainable programs on campus.
JCU Garden Club promotes educational and activity based events around sustainable gardening and practices.
JCU Sustainability on Facebook
Student Government Body Sustainability Committee educates and promotes sustainability on campus.
The JCU Green Team, which focuses on promoting/supporting recycling and other sustainable programs on campus.
JCU Garden Club promotes educational and activity based events around sustainable gardening and practices.
JCU Sustainability on Facebook
Does the institution have a garden, farm, community supported agriculture (CSA) or fishery program, or an urban agriculture project where students are able to gain experience in organic agriculture and sustainable food systems?:
Yes
A brief description of the gardens, farms, community supported agriculture (CSA) or fishery programs, and/or urban agriculture projects:
Center for Service learning and Social Action partners with Urban Farming as well as Harvesting for Hunger, where students work with refugees and other displaced peoples to support Community Greenhouse Partners urban farm.
East 9th Street Garden
East 9th Street Garden
Does the institution have a student-run enterprise that includes sustainability as part of its mission statement or stated purpose?:
Yes
A brief description of the student-run enterprises:
A café (Saxby's) through which students gain sustainable business skills.
jcu.edu
jcu.edu
Does the institution have a sustainable investment fund, green revolving fund, or sustainable microfinance initiative through which students can develop socially, environmentally and fiscally responsible investment and financial skills?:
No
A brief description of the sustainable investment funds, green revolving funds or sustainable microfinance initiatives:
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Has the institution hosted a conference, speaker series, symposium, or similar event focused on sustainability during the previous three years that had students as the intended audience?:
Yes
A brief description of the conferences, speaker series, symposia, or similar events focused on sustainability:
The annual Fair Trade Expo is every spring semester. The Ohio Fair Trade Expo will feature speakers and workshops for members of faith communities, high school and college students, and fair trade advocates discussing the Fair Trade movement in Ohio. As part of the Expo, more than twenty vendors from across the state will also participate in a Fair Trade Market, that includes clothing, food, and drink products. The Expo is intended to be an educational event that will empower consumers to become advocates for fair trade by raising regional awareness of the concept as an important and viable business model.
Has the institution hosted a cultural arts event, installation, or performance focused on sustainability with the previous three years that had students as the intended audience?:
No
A brief description of the cultural arts events, installations, or performances focused on sustainability:
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Does the institution have a wilderness or outdoors program that follow Leave No Trace principles?:
Yes
A brief description of the wilderness or outdoors programs that follow Leave No Trace principles:
The campus hosts 10 immersion trips a year, both domestically and locally. On these trips we host a program to collect all waste and bring it back home with us in reusable containers. All students attending are issue reusable dinner ware and drinking containers.
Campus ministries also sponsors sustainability retreats outdoors following these same practices.
https://www.jcu.edu/student-life/campus-ministry/social-justice-initiatives/immersion-experiences
Campus ministries also sponsors sustainability retreats outdoors following these same practices.
https://www.jcu.edu/student-life/campus-ministry/social-justice-initiatives/immersion-experiences
Has the institution had a sustainability-focused theme chosen for a themed semester, year, or first-year experience during the previous three years?:
Yes
A brief description of the sustainability-focused themes chosen for themed semesters, years, or first-year experiences:
As part of the Ignation Year, the spring semester of 2022 focus was "Caring for our Common Home."
https://www.jcu.edu/about-us/administrative-offices/office-mission-identity/programs/ignatian-year-jcu/international-0
https://inside.jcu.edu/2022/01/26/2022-mission-week-caring-for-our-common-home/
https://www.jcu.edu/about-us/administrative-offices/office-mission-identity/programs/ignatian-year-jcu/international-0
https://inside.jcu.edu/2022/01/26/2022-mission-week-caring-for-our-common-home/
Does the institution have a program through which students can learn sustainable life skills?:
No
A brief description of the programs through which students can learn sustainable life skills:
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Does the institution offer sustainability-focused student employment opportunities?:
Yes
A brief description of the sustainability-focused student employment opportunities offered by the institution:
The internships for both the Fair Trade and Sustainability programs are paid positions on campus.
Does the institution have a graduation pledge through which students pledge to consider social and environmental responsibility in future job and other decisions?:
Yes
A brief description of the graduation pledge(s):
The Graduation pledge of Loyalty and Service. At the end of every graduation ceremony, Students recite this pledge as provided in the programs in which they dedicate themselves to a life of service and social justice. In recent years this pledge includes the Jesuit commitment to Caring for our Common Home, one of the four universal apostolic preferences of the Jesuit religious order.
A brief description of other co-curricular sustainability programs and initiatives that do not fall into one of the above categories:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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