Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	47.06
Liaison	Daniela Shebitz
Submission Date	Dec. 11, 2023

STARS v2.2

Kean University
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.55 / 4.00	Sarah Coykendall Managing Assistant Director Diversity Council on Global Education and Citizenship

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Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program

Number of students enrolled for credit:

16,218

Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:

4,000

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:

24.66

1st program

Name of the student educators program (1st program):

Transition to Kean General Education Mentor Program (GEM)

A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):

Our GEMs are junior and senior students who have a strong academic foundation, knowledge of campus resources, and leadership skills. GEMs are peers establishing student relationships while maintaining professionalism inside and outside of the classroom. GEMs are the first point of contact when engaging in the New Student Orientation and Freshmen Transition to Kean 1-credit course in which students are assessed through the SLO of Civic Engagement (including elements of sustainability - recycling, composting, and conservation on campus as well as wellness, diversity and inclusion, and community health) and all students need to volunteer in the community. Many GEMS work with freshmen students at volunteer river cleanups or other sustainability-related events to fulfill their community service requirements. One-on-one Peer Mentor meetings are required for each GEM and freshman student.

A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):

The target audience is all incoming freshmen.

Note - Hours below are only those that are geared towards sustainability. The GEM program lasts the entire first semester, but approximately two of those weeks involve sustainability.

Number of trained student educators (1st program):

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):

110

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):

https://www.kean.edu/academics/college-liberal-arts/school-general-studies/general-education-mentors-gems

If reporting students served by additional peer-to-peer programs, provide:

2nd program

Name of the student educators program (2nd program):

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Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (2nd program):

https://unionnewsdaily.com/news/union/professor-receives-award-to-support-genetic-research-and-stem-education?utm_source=Publicate&utm_medium=email&utm_content=...&utm_campaign=Kean+News+2-22-23

If reporting students served by three or more peer-to-peer programs, provide:

3rd program

Name of the student educators program (3rd program):

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Additional programs

A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:

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Number of trained student educators (all other programs):

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Number of weeks, on average, the student educators programs are active annually (all other programs):

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Part 2. Educator hours per student served by a peer-to-peer educator program

Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators (all programs):

110

Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:

0.03

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the student sustainability educators programs is available:

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