Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.12
Liaison Kristina Hope
Submission Date March 1, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Knox College
EN-10: Community Partnerships

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 3.00 Deborah Steinberg
Director of Campus Sustainability Initiatives
Office of Sustainability
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Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability :
KnoxCorps

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus?:
The partnership supports at least one, but not all three, dimensions of sustainability

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (Yes, No, or Not Sure):
No

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above:

This local civic-engagement partnership, launched in 2012 in cooperation with the Galesburg Community Foundation, matches recent Knox graduates and current students with local non-profit organizations to support existing projects, build new programs, and help meet the critical needs of the community. ​The KnoxCorps make a year-long commitment to projects​ that​ include community planning, arts engagement, a community kitchen, working with a sustainable business incubator, the local crisis center, and other local social organizations. This is an ongoing, yearly program.

https://www.knox.edu/academics/civic-engagement/knoxcorps


Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
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Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
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Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (2nd partnership) (Yes, No, or Not Sure):
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A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above (2nd partnership):
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Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
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Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (3rd partnership):
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Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (3rd partnership) (Yes, No, or Unknown):
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A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above (3rd partnership):
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A brief description of the institution’s other community partnerships to advance sustainability:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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