New Mexico State University
ER-3: Sustainability in New Student Orientation

The Office of Sustainability (OoS) is very active during new student orientation programs. 1. During the summer, students and families attend orientation and the OoS has a table during these events where we educate them about sustainability and engage them in activities where they can win prizes. 2.Move-in Day occurs the Sunday before classes begin and OoS has a booth with games and prizes (recycled plastic cups to be re-used during the school year, bamboo pens, recycled bottle T-shirts), solar oven demonstrations, and our electric vehicle is at our booth. We sometimes share the booth with the Environmental Health and Safety Office along with the Recycling Department. The students are educated in how they can make a difference and be green at NMSU and beyond. 3. Aggie Awareness and Orientation gives the student the same attention by educating them on being a “Green Aggie”. 4. Tabling is also done through various department orientations during the first two weeks of school (Chicano Programs, Housing, etc.). 5. Our Dining Services consultant, Sodexo, is very involved in our new student orientations as well. They do tabling during the examples described above and provide information on campus dining sustainability programs for parents and students.