Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.53
Liaison Kirsten Gabrielsen
Submission Date Jan. 14, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Orange County Community College
EN-12: Continuing Education

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.43 / 5.00 Kirsten Gabrielsen
Sustainability Coordinator
Biology
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Part 1  

Does the institution offer continuing education courses that address sustainability?:
Yes

None
Total number of continuing education courses offered:
168

None
Number of continuing education courses offered that address sustainability:
8

Percentage of continuing education courses that address sustainability:
4.76

Course Inventory 

A copy of the list and brief description of the continuing education courses that address sustainability:
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A list and brief description of the continuing education courses that address sustainability:
The following eight courses are taught at our Newburgh Campus and uses the campus and associated Greenhouse as the "laboratory space". The results of the course work directly aids in the naturalization of this campus' landscaping. -Introduction to Wildflower Meadow Management I and II -Wildflower Seed Collection I and II -Wildflower Planting I and II -Fall Bulbs -Geophytes

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

Part 2 

Does the institution have at least one sustainability-themed certificate program through its continuing education or extension department?:
Yes

A brief description of the certificate program(s), including the year the program was created:
SUNY Orange Continuing and Professional Education in collaboration with the SUNY Clean Energy Technology Training Consortium provides certificate programs in Geothermal, Solar Thermal and Photovoltaics. All courses lead to industry certification from NABCEP, IGHSPA and NATE. The programs were created in 2008.

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.sunyorange.edu/ce/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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