Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	52.64
Liaison	Patrice Langevin
Submission Date	March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

Pitzer College
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.05 / 4.00	Milan Stijepovic Asst Director of Sustainability Facilities

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

Number of students enrolled for credit:

1,087

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

568

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

52.25

1st program

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

Redford Conservancy Fellows

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

The Redford Conservancy Fellows are a diverse and passionate team of Pitzer students who are committed to collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches to environmental sustainability, the longevity of Southern California’s natural environment, and the well-being of its peoples. This year, Fellows are coordinating an environmental speaker series, engaging Pitzer students in co-curricular sustainability programming, conducting outreach to local communities on issue of environmental justice, and participating in the planning process of the Conservancy building.

Past Events Include:

-April 2, 7pm, Pitzer, Benson Auditorium
Guest Speaker: Irma R. Muñoz, Founder/President of Mujeres de la Tierra

-April 3, 12pm, Pitzer, Shakedown Cafe
Shakedown Student Forum: Getting to Know the Redford Conservancy

-April 11, 5pm, Pomona, Edmunds Ballroom
Luau 2015: “Me Ke Aloha No Ka Mokupuni Honua” – “With Love for our Island Earth.”

-April 18, 9am-4pm, Meet in front of Pitzer Admissions (Must have a confirmed spot)
LA Toxic Tour with Communities for a Better Environment

-March 26, 7pm, Pitzer, West Hall Demo Kitchen
Sustainable Cleaning Products Party

-March 30, 9-11am, Pitzer, Broad Hall 210
Faculty forum to discuss current and future uses of Bernard Field Station

-March 31, 12:00-1pm, Pomona, Edmunds 114
Guest Speaker: Shimul Javeri Kadri on “The Evolving Courtyard”

-March 23, 6:30pm, Pitzer, Benson Auditorium
Guest Speaker: Nancy Sutley, Former Chair, Council on Environmental Quality

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

The fellows engage all incoming students as well as current students and are amongst our most environmentally passionate students at Pitzer College and appointed to the position.

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):

7,040

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

https://www.pitzer.edu/redfordconservancy/liberal-arts/conservancy-student-fellows/

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2nd program

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

ReRoom Initiative

A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):

The ReRoom Initiative consists of paid student staff selected by the Assistant Director of Sustainability. These students educate their peers around issues of waste and recycling, and coordinate a campaign for donations of used items from students, faculty and staff at the end of every semester. These items are collected and held in storage until the next fall, when they are resold to returning and incoming students, thereby averting tons of waste from the landfill and providing a low-cost alternative to buying commonly used residence hall items new.

A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):

The target audience is all Pitzer students that live on campus

Number of trained student educators (2nd program):

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (2nd program):

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (2nd program):

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (2nd program):

360

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

https://www.pitzer.edu/sustainability/

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3rd program

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

Garden and Chicken coop

A brief description of the student educators program (3rd program):

The Garden and Chicken coop is run by 3 paid interns under the supervision of our grounds manager that maintain the coop and garden and plant a variety of garden foods, the food is harvested as well as the chicken eggs and then given to one of our student run restaurants for use. The students also do presentations about the garden as classes are brought to learn about the way the garden and coop benefit the college and the benefits of sustainable gardening and harvesting as well as composting.

A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (3rd program):

The target audience for these students are other students, faculty as well as tour guests when they come to visit the school.

NOTE**They do not have a dedicated website, I included the sustainability website you will notice that the garden is listed as a club, the students are paid and I can send you something from payroll if you want to verify. the garden is talked about all over the Pitzer.edu site though

Number of trained student educators (3rd program):

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (3rd program):

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (3rd program):

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (3rd program):

132

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (3rd program):

https://www.pitzer.edu/sustainability/student-groups/

Additional programs

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

7,532

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

13.26

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

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