Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.14
Liaison Alexis Reyes
Submission Date June 3, 2011
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Pomona College
ER-T2-8: Themed Semester or Year

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Ginny Routhe
Director
Sustainability Integration Office
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Has the institution chosen a sustainability-related theme for its themed semester, year, or first-year experience during the past three years?:
Yes

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A brief description of the themed semester, year, or first-year experience:
All new students, as well as campus community leaders such as resident advisors, sponsors, and mentors, participate in a first-year book experience. After soliciting suggestions from community members, the Orientation Committee, headed by the Dean of Students, selects a book that is mailed to new students. During new student orientation, two faculty members discuss issues raised by the book, and new students participate in a discussion facilitated by campus community leaders. In 2009, the first-year book was "Covering: the Hidden Assault on our Civil Rights" by Kenji Yoshino, which focused on issues of social sustainability through Yoshino's reflections on identify politics from both personal and professional perspectives.

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The sustainability-related book that was chosen, if applicable:
"Covering," by Kenji Yoshino

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The website URL where information about the theme is available:
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