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Liaison Carolyn Shafer
Submission Date March 1, 2019
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STARS v2.1

Pratt Institute
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Angus Fake
Student Government Sustainability Representative
Industrial Design
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Number of students enrolled for credit (headcount):
4,829

Total number of students enrolled for credit that are served (i.e. directly targeted) by a student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program (avoid double-counting to the extent feasible):
160

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer educator program:
3.31

Name of the student educators program:
Envirolutions Members

Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount):
160

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities:

A student run sustainability club focused on promoting and educating sustainable strategies on campus. Example of activities include hosting sustainability themed movie screenings, tabling at events, hosting talks.
Student Educators volunteer to be part of the organization
Attend weekly meetings with a faculty advisor and attend talks and panels about sustainability.
Supported financially through the student involvement fund.


A brief description of how the student educators are selected:

Reached out to Approximately 120
CSDS Interns lead cultural, institutional and community change for a ‘greener’ Pratt. The interns staff the Research and Resource Center and act as both researchers and sustainability consultants to CSDS visitors.
Students are hired by the Director of the CSDS
Interns are taught about sustainable design strategies and the materials research guide used.
Interns are paid and are supported administratively by the Director of the CSDS
http://csds.pratt.edu/internships/


A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach:

The interns staff the Research and Resource Center and act as both researchers and sustainability consultants to CSDS visitors. To do so, they are trained by the CSDS Director on sustainable design strategies and the specific resources of the Center.


A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination):

CSDS provides a budget to pay interns to perform peer-to-peer education.


Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
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Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (2nd program):
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A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (2nd program):
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A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (2nd program):
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A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination) (2nd program):
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Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
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Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (3rd program):
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A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (3rd program):
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A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (3rd program):
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A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination) (3rd program):
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A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs, including the number of students served and how student educators are selected, trained, and supported by the institution:
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Total number of hours student educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually (all programs):
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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