| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.42 |
| Liaison | Andrew D'Amico |
| Submission Date | Aug. 25, 2021 |
Princeton University
EN-2: Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Shana
Weber Director Office of Sustainability |
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Are the following students provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability?:
| Yes or No | |
| First-year students | Yes |
| Transfer students | Yes |
| Entering graduate students | Yes |
Percentage of all entering students that are provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability:
100
A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation :
The principles of sustainability have been integrated into the University’s Outdoor Action (OA) undergraduate orientation program. OA, one of the largest outdoor orientation programs in the United States by participant days, helps to build environmental consciousness among all participants.
Since 2016, the Community Action (CA) program includes a partnership with the Poconos Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and the Office of Sustainability which incorporates Leave No Practices principles and hands-on sustainability projects into a week-long sustainability themed orientation for 144 students.
Also, since 2009, the Office of Sustainability has provided all incoming first-year and graduate students “Sustainability Survival Kits” during Move In. In 2019, the program evolved to a opt-in program for reusable utensil kits where students pledge to use their kits at the many events they attend. Behavioral science research suggests that such an opt-in program discourages accumulation of swag that is never used, and encourages the desired reuse behavior. The kits were distributed at a special zero-waste event that included activities to promote additional zero-waste behaviors.
Lastly, the Office of Sustainability also runs a table at the Graduate School Information Session for incoming students. Featured are materials focused on ways for graduate students to get involved in sustainability on campus and resources to live more sustainably in graduate housing.
Since 2016, the Community Action (CA) program includes a partnership with the Poconos Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and the Office of Sustainability which incorporates Leave No Practices principles and hands-on sustainability projects into a week-long sustainability themed orientation for 144 students.
Also, since 2009, the Office of Sustainability has provided all incoming first-year and graduate students “Sustainability Survival Kits” during Move In. In 2019, the program evolved to a opt-in program for reusable utensil kits where students pledge to use their kits at the many events they attend. Behavioral science research suggests that such an opt-in program discourages accumulation of swag that is never used, and encourages the desired reuse behavior. The kits were distributed at a special zero-waste event that included activities to promote additional zero-waste behaviors.
Lastly, the Office of Sustainability also runs a table at the Graduate School Information Session for incoming students. Featured are materials focused on ways for graduate students to get involved in sustainability on campus and resources to live more sustainably in graduate housing.
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