Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 37.30
Liaison Jennifer Dunseath
Submission Date July 26, 2022

STARS v2.2

Roger Williams University
PRE-2: Points of Distinction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Brian Williams
Chief Of Staff For President
Office Of President
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Name of the institution’s featured sustainability program, initiative, or accomplishment:
Sustainable Food Systems

A brief description of the institution’s featured program, initiative, or accomplishment:

RWU is proud to work with Bon Appetit, a leader in sustainable campus dining, as our provider on campus. There is nexus of understanding food systems that has emerged at RWU taht ties from our dining operation, through to student clubs, and moves into our curriculum. Since partnering with the student-run Food Recovery Network in April, 2014, RWU dining operations has donated over 18,000 lbs of food to partnering agencies in need in the community that would have otherwise gone to waste. We partner with regional agencies such as Lucy’s Hearth Women & Children’s Shelter (Middletown, RI) and McKinney Cooperative Shelter (Newport, RI). This work has further evolved to help our campus begin to focus on food security on campus and in the community with a meal plan "swipe it forward" program and a Community Food Sharing Program.


Which of the following impact areas does the featured program, initiative, or accomplishment most closely relate to?:
Campus Engagement
Food & Dining
Waste

Website URL where more information about the accomplishment may be found:
STARS credit in which the featured program, initiative, or accomplishment is reported (if applicable):
OP-8

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Name of a second highlighted sustainability program/initiative/accomplishment:
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STARS credit in which the second program/initiative/accomplishment is reported (if applicable):
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Name of a third highlighted program/initiative/accomplishment:
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