| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 76.21 |
| Liaison | Lindsey Kalkbrenner |
| Submission Date | May 5, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Santa Clara University
EN-2: Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.50 / 2.00 |
Cara
Uy Sustainability Coordinator Center for Sustainability |
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 (i.e. new) students (including transfers and graduate students) that are provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability (0-100):
A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation (including how multiple dimensions of sustainability are addressed):
Students learn about the University's commitment to sustainability throughout their orientation and from their Orientation Leaders. All Orientation Leaders are given an hour-training by the Center for Sustainability about sustainability within academics, operations, engagement programs, and outreach. Throughout orientation, students are given duplex-printing instructions for all residence halls in the Technology session, educated on sustainable food options, and are encouraged to use smart powerstrips and EnergyStar electronics in the Auxiliary Services session. Students experience the University's waste diversion initiatives at all their meals. The Welcome Packet previously distributed on paper is now distributed in PDF format and a "Guidebook" app is now used for orientation that provides a schedule on a mobile device to reduce printed schedules. In addition, the housing assignments and move in packet information, all previously printed and mailed to incoming students, are now available online and are no longer printed.
The Center for Sustainability hosts a booth at the Law School Orientation's Information Fair to engage new students in sustainability at Santa Clara University.
New students at SCU's Jesuit School of Theology are provided information about recycling in the school building and the school residences. They are also urged to save water, even though there is no drought this year.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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