Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 73.90
Liaison Connie Norton
Submission Date Oct. 5, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Simon Fraser University
EN-2: Student Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Kim Thee
Manager, Student Learning and Leadership
Sustainability Office
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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 (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):
100

A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation (including how multiple dimensions of sustainability are addressed):

Week of Welcome is a celebration of the beginning of the school year for both new and returning students to SFU. Week of Welcome is a certified Sustainable Event where students are exposed to ecological, social and economic sustainability principals throughout the week including: energy and waste reduction, healthy and low-impact food options, removal of unnecessary swag and paper distribution and are reminded of SFU's committment to sustainability throughout the week.

In addition to student sustainability clubs such as Embark hosting information booths educating incoming students on signature student focused sustainability programs such as Food Rescue, Learning Garden, Community Kitchen, Monday Veggie Challenge and the Sustainability Seed Fund, SFU's Sustainability Office staff along with the Student Sustainability Educators engage in one-on-one conversation with incoming students educating them on SFU's sustainability efforts such as the Zero Waste Initiative, Campus Sustainability Month and the Sustainability Peer Program.

In addition to the Week of Welcome activities, SFU students staying in residences participate in Residence Orientation which places a significant emphasis on sustainability. The residence handbook distributed to all incoming and returning students highlights sustainable practices in residence and encourages students to limit bringing small-appliances, personal printers and other items that may contribute to waste generation upon move-out.


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