Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 28.30
Liaison Eva Chase
Submission Date June 21, 2024

STARS v2.2

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
EN-3: Student Life

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.75 / 2.00 Cory Headley
Director
Student Engagement
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Student groups 

Does the institution have an active student group focused on sustainability?:
Yes

Name and a brief description of the active student groups focused on sustainability:

Environmental Change and Sustainability Club is a student group focused on educating fellow students about the environment and their impact as well as creating change on campus and within the city.


 


Grubby's Garden Club works to encourage students to cultivate their own plants and create gardens. From basic houseplant care to planning the building of a campus greenhouse, there are plenty of chances to help bring green into the community for all students.


Gardens and farms 

Does the institution have a garden, farm, community supported agriculture (CSA) or fishery program, or an urban agriculture project where students are able to gain experience in organic agriculture and sustainable food systems?:
Yes

A brief description of the gardens, farms, community supported agriculture (CSA) or fishery programs, and/or urban agriculture projects:

Grubby's Garden Club works to encourage students to cultivate their own plants and create gardens. From basic houseplant care to planning the building of a campus greenhouse, there are plenty of chances to help bring green into the community for all students.


Student-run enterprises 

Does the institution have a student-run enterprise that includes sustainability as part of its mission statement or stated purpose?:
No

A brief description of the student-run enterprises:
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Sustainable investment and finance 

Does the institution have a sustainable investment fund, green revolving fund, or sustainable microfinance initiative through which students can develop socially, environmentally and fiscally responsible investment and financial skills?:
No

A brief description of the sustainable investment funds, green revolving funds or sustainable microfinance initiatives:
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Events 

Has the institution hosted a conference, speaker series, symposium, or similar event focused on sustainability during the previous three years that had students as the intended audience?:
No

A brief description of the conferences, speaker series, symposia, or similar events focused on sustainability:
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Cultural arts 

Has the institution hosted a cultural arts event, installation, or performance focused on sustainability with the previous three years that had students as the intended audience?:
No

A brief description of the cultural arts events, installations, or performances focused on sustainability:
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Wilderness and outdoors programs 

Does the institution have a wilderness or outdoors program that follow Leave No Trace principles?:
No

A brief description of the wilderness or outdoors programs that follow Leave No Trace principles:
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Sustainability-focused themes 

Has the institution had a sustainability-focused theme chosen for a themed semester, year, or first-year experience during the previous three years?:
No

A brief description of the sustainability-focused themes chosen for themed semesters, years, or first-year experiences:
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Sustainable life skills 

Does the institution have a program through which students can learn sustainable life skills?:
No

A brief description of the programs through which students can learn sustainable life skills:
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Student employment opportunities 

Does the institution offer sustainability-focused student employment opportunities?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability-focused student employment opportunities offered by the institution:

We fund two students to work on campus sustainability initiatives with the Office of Sustainability


 


Graduation pledge

Does the institution have a graduation pledge through which students pledge to consider social and environmental responsibility in future job and other decisions?:
No

A brief description of the graduation pledge(s):
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Optional Fields

A brief description of other co-curricular sustainability programs and initiatives that do not fall into one of the above categories:

FY 2021: the Civil Engineering office sponsored the Earth Day Student Challenge contest, During Earth Week, there was tree planting, campus clean-up, an online or in-person poster session for CEE 325 (Sustainable Design) on their design projects to improve city sustainability with people from the city invited, Movie screening of An Inconvient Truth, Annual weight the waste event where we track the post-consumer waste in a visible setting and report how much weight per person is wasted, annual drive to not drive day where we encourage students and staff to use alternate transporation for the day such as bikes, car pooling or public transport


FY 2022: the Civil Engineering office sponsored the Earth Day Student Challenge contest, During Earth Week, there was tree planting, campus clean-up, an online or in-person poster session for CEE 325 (Sustainable Design) on their design projects to improve city sustainability with people from the city invited, movie screening of an Inconvient Sequel, Annual weight the waste event where we track the post-consumer waste in a visible setting and report how much weight per person is wasted, annual drive to not drive day where we encourage students and staff to use alternate transporation for the day such as bikes, car pooling or public transport


FY 2023: the Civil Engineering office sponsored the Earth Day Student Challenge contest, During Earth Week, there was tree planting, campus clean-up, an online or in-person poster session for CEE 325 (Sustainable Design) on their design projects to improve city sustainability with people from the city invited, Annual weight the waste event where we track the post-consumer waste in a visible setting and report how much weight per person is wasted, annual drive to not drive day where we encourage students and staff to use alternate transporation for the day such as bikes, car pooling or public transport


South Dakota Mines Sustainability Committee -- The committee is an informal group of faculty, staff, and students who are working together to help improve the sustainability of the campus.


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