Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.78
Liaison Lisa Mitten
Submission Date March 8, 2018
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STARS v2.1

State University of New York at New Paltz
AC-5: Immersive Experience

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Erica Wagner
Service Learning Coordinator
Career Resources Center
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Does the institution offer at least one immersive, sustainability-focused educational study program that is one week or more in length?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s) offered by the institution, including how each program addresses the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability:
SUNY New Paltz offers a week-long alternative spring break program organized by Service Learning Coordinator Erica Wagner of the Career Center during which students spend 7 days engaging in different community service related activities. These include sustainability projects such as working with Scenic Hudson (invasive plant species removal & biodiversity), Phillies Bridge Farm (sustainable agriculture), Habitat for Humanity (sustainable/affordable housing), Chiz's Heart Street and the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley (food justice), and Mohonk Preserve (land conservation).

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