| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.99 |
| Liaison | Sarah Gilly |
| Submission Date | Aug. 31, 2023 |
Stevens Institute of Technology
EN-3: Student Life
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.75 / 2.00 |
Luke
Hansen Transportation and Sustainability Development Manager Facilities and Campus Operations |
Does the institution have an active student group focused on sustainability?:
Name and a brief description of the active student groups focused on sustainability:
SAVE (Sustainability Activism, Volunteering and Engineering) works to promote awareness of and action on environmental issues. SAVE seeks to accomplish this by hosting fun campus-wide, sustainability-oriented events and by promoting and participating in green activities in the Hoboken community.
The University Climate Ambassadors are a student group that connects students across campuses with the common goal of making environmental progress at colleges. It is associated with the U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce.
SEEPS (Stevens Environmental Engineering Professional Society) works to bring together students focused on Environmental Engineering and provide members resources, opportunities, and feedback.
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a non-profit national humanitarian organization focusing on developing sustainable, renewable, and environmentally friendly projects around the world, while addressing “people’s basic human needs by providing necessities such as clean water, sanitation, and education.”
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?:
A brief description of the gardens, farms, community supported agriculture (CSA) or fishery programs, and/or urban agriculture projects:
Does the institution have a student-run enterprise that includes sustainability as part of its mission statement or stated purpose?:
A brief description of the student-run enterprises:
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?:
A brief description of the sustainable investment funds, green revolving funds or sustainable microfinance initiatives:
Stevens offers FIN 540 - Sustainable Finance, where students are taught about how to include environmental, social, and governance considerations into corporate decisions, and how certain investment decisions like green bonds, social bonds, and sustainability bonds will impact a corporation financially as well as socially. The course also includes having students take a sustainability management simulation, involving a virtual hotel management setting with the goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions while also optimizing financial performance, business operations, and environmental impact.
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?:
A brief description of the conferences, speaker series, symposia, or similar events focused on sustainability:
The Hugo Neu Corporation Sustainability Seminar Series is a weekly lecture hosting a variety of speakers who focus on a wide range of sustainability issues. The series is sponsored by the Hugo Neu Corporation, and co-sponsored by BEM Systems, Brown and Caldwell, Geosyntec Consultants, and H2M Architects and Engineers. It is organized by the Stevens Sustainability Management Master's Program.
https://www.stevens.edu/sustainability-seminar-series
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?:
A brief description of the cultural arts events, installations, or performances focused on sustainability:
Does the institution have a wilderness or outdoors program that follow Leave No Trace principles?:
A brief description of the wilderness or outdoors programs that follow Leave No Trace principles:
Stevens offers Leave No Trace information sessions that provide innovative education, skills, research, and science to help people care for the outdoors. Additionally, Stevens leads hiking and other outdoor adventure trips in which Leave No Trace practices are taught and enforced. Trips are taking place in April as well as during the Summer break where students will travel to Utah and learn more about Leave No Trace. Each traveler will be provided a pamphlet, map, and an outdoor ethics tag about the mission of Leave No Trace and how they can follow the guidelines during their travels.
Has the institution had a sustainability-focused theme chosen for a themed semester, year, or first-year experience during the previous three years?:
A brief description of the sustainability-focused themes chosen for themed semesters, years, or first-year experiences:
Does the institution have a program through which students can learn sustainable life skills?:
A brief description of the programs through which students can learn sustainable life skills:
Stevens provides all students with access to LinkedIn Learning and Academic Impressions. Both of these programs have numerous modules about sustainability and the ways in which sustainability can be applied to various aspects of life. LinkedIn Learning modules include Sustainability Strategies, Learning Design for Sustainability, What is Climate Change, and Calculating Your Carbon Footprint, as well as many others. Academic Impressions modules include Addressing Food Insecurity in Higher Education: Creating an Integrated & Sustainable Food Pantry and A Road Map for Campus Sustainability.
Hugo Neu Sustainability Seminar presentations often include sustainable life skills.
Does the institution offer sustainability-focused student employment opportunities?:
A brief description of the sustainability-focused student employment opportunities offered by the institution:
During the 2021-2022 school year two students served as sustainability interns and worked solely on the STARS report.
One student was employed as an intern during Summer 2022. That student assisted with creating, improving, and implementing sustainability initiatives on campus.
Four more student interns were hired during the 2022-2023 school year. This position works with the school to analyze, develop, and initiate sustainability-related projects. The internship also has students work on the STARS report for AASHE to measure the institution’s sustainability performance and efforts.
Does the institution have a graduation pledge through which students pledge to consider social and environmental responsibility in future job and other decisions?:
A brief description of the graduation pledge(s):
There is a sustainability pledge on the Stevens website. One of the pledges is to consider social and environmental responsibility in employment decisions.
A brief description of other co-curricular sustainability programs and initiatives that do not fall into one of the above categories:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.