The College of Wooster
EN-2: Co-Curricular Activities
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Reporter |
Brian
Webb Director of Campus Sustainability President's Office |
2.1 Student sustainability organization
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the sustainability-focused student organization(s):
GreenHouse is a student-led group that plans and facilitates a variety of environmentally-focused activities.
Does the institution formally recognize at least one student organization that is focused on a topic other than sustainability, but is advancing ecological integrity or racial equity and social justice?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the student organizations that are advancing ecological integrity or racial equity and social justice:
We have numerous student organizations focused on racial equity and social justice, including:
- African student union
- Asia supporters in action
- BIPOC performing arts alliance
- Black student association
- Black womens' organization
- Bodies of diversity
- Chinese scholars and students association
- International student association
- Latinas Unidas
- Minorities in STEM
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2.2 Sustainability-focused co-curricular activities
Description of and/or website URL for at least one major sustainability-focused event or series of events:
During Earth Week 2024 we hosted a series of events focused on sustainability, including:
- A t-shirt upcycling event
- An all plant-based food day
- Earthfest, an outdoor festival event with environmental theme
- Scarlet, Gray, and Green Fair - transportation to a local Earth Day event in town
- Garden Party - student volunteers planting in the campus garden
- Earth Day panel discussion with faculty
- BINGO event where students and faculty/staff are encouraged to participate in a variety of sustianability activities
Does the institution have a sustainability-focused peer-to-peer education program in which student educators are selected and trained to help catalyze change among their peers?:
Description of and/or website URL for at least one sustainability-focused peer-to-peer education programs for students:
We have three students who are paid as Sustainability Peer Educators. These students plan and host presentations for residence halls and other students organizations focused one educating their peers about a variety of sustainability issues.
Does the institution provide sustainability-focused employment opportunities for students on at least an annual basis?:
Description of and/or website URL for at least one sustainability-focused employment opportunity for students:
We currently have 7 students employed with sustainability-focused jobs, including
- 3 sustainability peer educators
- 1 sustainability social media intern
- 1 Compost coordinator
- 3 students who are employed to liaison with local faith-based organizations to promote sustainability in the community.
Does the institution have at least one student-managed enterprise that is sustainability-focused?:
Description of and/or website URL for at least one student-managed enterprise that is sustainability-focused:
Description of additional sustainability-focused co-curricular activities for students:
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2.3 Percentage of students that participate in sustainability activities
Percentage of students that participate in sustainability activities:
Approach used to determine the percentage of students that participate in the institution’s sustainability activities:
Narrative outlining how student participation in the institution’s sustainability activities was determined:
While we have many students attending our events and activities, the most widespread and most easily trackable method for counting student engagement with sustainability activities is through our Reuzzi program. Reuzzi is a voluntary app-based program that empowers students and employees to avoid single-use disposable to-go containers for the dining hall and cups in the cafes. To participate, students must create an account, dowload the app, and then "check out" and later return the container or mug. Therefore, this is not a passive program.
Whenever students use a reusable to-go container in the dining hall or reusable mug in the cafe, this transaction is tracked in the Reuzzi app. So far in the 24-25 school year we've had 983 unique students use the Reuzzi system, representing 53% of all students. This means that at least 53% of our students are actively participating in a sustainability activity by selecting reusable to-go containers or cups through the Reuzzi program.
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