| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 59.10 |
| Liaison | Greg Maginn |
| Submission Date | Dec. 16, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
The Ohio State University
ER-1: Student Sustainability Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.82 / 5.00 |
Thyrone
Henderson Associate Director Housing Administration |
Total number of degree-seeking students enrolled at the institution:
Program name (1st program):
Number of students served by the program to whom peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education is offered (1st program):
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (1st program):
Each of the residence halls have a student government (Hall Council). Each of these Hall Councils has on their executive board a Sustainability Chair. The chairs are responsible for three general events each quarter based on that quarter’s sustainability theme. In 2011-12 Autumn Quarter’s theme was Energy Conservation, Winter Quarter was Recycling and Spring was water conservation. In 2011-12, the three events in their residence halls expected each quarter from each chair were 1) a sustainability themed presentation, icebreaker or discussion at a Hall Council meeting 2) a “Door to Door” which was an outreach where Chairs went to each student room and promoted some aspect on sustainability in a creative way 3) A Hall wide program with a sustainability theme.
A brief description of how the student educators are selected (1st program):
Sustainability Chairs are elected members of their Hall Council Executive Board. The residents of the particular residence hall community elect them.
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (1st program):
Chairs have a fall training meeting in which we go over the program expectations and the mechanics about how some of the events can be done. They receive additional content specific information throughout the academic year during meetings that take place twice each quarter. They also receive support for programming form residence hall staff members, their advisor as well as other Hall Council executive board members.
A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (1st program):
The Hall Councils are funded through fees that students living in a particular residence hall pay. The Sustainability Chair programs and events are funded by the Hall Councils.
The website URL for 1st Program:
Program name (2nd program):
Number of students to whom peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education is offered (2nd program):
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (2nd program):
A brief description of how the student educators are selected (2nd program):
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (2nd program):
A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (2nd program):
The website URL for 2nd program:
Program name (3rd program):
Number of students to whom peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education is offered (3rd program):
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (3rd program):
A brief description of how the student educators are selected (3rd program):
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (3rd program):
A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (3rd program):
The website URL for 3rd program:
Program name (All other programs):
Number of students to whom peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education is offered (All other programs):
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (All other programs):
A brief description of how the student educators are selected (All other programs):
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (All other programs):
A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (All other programs):
The website URL for all other programs:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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