| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 36.11 |
| Liaison | Diane Fout |
| Submission Date | April 23, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Transylvania University
SD-1: New Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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Angela
Poe Sustainability Director Sustainability |
Does new student orientation include presentations, speakers, or skits that address sustainability and take place in large venues that most or all first-year students attend?:
Provide a brief description of the presentations, speakers or skits:
The Sustainability Office gets to present an overview of sustainability initiatives to incoming students through a presentation to the incoming class. the first part of the presentation is lecture based. The second part involves breaking into small groups, asking the students for feedback on what they would like to happen at Transylvania in the time they are here. The last part of the presentation consists of the small groups presenting to the whole group, with the sustainability director and/or student staff members responding to those suggestions.
Does new student orientation incorporate sustainability information into presentations (e.g., made by Residential Advisors to individual dorm floors)?:
Provide a brief description of the presentations:
Does new student orientation actively engage students in activities that raise awareness about sustainability, highlight how sustainability plays out on campus, or allows students to take part in a productive green activity?:
Provide a brief description of the activities:
First year students have a month-long orientation to campus called August term. There are several sustainability events sprinkled throughout the month, including bike trips, bus tours, sustainability tours of campus, community service events related to sustainability, and more.
Does the institution make new student orientation more sustainable via efforts such as a zero-waste meal or carbon offsets?:
Provide a brief description of the efforts:
The back to school picnic is for all students, not just first years. That event is zero waste.
Does the institution incorporate sustainability into new student orientation in other ways?:
Provide a brief description:
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