Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	46.18
Liaison	Suzanne Wood
Submission Date	April 3, 2020
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

UMass Chan Medical School
EN-7: Employee Educators Program

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.45 / 3.00	Suzanne Wood Sustainability & Energy Manager Facilities Managment

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Total number of employees (staff + faculty, headcount):

10,185

Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program (avoid double-counting):

1,527.75

Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer educator program:

1st Program

Name of the employee educators program:

Recycling Champions

Number of employees served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount):

1,527.75

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities:

The Recycling Champions program plays an essential roll in helping increasing recycling across campus. These Champions serve as a resource for their peers on which items can and cannot be recycled, promotes the recycling program within their department, and communicates with housekeeping on the recycling program in their area.

A brief description of how the employee educators are selected:

Sustainability and Housekeeping departments conduct outreach during sustainability events to encourage those interested in recycling to become a Champion.

A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach:

Recycling Champions meet quarterly with Housekeeping, the Sustainability Manager and the Solid Waste and Recycling Resource Manager to receive program updates and collaborate on recycling initiatives.

A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or paid faculty/staff coordination):

The Sustainability Office provides administrative support for the Recycling Champions program.

If reporting employees served by additional peer-to-peer programs, provide:

2nd Program

Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):

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A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (2nd program):

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A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (2nd program):

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A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or paid faculty/staff coordination) (2nd program):

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Additional Programs

A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs, including the number of employees served and how employee educators are selected, trained, and supported by the institution:

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Total number of hours employee educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually:

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