Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.22
Liaison Mary Ellen Mallia
Submission Date Dec. 21, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University at Albany
EN-12: Continuing Education

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.40 / 5.00 Mary Ellen Mallia
Director of Environmental Sustainability
Finance and Business
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Part 1  

Does the institution offer continuing education courses that address sustainability?:
Yes

None
Total number of continuing education courses offered:
75

None
Number of continuing education courses offered that address sustainability:
6

Percentage of continuing education courses that address sustainability:
8

Course Inventory 

A copy of the list and brief description of the continuing education courses that address sustainability:
A list and brief description of the continuing education courses that address sustainability:
Addressing Health Equity; root causes that shape health and health disparities Pharmaceuticals in our Waters; background, assessment and management of fictional site to illustrate the risks of water resource contamination by pharmaceuticals Introduction to Environmental Health, Microbiology and Communicable Disease Control; identifying microbes and finding ways to prevent their adverse effect on society Climate Smart Communities; discussion on NYS program certifying communities as climate smart Emerging Trends in Practices with Immigrants and Refugees; course for social workers to understand the nature of migration and multiple contextual and individual factors that will affect the immigrant experience Advanced Practice with Immigrants and Refugees; designed to strengthen practitioners’ preparedness to work effectively with immigrant and refugees who experience trauma and multiple, complex psychosocial adjustments and disparities associated with the processes of migration and resettlement.

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

Part 2 

Does the institution have at least one sustainability-themed certificate program through its continuing education or extension department?:
Yes

A brief description of the certificate program(s), including the year the program was created:
The Basic Environmental Health Program (BEHP) is an introductory training program designed to equip entry level environmental health personnel with the basic knowledge, skills and abilities needed to develop competency in their initial and future duties. The BEHP is recognized as the health training course approved by the State Health Department pursuant to Part 11 of the State Sanitary Code for individuals employed in Public Health Sanitarian and Technician titles in New York State. The required content in this program include: indoor air, pest management, healthy neighborhoods and harmful blue-green algae blooms among others. Information about the program can be found at: https://www.albany.edu/sph/cphce/berp.shtml The specific content of the courses can be found at: https://www.albany.edu/sph/cphce/behp_overview.pdf

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
In addition to the Basic Environmental Health Program, the University also offers the following continuing education programs related to sustainability: Advancing Culture Competence in NYS https://www.albany.edu/sph/cphce/advancing_cc.shtml

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