Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.66
Liaison Eric Boles
Submission Date March 5, 2021
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University of Arkansas
EN-2: Student Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.86 / 2.00 Eric Boles
Director
Office for Sustainability
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Are the following students provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability?:
Yes or No
First-year students Yes
Transfer students Yes
Entering graduate students Yes

Percentage of all entering (i.e. new) students (including transfers and graduate students) that are provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability (0-100):
93

A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation (including how multiple dimensions of sustainability are addressed):
New students at the University of Arkansas are required to take a 1-hour course in which they learn about campus life, culture, resources, and academics. Sustainability is one key component of that curriculum. Many of the 17 SDGs are addressed throughout the course. WCOB and Engineering may be exempt, which is why the participation is less than 100%. There is a sustainability booth at all new student orientation events, which promotes active transportation, recycling programs, and sustainability academic paths.

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