Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.32
Liaison Carrie Metzgar
Submission Date May 3, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of California, San Diego
SD-1: New Student Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Kristin Hansen
Sustainability Analyst
Auxiliary & Plant Services
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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?:
Yes

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Provide a brief description of the presentations, speakers or skits:
Sustainability Power Points are provided at the majority of orientation from the Sustainability Program Office.

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Does new student orientation incorporate sustainability information into presentations (e.g., made by Residential Advisors to individual dorm floors)?:
Yes

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Provide a brief description of the presentations:
The Sustainability Program Office and Green Campus students table several orientations as well as provide informational Power Points.

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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?:
No

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Provide a brief description of the activities:
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Does the institution make new student orientation more sustainable via efforts such as a zero-waste meal or carbon offsets?:
Yes

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Provide a brief description of the efforts:
Many of the orientations have completely phased out bottled water from their activities.

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Does the institution incorporate sustainability into new student orientation in other ways?:
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