Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.40
Liaison Andy Mitchell
Submission Date Sept. 11, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

University of Illinois Chicago
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.64 / 4.00 Cynthia Klein-Banai
Associate Chancellor for Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution coordinate one or more ongoing student, peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs that meet the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

Number of degree-seeking students enrolled at the institution:
25,057

Name of the student educators program (1st program):
Eco-Educators

Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (1st program):
4,000

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (1st program):

Eco-Educators is a voluntary program that encourages interested students to volunteer with the Office of Sustainability to spread environmental awareness. Eco-Educators attend events at UIC, and assist event-goers with sustainability practices such as recycling and waste minimization. Eco-Educators are able to reach a broad audience of students, faculty, staff and sometimes outside institutions.


A brief description of how the student educators are selected (1st program):

Our eco-educators are selected by the Office of Sustainability staff. Students sign up either events, or on our website at http://sustainability.uic.edu/get-involved/volunteer/.


A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (1st program):

Eco-Educators receive a formal one-hour training by the Office of Sustainability staff. They are given information on UIC's sustainability commitments and programs.


A brief description of the financial or other support the institution provides to the program (1st program):

The Office of Sustainability provides administrative support and swag for the program.


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Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
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Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (3rd program):
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Name(s) of the student educator program(s) (all other programs):
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Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by all other student educator programs:
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Total number of hours student educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually:
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The website URL for the peer-to-peer student outreach and education program(s):
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