Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.41
Liaison David Tedder
Submission Date Sept. 30, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Kentucky
EN-2: Student Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.80 / 2.00 Shane Tedder
Sustainability Coordinator
Office oF 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 No
Entering graduate students No

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):
90

A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation (including how multiple dimensions of sustainability are addressed):

A wide variety of sustainability-focused organizations table during the summer advising conferences that all of our students attend, including but not limited to: Office of Sustainability, Student Sustainability Council, Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Sustainability Studies, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences and the Wildcat Wheels Bicycle Library.. Sustainability is highlighted during several K-Week (fall orientation) events, including a cook-out for the entire first-year cohort featuring local food, zero waste stations, and a water bottle giveaway.


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Information on summer advising can be found here:
http://www.uky.edu/seeblueU/


Information on summer advising can be found here:
http://www.uky.edu/seeblueU/

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