| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.47 |
| Liaison | Sally DeLeon |
| Submission Date | Feb. 28, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Maryland, College Park
EN-2: Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.78 / 2.00 |
Mark
Stewart Sustainability Manager Environmental Safety, Sustainability and Risk |
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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 | 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):
89.10
A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation (including how multiple dimensions of sustainability are addressed):
The Orientation Office has made great strides to infuse sustainability into the New Student Orientation Program. The Orientation Office now explains the environmental benefits of campus green initiatives so that all new students learn that environmental stewardship is part of the culture of the University of Maryland. Composting and compost education is a major focus for the orientation program. Students eat lunch inside of university dining halls where they learn about the compost program. At night, students eat dinner inside the Student Union where they are taught to separate their waste into compostable, recyclable, and landfill waste. The Orientation Office also saves paper by creating an online Virtual Folder that has all the fliers and resources students typically receive during the Orientation Program.
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