Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 58.49
Liaison Cody Friend
Submission Date Feb. 13, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Nebraska at Omaha
EN-2: Student Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.60 / 2.00 Sarah Burke
Sustainability Coordinator
Student Affairs
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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):
80

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

All incoming first year and transfer students are required to participate in orientation either on campus or online. During the on-campus experience, students are exposed to composting as well as sustainable commuting option for navigating Omaha. All students and their families receive a New Student Welcome Guide which also highlights our campus commitment to sustainability and ways for them to get involved.


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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The University does not yet offer a general graduate student orientation. Each college and department determines the type and level of orientation provided to their student.


The University does not yet offer a general graduate student orientation. Each college and department determines the type and level of orientation provided to their student.

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