Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 60.35
Liaison Cody Friend
Submission Date May 6, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Nebraska at Omaha
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.51 / 4.00 Zoe Miller
Sustainability Intern
Office of Sustainability
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Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program

Number of students enrolled for credit:
18,191

Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
120

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
0.66

1st program

Name of the student educators program (1st program):
Trash Talkers

A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
As a Trash Talker, you will teach the UNO community how to be more sustainable, through waste reduction efforts. You will be trained in waste management and will lead peer-to-peer education on sustainability throughout the campus. Duties include: Educate the UNO community on how to properly use waste stream options at events and buildings on campus; Serve as assistant program managers for UNO Sustainable events Program, consulting students, staff, and faculty on developing and executing sustainable events; Lead waste reduction stations in Milo Bail Student Center; Conduct waste audits around campus to analyze contamination rates, educate students, and track sustainability goals; Host in-person and online educational events; Develop training and educational materials related to waste management and reduction

A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
The target audience for this program is any student, staff, or faculty member who uses the Milo Bail Food Court Monday-Thursday.

Number of trained student educators (1st program):
60

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
32

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
1

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
30

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):

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2nd program

Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
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3rd program 

Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
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Additional programs 

A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
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Number of trained student educators (all other programs):
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Number of weeks, on average, the student educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
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Part 2. Educator hours per student served by a peer-to-peer educator program

Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators (all programs):
30

Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.25

Optional Fields 

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