| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 60.35 |
| Liaison | Cody Friend |
| Submission Date | May 6, 2024 |
University of Nebraska at Omaha
EN-7: Employee Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.53 / 3.00 |
Cody
Friend ORCA Researcher Office of Sustainability |
Part 1. Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program
Total number of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
1st program
A brief description of the employee educators program (1st program):
The NU System Sustainability Summit is an annual event that gathers sustainability leaders, faculty, staff, students, and stakeholders from the University of Nebraska System to share insights and foster sustainable practices. Its objective is to promote effective, efficient, economical, equitable, and responsible use of resources, considering both current and future needs. The summit features various sessions, workshops, and discussions designed to inspire sustainable initiatives and engage participants in meaningful dialogue.
One of the benefits of the summit is that participants have the option to participate in several workshops designed to enhance skills related to sustainability.
Small Group Breakout Session - Option A: "Recycling the Un-recyclable in Omaha, NE"
Small Group Breakout Session - Option B: Update from UNO's Office of Sustainability
Small Group Breakout Session - Option C: "Creating Omaha's First Climate Action Plan"
Small Group Breakout Session - Option D: "Fusing Agriculture and Technology to Promote Sustainability"
Many of our employee educators are experts in the field of sustainability, professors such as Farrah Grant teach UNO's Intro to Sustainability course. By using her content knowledge of the field, among other professors, employee educators are trained by such professors on skills such as waste Diversion, or they use other skills to plan and coordinate the Sustainability Summit.
The total number of hours worked by employee educators was calculated by counting the number of hours spent planning the summit and hours working at the summit; those serving on the President's Council for Sustainability meet one hour a month to plan and coordinate since the Council is only active 9 months in a year, 9 hours are added to the 4 hours which each of the members attended and served at the event.
The NU System Summit for Sustainability is beneficial to UNO employees because it heightens awareness of sustainability practices that can be implemented into daily life; reorienting employees with sustainable recycling practices, and using professional development to engage employees campus and system-wide. Additionally, the program is great for promoting community partners that conduct community engagement projects, faculty, staff, and administrators network with community partners which can to many pathways in which the employee might serve in sustainability efforts in the future.
The Summit is planned by the NU system's "President's Council for Sustainability." The council meets once a month virtually to discuss issues concerning the sustainability within the NU system, however, within this meeting employee educators are involved in the planning, coordination, and execution of the NU system Sustainability Summit. Within the council, committees are established which target sustainability issues within the NU system. UNO employee educators represent 12 members of the President's council, serving on various committees.
- Academics
Elizabeth Chalecki
Director, Sustainability Minor & Associate Professor, Political Science
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Built & Natural Environment
Steven Schulz
Professor of Real Estate and Land Use Economics
University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Communication
Guoqing Lu
Isaacson Professor, Genomics and Bioinformatics
University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Health & Wellbeing
Dhundy Bastola
Professor, Public Health Informatics
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Patrick Wheeler
Program Director, Environmental Health and Safety
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Zoe Miller
Intern, Office of Sustainability
University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Social Accountability
A.T. Miller
Chief Diversity Officer
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Erin Bass
Associate Professor of Management, College of Business Administration
University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Transportation
Farrah Grant
Instructor, College of Arts and Sciences
University of Nebraska at Omaha
John Noble
Associate Professor, College of Education, Health and Human Sciences
University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Water Management
David Manning
Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Waste Management
Andy Miller
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of Nebraska at Omaha
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):
The employee educators program's target audience comprises university employees, including academic and non-academic staff, who work in various departments and offices across the institution. This second program is designed to engage these employees in sustainability practices and outreach efforts, aiming to build a culture of sustainability within the university community.
The total number of employees served by this program was determined by the number of faculty, staff, and administrators who attended the Sustainability Summit. Additionally, students were encouraged to attend the event, however their attendance was not counted among the 46 counted under this credit.
Number of trained employee educators (1st program):
Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (1st program):
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (1st program):
Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (1st program):
Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (1st program) :
If reporting employees served by additional peer-to-peer programs, provide:
2nd Program
A brief description of the employee educators program (2nd program):
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
Number of trained employee educators (2nd program):
Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (2nd program):
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (2nd program):
Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (2nd program):
Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (2nd program):
If reporting employees served by more than two programs, provide:
Additional Programs
Number of trained employee educators (all other programs):
Number of weeks, on average, the employee educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (all other programs):
Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all other programs):
Part 2. Educator hours per employee served by a peer-to-peer program
Hours worked annually by trained employee sustainability educators per employee served by a peer-to-peer program:
Optional Fields
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