Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.84
Liaison Morgan Hartman
Submission Date Dec. 12, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
EN-12: Continuing Education

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.00 / 5.00 Morgan Hartman
Recycling Coordinator
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Part 1 . Continuing education courses in sustainability

Total number of continuing education courses offered:
270

Number of continuing education courses that are sustainability course offerings:
52

Percentage of continuing education courses that are sustainability course offerings:
19.26

Course Inventory 

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its continuing education sustainability course offerings and descriptions:
Institution’s inventory of its continuing education sustainability course offerings and descriptions:
The continuing education collected for this report is from the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
One

Part 2. Sustainability-focused certificate program

Does the institution have at least one sustainability-focused certificate program through its continuing education or extension department?:
Yes

A brief description of the certificate program(s):
Master Naturalist

Participants in the Nebraska Master Naturalist Program will engage in nearly 60 hours of in-depth training, led by experts in their fields. They learn about Nebraska's ecosystems, plants and animals, conservation biology, and more.

Participants explore Nebraska alongside scientists, faculty, and natural resource professionals. They contribute time and expertise through exciting volunteer opportunities in habitat conservation, environmental education, citizen science, and more.

Grassland Management: The Grassland Management graduate certificate is a 12-credit hour program designed for current and future grassland professionals--managers, advisers and conservationists--and others who want to increase their knowledge about the conservation, utilization and sustainability of managed grassland systems.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s continuing education courses and programs in sustainability is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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