Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.13
Liaison Eric O'Brien
Submission Date March 1, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

University of Northern Iowa
ER-T2-8: Themed Semester or Year

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Eric O'Brien
University Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

None
Has the institution chosen a sustainability-related theme for its themed semester, year, or first-year experience during the past three years?:
Yes

None
A brief description of the themed semester, year, or first-year experience:
The Reaching for Higher Ground project aims to build a stronger campus community, one more accepting of people of different viewpoints and backgrounds. The 2012-13 Reaching for Higher Ground theme is "The Search for an American Dream" which will be examined through the lenses of social justice, education and economics. The entire campus community is invited to embrace the project in the 2012-2013 academic year. The final event of the year will be feature addresses by Majora Carter and Winona LaDuke.

None
The sustainability-related book that was chosen, if applicable:
---

None
The website URL where information about the theme is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
---

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.