Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.13
Liaison Jay Price
Submission Date Oct. 12, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
ER-12: Sustainability Immersive Experience

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Preston Jacobsen
Sustainability Manager
Facilities Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Does the institution offer a program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive experience(s) offered by the institution:

The UT Knoxville Chancellor's Office and Office of Research provide funding for a summer internship program to promote research and creative activity among undergraduate students. All undergraduate students enrolled at the Knoxville campus are eligible to apply.

During 2010, 25 of the 75 undergraduates awarded summer research internships had projects that were sustainability-focused. A few examples of these projects include: “Food Composting at the University of Tennessee”, “A Brief History of Environmentalism at UTK”, “Impact of Small Mammals on the Function of an Old Field Ecosystem”, and “Organic Farming and the International Community”.


The website URL where information about the immersive experience 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.