Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 74.80
Liaison Gioia Thompson
Submission Date March 2, 2020

STARS v2.2

University of Vermont
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.22 / 4.00 Caylin McKee
Sustainability Coordintor
University Dining Services
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Number of students enrolled for credit:
15,629

Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
13,247

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
84.76

Name of the student educators program (1st program):
Eco-Reps

A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):

Eco-Reps engage residential students in sustainability through peer-to-peer education that spreads awareness and focuses on behavioral change. Eco-Reps have a 1 day training at the beginning of the year and ongoing training at weekly staff meetings throughout the year. Peer-to-peer education and outreach happens through tabling, events, guest presentations for student clubs/orgs, social media and print materials. Examples of their work can be found in annual report:https://www.uvm.edu/sustain/eco-reps/news/eco-reps-annual-report-2018-19


A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):

Residential undergraduates


Number of trained student educators (1st program):
20

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
30

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
5.30

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
3,075

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):
Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
Davis Center Eco-Reps (Davis Center is the student union building)

A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):

Davis Center Eco-Reps (DCERs) are unique because they are not tied to the residence halls. They work for the student union building and work closely with student life to engage all residential and non residential undergraduate students in sustainability, mostly through events. They facilitate progress toward sustainability topics relevant to the Davis Center and run major programs like farmers markets and Earth Week. These events reach a much broader audience than the residential program. DCERs attend the same training as other Eco-Reps. Here is the schedule of Earth Week events in 2019: https://www.facebook.com/events/university-of-vermont/uvm-earth-week-2019/328252237798387/


A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):

residential and non residential undergraduates


Number of trained student educators (2nd program):
2

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (2nd program):
30

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (2nd program):
7

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (2nd program):
420

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (2nd program):
Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
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A brief description of the student educators program (3rd program):
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A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (3rd program):
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Number of trained student educators (3rd program):
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Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (3rd program):
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Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (3rd program):
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Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (3rd program):
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Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (3rd program):
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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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Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per student educator (all other programs) :
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Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (all other programs):
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Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators (all programs):
3,495

Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.26

Website URL where information about the student sustainability educators programs is available:
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