Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 76.71
Liaison Gioia Thompson
Submission Date Feb. 6, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Vermont
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.23 / 4.00 Gioia Thompson
Sustainability Strategist
UVM Office of Sustainability
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Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program

Number of students enrolled for credit:
13,826

Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
11,081

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
80.15

1st program

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

A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
Eco-Reps go through a training at the start of each semester which covers the basics of being a community educator and how to design messages and actions that incite change. Throughout each semester Eco-Reps learn about focused topics in the field of environmentalism through guest speakers, group learning sessions, and self study. Eco-Reps are involved in large events and are often called to represent environmentalism at other group’s events (such as assisting in waste sorting at concerts or club fairs), as well as running their own programming (such as organizing events to get students to engage in environmental habits or tabling to provide information on certain topics) while working in their smaller community teams and assisting with campus initiatives (such as supporting Dining waste reduction campaigns or the in-dorm compost services).

A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
On-campus undergraduate students

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):
5.13

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):

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2nd 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):
Both on-campus and off-campus undergraduate students

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):

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3rd 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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Additional programs 

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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Part 2. Educator hours per student served by a peer-to-peer educator program

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:
0.32

Optional Fields 

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