Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.32
Liaison Andrea Trimble
Submission Date Feb. 15, 2012
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

University of Virginia
ER-T2-8: Themed Semester or Year

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Carla Jones
Lecturer & Program Director, Center for Design and Health
Dean's Office, School of Architecture
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Has the institution chosen a sustainability-related theme for its themed semester, year, or first-year experience during the past three years?:
Yes

A brief description of the themed semester, year, or first-year experience:

The University of Virginia is the academic sponsor of the Semester at Sea Program. The Voyage Theme for the Spring 2010 semester was sustainability. The 109 day voyage visited ten countries and offered an curriculum and co-curricular activities centered on sustainability.

The University Unity Project, a Student Council initiative, seeks to unify the student body around a specific issue. For 2009-2010 Academic Year, UVA students voted to make sustainability the annual theme of the Unity Project. Student leaders came together under the Unity Project to coordinate the largest Earth Week celebration yet, with over 40 events and thousands of students participating.


The sustainability-related book that was chosen, if applicable:
---

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.