| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.36 |
| Liaison | Patricia Huynh |
| Submission Date | Dec. 10, 2024 |
University of Waterloo
EN-2: Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Patricia
Huynh Sustainability Projects Manager Sustainability Office |
Are the following students provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability?:
| Yes or No | |
| First-year students | Yes |
| Transfer students | Yes |
| Entering graduate students | Yes |
Percentage of all entering students that are provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability:
A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation :
During 2024 orientation, students had the opportunity to participate in the Free Store, as part of the Choose Your Own Adventure activity. The Free Store is an initiative to improve waste diversion by keeping gently used or new items out of the landfill, by passing the items along to other Waterloo community members. Students moving into campus housing also had the opportunity to receive household items from previous students living in residence via the campus moveout program (https://www.instagram.com/p/C-88u5jA-Il/).
The Sustainability Office was also part of graduate student orientation, ran a waste sorting station at the Black and Gold Carnival orientation event (https://www.instagram.com/p/C_ntIbLA8_7/?hl=en), provided training for orientation leaders, hosted a booth during clubs week, and actively recruited Green Residence Ambassadors throughout orientation (https://www.instagram.com/p/C_xxXeVOYNO/?hl=en).
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