| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 54.65 |
| Liaison | Kelly Nowicki |
| Submission Date | May 20, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
EN-2: Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.58 / 2.00 |
Rob
Tyser Professor Biology |
The percentage of 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:
Sustainable transportation alternatives are prominently featured to new students (not including transfer students) and their parents via electronic newsletters and on UW-L’s web site. These transportation alternatives include:
• Jefferson and Badge bus services for traveling between UW-L and student homes
• Amtrak, which operates a station in La Crosse
• Enterprise Car Share
• U-Pass: provides daily unlimited, fare free passage on all MTU bus routes and the Safe Ride - a safe ride between downtown and campus during evening hours on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
• Bike rental
The website URL where information about sustainability in student orientation is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Open discussion with UWL 100 instructors about including sustainability in this curriculum.
An opportunity may exist for Students for Sustainability to make a presentation/give a workshop/give a campus tour during fall new student orientation week.
Open discussion with UWL 100 instructors about including sustainability in this curriculum.
An opportunity may exist for Students for Sustainability to make a presentation/give a workshop/give a campus tour during fall new student orientation week.
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