Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.81
Liaison Dave Barbier
Submission Date July 17, 2012
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STARS v1.2

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
SD-1: New Student Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Shelly Janowski
Sustainability Coordinator
Facility Services
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Does new student orientation include presentations, speakers, or skits that address sustainability and take place in large venues that most or all first-year students attend?:
Yes

Provide a brief description of the presentations, speakers or skits:

Dining services and residential living prominently includes campus sustainability initiatives. Examples include recycling, composting, sustainable food operations, ban on water bottles, the Greenest Resident Room, move-in and move-out, promoting walking across campus.


Does new student orientation incorporate sustainability information into presentations (e.g., made by Residential Advisors to individual dorm floors)?:
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Provide a brief description of the presentations:
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Does new student orientation actively engage students in activities that raise awareness about sustainability, highlight how sustainability plays out on campus, or allows students to take part in a productive green activity?:
Yes

Provide a brief description of the activities:

Trivia contest based on dining sustainability practices


Does the institution make new student orientation more sustainable via efforts such as a zero-waste meal or carbon offsets?:
No

Provide a brief description of the efforts:
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Does the institution incorporate sustainability into new student orientation in other ways?:
Yes

Provide a brief description:

No bottled water on campus


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