| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.47 |
| Liaison | Cora Kenfield |
| Submission Date | March 4, 2021 |
Vassar College
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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3.73 / 4.00 |
Cora
Kenfield Director of Sustainability Office of Sustainability |
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The EcoLeaders program was an idea initially discussed by both the College Committee on Sustainability (CCS) and the Vassar Greens, a student group as a way to engage more members of the Vassar community on sustainability issues. The two groups worked together, along with support from the Office of Residential Life, to design the EcoLeaders program during the Fall of 2013. Spring 2014 is the first semester the program was implemented. The program was designed to allow individuals interested in taking a leadership role on sustainability issues to have a structure and support system that empowered them to realize their ideas and effectively implement them. The position is volunteer-based and requires a commitment of 1-3 hours a week.
The program seeks to train individuals in each of the dorms, as well as senior and off-campus housing areas, to serve as leaders on sustainability in their living spaces. Each corps works on projects targeted at specific living spaces (i.e. Main Dorm), departments (i.e. Vassar Athletics), as well as at the student body at large. In 2015 the students developed a loyalty card, that gives community members a free drink about after using a reusable mug 10 times. In 2016 the EcoLeaders implemented a signage campaign in all of the campus bathrooms to reduce paper towel usage.
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Ecoleader programs reach students across all residence halls
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Vassar also has an internship program, which employs seven students a semester as interns for the sustainability office. In addition to committee educational outreach, each intern works closely with an administrative office on campus on sustainability matters. The intern positions work closely to implement a variety of programming that deal with partnerships to improve sustainability in campus organizations and the Poughkeepsie Community. Major projects include the weekly Farmer's Market, promoting public transportation and the Poughkeepsie bus system, running building level energy audits, writing master planning documents including the Climate Action Plan. In addition, the Sustainability Interns host an array of programming including guest speakers, tabling at all-campus events, career panels, movie screenings, and an Energy Competition.
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