Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 53.11
Liaison Elizabeth Malcolm
Submission Date Jan. 19, 2023

STARS v2.2

Virginia Wesleyan University
EN-2: Student Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.63 / 2.00 Jason Seward
Associate Vice President for Campus Life and Operational Management
Campus Life and Operational Management
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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 No
Entering graduate students No

Percentage of all entering students that are provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability:
81.50

A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation :

During new student orientation, first-year students are able to choose between various exploration sessions. A few of these sessions are geared toward sustainability efforts. Out of the 357 undergraduate students this year who enrolled in VWU, 291, or 81.5%, of those were offered the opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently included sustainability. During new student orientation, first-year students are able to choose between various exploration sessions. A few of these sessions are geared toward sustainability efforts.

Additionally during the orientation for the new students in the Batten Honors College, students participated in a tree planting service learning project with local non-profit the Elizabeth River Project, and learned about the importance of remediating this urban watershed. The Batten Honors College students comprise about 11% of all incoming first year students.


Website URL where information about sustainability in student orientation is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Information from Kayleigh Poggioli, Assistant to the Vice President for Campus Life and Operational Management.


Information from Kayleigh Poggioli, Assistant to the Vice President for Campus Life and Operational Management.

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