Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.39
Liaison Margo Margo Nottoli
Submission Date March 4, 2020

STARS v2.2

Warren Wilson College
PA-4: Reporting Assurance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 1.00 Margo Flood
Sustainability Project Coordinator
Finance and Administration
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Please note that assured reports are still subject to review by AASHE staff prior to publication, which may require additional revisions. AASHE reserves the right to withhold points for this credit if it is determined that the assurance process was clearly unsuccessful in identifying and resolving inconsistencies or errors (e.g., when AASHE staff identify a significant number of issues that were either not mentioned in the completed review template or not resolved successfully).

Has the institution completed an assurance process that provides independent affirmation that the information in its current STARS report is reported in accordance with credit criteria?:
No

Did the assurance process include internal review, an external audit, or both?:
Internal review

The name, title, and organizational affiliation of each reviewer:
Many individuals have reviewed numerous data sheets and data sets in the STARS reports as well as the documents prepared to support the report. They are as follows:
Lynn Morton, President
Belinda Burke, CFO
Paul Bartels, VP for Academic Affairs
Cathy Kramer, VP for Applied Learning
Paul Bobbitt, Associate Dean of Work
Dave Ellum, Dean of Land Resources
Lori Lewis, Director of Financial Aid
Annie Jonas, Chair, Education Dept and Director of Faculty Community Engagement
John O'Dell, Landscaping Manager
Virginia Hamilton, Farm Manager
Benjamin Mackie, Garden Manager
Shawn Schwartz, Forest Manager
Heather Shalk, Director of Human Resources
Ben Feinberg, Social Sciences Division Chair
Amy Boyd, Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division Chair
Rachel Himelheber, Fine Arts and Humanities Division Chair
Chris Nugent, Library Division Chair

A brief description of the institution’s assurance process:
Information that was gathered from campus stakeholders for individual STARS reports was fact-checked with the stakeholders for accuracy once the information was uploaded into report form. Inconsistencies or errors were corrected by the STARS liaison in this way. Next, the STARS review template was used by the STARS liaison in the final reviewing process and questions raised by that final review process were directed to the reviewers as needed.

Affirmation from the reviewer(s) that the report has been reviewed in full and that all identified inconsistencies and errors have been successfully addressed prior to submitting it to AASH​E:
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Completed STARS Review Template:
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Optional

Affirmation from the reviewer(s) that the report has been reviewed in full and that all identified inconsistencies and errors have been successfully addressed prior to ​submitting it to AASHE (2nd review):
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Completed STARS Review Template (2nd review):
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Affirmation from the reviewer(s) that the report has been reviewed in full and that all identified inconsistencies and errors have been successfully addressed prior to ​submitting it to AASHE​ (3rd review):
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Copy of completed STARS Review Template (3rd review):
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Website URL where information about the institution’s reporting assurance is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
An independent review of the data submitted has not been conducted but the information has been reviewed and approved by the stakeholders who submitted the data. In some cases, where multiple stakeholders were involved, their approval of the reports helped to cross-check and verify the accuracy of the data. The STARS data review template was used by the STARS liaison to review all information and all reports.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.