| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.74 |
| Liaison | Jennifer Bodine |
| Submission Date | July 22, 2024 |
Weber State University
AC-5: Immersive Experience
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Bonnie
Christiansen Academic Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability Practices and Research Center |
Does the institution offer at least one immersive, sustainability-focused educational study program that is one week or more in length?:
A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s) offered by the institution:
Two of the Spring 2022 Alternative Breaks were centered around sustainability.
- The Environmental Conservation trip to O-ahu, Hawaii lasted for nine days. Students learned about ocean plastic pollution and participated in different beach clean-ups.
- During the Environmental Sustainability week-long trip to Fort Worth, Texas, students learned about environmental sustainability and food insecurity by serving at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens and The Tarrant County Food Bank.
A link to the information about past Alternative Breaks can be found here: https://www.weber.edu/ccel/past-trips.html
The Geography department hosts field trip courses each semester typically focused on sustainability. One offered field course includes a partnership with Community Rebuilds, a nonprofit organization focused on building sustainable and affordable homes. Students spend the semester researching the organization and related topics, attending corresponding lectures, and writing a research paper in preparation for the five-day camping trip at the researched location. The apex of the camping trip is a day or two spent volunteering at a Community Rebuilds construction site to help progress a current project and learn about the organization.
Website URL where information about the institution’s immersive education programs is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Center for Community Engaged Learning Past Alternative Breaks: https://www.weber.edu/ccel/past-trips.html
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