Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.04
Liaison Jennifer Kleindienst
Submission Date Oct. 14, 2013
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Wesleyan University
ER-3: Sustainability in New Student Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Jennifer Kleindienst
Sustainability Coordinator
Finance and Administration
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Does the institution include sustainability prominently in new student orientation?:
Yes

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

Each year during orientation, first-year students take part in the First Year Matters (FYM) Program. They engage in multidisciplinary discussions about a central theme and participate in a Common Moment, in which the arts are used to catalyze and embody the understanding of the theme. From 2008-2012, First Year Matters adopted a sustainability-focused theme, such as social justice, water, global climate change, or hunger. Beginning in 2013, FYM will alternate between a theme focused on diversity and inclusion and one focused on sustainability.

In 2013, the Sustainability Office offered two extended orientation sessions to all first-year students to share tips and facts about on-campus sustainability.

+ Date Revised: Feb. 11, 2014

The website URL where information about sustainability in new student orientation is available:
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