Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 61.63
Liaison Leslie North
Submission Date March 1, 2024

STARS v2.2

Western Kentucky University
EN-8: Employee Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.20 / 1.00 Grace Herrmann
Graduate Assistant
Office of Sustainability
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Percentage of new employees that are offered orientation and/or outreach and guidance materials that cover sustainability topics:
20

A brief description of how sustainability is included in new employee orientation:
New Environmental Service Attendants and Facilities Grounds crew hires each undergo a brief training to become familiar with what is and is not recyclable on campus, to properly execute these skills in their daily work routines on campus, as well as through the GameDay Recycling Challenge and other WKU athletic events. The new (and current) employees continue to learn more about recyclables on campus through peer-to-peer interaction as they come onto the job, and learn more about what they will encounter in sustainability at WKU. Resource Conservation also presents at 1-2 safety trainings a year to ensure ESA's and Grounds crew members are properly implementing their recycling knowledge.

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