Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.82
Liaison Ashley Woolman
Submission Date May 16, 2019
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STARS v2.1

Western Colorado University
EN-2: Student Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.90 / 2.00 Sara Phillips
Director of the Leadership, Engagement & Development (LEAD) Office; Director of Orientation
Student Affairs
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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 Yes
Entering graduate students Yes

Percentage of all entering (i.e. new) students (including transfers and graduate students) that are provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability (0-100):
95

A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation (including how multiple dimensions of sustainability are addressed):

New Student Orientation is required for all undergraduates. This program addresses sustainability through: a skit that introduces Western's sustainability values, optional Power Pledge, introducing composting in the dining hall, resource fairs to provide students opportunities for further involvement and enhanced programming to learn more about campus initiatives.


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