Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.06
Liaison Casey Meehan
Submission Date June 15, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Western Technical College
EN-5: Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00
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Has the institution held at least one sustainability-related outreach campaign directed at students within the previous three years that has yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Yes

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Has the institution held at least one sustainability-related outreach campaign directed at employees within the previous three years that has yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Yes

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The name of the campaign (1st campaign):
Shred Event

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A brief description of the campaign (1st campaign):
Western Technical College held an event which brought both students, employees, and members of the community around sustainability efforts. As a part of Money Smart Week and Earth Week a shredding company was brought in and participants were asked to bring all of the waste paper that they have built up. This gave students and employees the opportunity to responsibly get rid of their waste paper and have it recycled properly.

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A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (1st campaign):
During this event over 1,200 pounds of paper was shredded and recycled properly.

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The website URL where information about the campaign is available (1st campaign):
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The name of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Tree Planting demonstration

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A brief description of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Western held a Tree Planting Demonstration event where the Landscape Horticulture students demonstrated how to properly plant a tree. Students, children from the nearby daycare helped plant two trees.

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A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):
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The website URL where information about the campaign is available (2nd campaign):
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A brief description of other outreach campaigns, including measured positive impacts:
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