| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 79.37 |
| Liaison | Jillian Leach |
| Submission Date | March 4, 2022 |
California State University, Chico
AC-5: Immersive Experience
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Jennifer
Rotnem Director of Energy and Sustainability FMS |
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:
The Big Chico Creek Watershed Tour is an innovative educational program providing a multidisciplinary learning experience to students from across departments about the Big Chico Creek watershed and how it relates to California's water, climate, and sustainable resource issues. Students metaphorically follow a drop of water through the watershed as they engage with faculty in research activities that address the health and sustainability of the watershed from its headwaters through the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve, into the heart of campus, to its confluence with the Sacramento River. The ongoing research activities involve water quality, fire ecology, forestry resource management, river restoration and monitoring, climate change, and vegetation assessment. By creating an opportunity that engages students in complex real-world problems, the tour allows students to understand the value of a local watershed and how it relates to the sustainability of the larger Sacramento River valley system. The program is offered over Spring semester with three culminating, weekend events.
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:
Big Chico Creek Watershed Tour: https://www.csuchico.edu/cwe/stories/big-chico-creek-watershed-tour.shtml
Big Chico Creek Watershed Tour: https://www.csuchico.edu/cwe/stories/big-chico-creek-watershed-tour.shtml
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