Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 45.20
Liaison Scott Carlin
Submission Date July 15, 2015
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STARS v2.0

LIU Post
AC-5: Immersive Experience

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Joan Digby
Director
Honors Program
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Does the institution offer at least one immersive, sustainability-focused educational study program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s) offered by the institution:

LIU Post participates in the Partners in the Parks program which is a unique and rewarding experiential learning opportunity for Honors students and faculty. This program was developed in cooperation with the National Parks Service offering participants the opportunity to experience and appreciate the unique natural treasures that make up America’s national park system. All projects also address the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability being that the parks are created to sustain elements of nature for educational and recreational purposes.

In May 2008, LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn hosted a project that took students on a journey from Fire Island to Ellis Island, the first Partners in the Parks program to make use of both rural and urban settings. Honors students from the member institutions came in
addition to students from Vermont, Maryland, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Tennessee, Texas and Colorado.

Dr. Joan Digby, the Director of the LIU Post Honors Program, is also the creator and mastermind behind Partners in the Parks.


The website URL where information about the immersive program(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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