| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 63.29 |
| Liaison | Samuel Crowl |
| Submission Date | Feb. 20, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Ohio University
EN-2: Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Elaine
Goetz Director of Energy Management Facilities Management & Safety |
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):
A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation (including how multiple dimensions of sustainability are addressed):
All first year and transfer students are required to attend Bobcat Student Orientation. Beginning in summer 2012, students and parents attending orientation were given the opportunity to attend the Involvement Resource Fair at which time the Office of Sustainability was able to educate new students and parents about purchasing sustainable school products and how to get involved with sustainable initiatives on campus. The Orientation programs also highlighted sustainability (in multiple locations throughout the booklet) as an institutional value and priority. Incoming student tour guides starting in 2016 were given scripts about sustainability and were trained on sustainable aspects of the campus.
Beginning in the 2012-2013 calendar year, the Office of Sustainability was given a section of the orientation handbook, the OHIO Guide, which was given to all incoming students. Beginning in fall 2016, new Graduate students were provided with reusable bags provided by the Office of Sustainability, Zero Waste Ohio, the Voinovich School and Graduate Student Senate. Bags are distributed at the fall orientation and through the Graduate College office. In 2017, Orientation programs moved to a digital version of the OHIO Guide.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Undergraduate and transfer information updated by Cimmeron O'Connor, Director, Undergraduate Orientation Program, 12/7/17. Graduate orientation information provided by Katie Tadlock, Graduate College, 2/5/17.
Undergraduate and transfer information updated by Cimmeron O'Connor, Director, Undergraduate Orientation Program, 12/7/17. Graduate orientation information provided by Katie Tadlock, Graduate College, 2/5/17.
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