| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 46.14 |
| Liaison | Casey Romero |
| Submission Date | Jan. 12, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Oklahoma State University
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.97 / 4.00 |
Ilda
Hershey Sustainability Coordinator OSU Physical Plant |
Does the institution coordinate one or more ongoing student, peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs that meet the criteria for this credit?:
Number of degree-seeking students enrolled at the institution:
Name of the student educators program (1st program):
Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (1st program):
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (1st program):
Sustainability Chairs conduct outreach on energy and resource conservation within Res Halls. Recent activity has been to help establish a single-stream recycling program for single-student housing on campus, involve other students in decisions, and conduct activities such as collecting pledges on America Recycles Day, making sure recycle bins are serviced, promoting move-out and move-in recycling, communicating to students via visual displays, social media and Res Hall events.
A brief description of how the student educators are selected (1st program):
The Residential Hall Association (RHA) student director of external affairs offers sustainability chair positions at Community Council (hall government) meetings, through social media, and by word-of-mouth.
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (1st program):
Sustainability Office staff, campus Energy Managers and Res Life staff with sustainability experience train Sustainability Chairs during regular meeting times. Training is focused on resource and energy conservation.
A brief description of the financial or other support the institution provides to the program (1st program):
The Residential Hall Association (RHA) receives financial support as an official student organization and some of the budget is allocated to Sustainability Chair activities.
Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (2nd program):
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (2nd program):
This program focuses on creating awareness and developing a culture of sustainable practices within Family and Graduate Student Housing (FGSH) at OSU. FGSH provides a controlled environment for the implementation of this program, which has the goal of instilling practices in the FGSH community that will translate to economic savings for the university and a decrease of our environmental footprint as a whole. Outreach activities include hands-on recycling, composting and energy conservation workshops, movie nights, tours of compost, recycle and water treatment facilities, educational inserts in FGSH's monthly newsletter, presentations, quizzes and a recycle craft competition.
A brief description of how the student educators are selected (2nd program):
Members of the Biosystems & Agriculture Engineering Graduate Student Associate self-select who will be involved in the Fostering Sustainability Awareness at OSU program as student educators.
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (2nd program):
Sustainability Office staff and campus Energy Managers train Sustainability Chairs during regular meeting times. Training is focused on resource and energy conservation. Because the student educators are also graduate students in Biosystems & Ag Engineering, many are well trained through their academic program as well.
A brief description of the financial or other support the institution provides to the program (2nd program):
The group has applied and received funding from the Green Student Initiative mini-grant program offered by the Sustainability Committee of the Student Government Association. Up to $8,000 per year, per sustainability initiative project, may be granted as long as the project is applied at the Stillwater campus.
Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (3rd program):
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (3rd program):
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A brief description of how the student educators are selected (3rd program):
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A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (3rd program):
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A brief description of the financial or other support the institution provides to the program (3rd program):
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Name(s) of the student educator program(s) (all other programs):
Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by all other student educator programs:
A brief description of the program(s), including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (all other programs):
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A brief description of how the student educators are selected (all other programs):
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A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (all other programs):
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A brief description of the financial or other support the institution provides to the program (all other programs):
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Total number of hours student educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually:
The website URL for the peer-to-peer student outreach and education program(s):
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Sustainability Chairs are now called Eco-Reps (as of fall 2014).
Sustainability Chairs are now called Eco-Reps (as of fall 2014).
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