Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.14
Liaison Casey Romero
Submission Date Jan. 12, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Oklahoma State University
EN-6: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.10 / 3.00 Ilda Hershey
Sustainability Coordinator
OSU Physical Plant
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Does the institution administer or oversee an ongoing faculty/staff peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

Total number of employees:
5,744

Name of the employee educators program (1st program) :
Sustainability Human Sciences

Number of employees served by the program (1st program):
187

A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (1st program):

A call for volunteers is sent to all faculty & staff in the College of Human Sciences and a website provides info on becoming a member: http://sustainabilityhumansciences.okstate.edu/become-member


A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive (1st program):

Members of Sustainability Human Sciences are educated by the expert speakers they invite to their monthly meetings to address specific campus sustainability topics. For instance the Manager of Grounds & Landscaping trained the group on sustainability initiatives employed such as IPM, landscape composting, Tree Campus USA, native species selection and water conservation. The Sustainability Coordinator has presented on campus waste minimization and recycling and Energy Managers train on energy conservation techniques and ways to influence the behavior of peers.


A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (1st program):

The program is provided staff support. Currently the Manager of Research Support in Research and Graduate Studies for the College provides staff support to the program.


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