Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.19
Liaison Veronica Johnson
Submission Date May 28, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Southwestern University
EN-9: Community Partnerships

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 3.00 Laura Hobgood-Oster
professor
environmental studies
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Does the institution have at least one formal sustainability partnership with the local community that meets the criteria as “supportive”?:
No

A brief description of the institution’s supportive sustainability partnership(s) with the local community:
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Does the institution have at least one formal sustainability partnership with the local community that meets the criteria as “collaborative”?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution's collaborative sustainability partnership(s):

Southwestern University works with the Georgetown Boys and Girls Club where college students have the opportunity to work with middle school and elementary students to teach them the importance of gardening and help develop community gardens in the Georgetown area. 3 student interns work 5 hours per week throughout the majority of the academic year with faculty providing additional hours.


Does the institution have at least one formal sustainability partnership with the local community that meets the criteria as “transformative”?:
No

A brief description of the institution's transformative sustainability partnership(s) with the local community:
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A brief description of the institution’s sustainability partnerships with distant (i.e. non-local) communities:
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The website URL where information about sustainability partnerships is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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