| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 76.20 |
| Liaison | Tori Grant |
| Submission Date | Dec. 21, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Calgary
EN-2: Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Taryn
Meyers Manager, Engagement Office of Sustainability |
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):
Office of Sustainability orientation programming includes:
• Optional Day of Service in the community garden (hands-on volunteer opportunity for incoming students) (through Centre for Community-Engaged Learning)
• Information & volunteer recruitment booth on Office of Sustainability/campus sustainability at the Campus Expo for Undergraduate Students, Graduate Student Resource Fair, and Parent/Family Orientation where staff introduce sustainability to incoming students in its multiple dimensions (economic, social, wellbeing, nature) and recruit volunteers for Student Educator programs
• Optional sustainability Tour of the campus as an elective session in the week long orientation program (covering environmental, economic, social, and wellbeing aspects of sustainability);
• Waste/recycling engagement/game at UCalgaryStrong community-building event;
• Waste-free events (orientation barbeque)
Leadership and Student Engagement operates the following programs relevant to sustainability:
• The ucalgarycares Day of Service program provides students with an opportunity to contribute to their local, national, and international communities through different service-learning projects with a social-justice lens
• The BLING BLING fundraiser provides students with a bucket into which they can donate coins or bills which are counted for points during the event. The fundraiser is turned into a game and the winning faculty is announced during the KICKOFF orientation football game
• The President’s Orientation BBQ is a zero-waste event, all materials are compostable or recyclable
• Arrive. Survive. Thrive. Is a campus resiliency program that teaches incoming students how to utilize campus resources to facilitate their academic and personal success
• LSE facilitates a play followed by a presentation on sexual consent and the legal rights and responsibilities that constitute informed consent
• The Q Centre Open House introduces students to a safe space for the LGTQIA+ community on campus
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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