| Overall Rating | Reporter - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | |
| Liaison | Patrick McKee |
| Submission Date | April 15, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Connecticut
SD-1: New Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
| -- | Reporter |
Richard
Miller Director Office of Envirnmental Policy |
Does new student orientation include presentations, speakers, or skits that address sustainability and take place in large venues that most or all first-year students attend?:
Provide a brief description of the presentations, speakers or skits:
Does new student orientation incorporate sustainability information into presentations (e.g., made by Residential Advisors to individual dorm floors)?:
Provide a brief description of the presentations:
RAs include recycling and conservation into their individual orientation presentations.
Does new student orientation actively engage students in activities that raise awareness about sustainability, highlight how sustainability plays out on campus, or allows students to take part in a productive green activity?:
Provide a brief description of the activities:
During the first month of the fall semester, UConn conducts an annual EcoMadness competition among approximately 23 dormitories that house the largest percentage of first-year students. This is an outreach event in the form of a friendly inter-dorm competition to conserve water and energy over the course of a month. Winning dorms in water and energy categories of rate of reduction over a baseline period and total consumption (measured by sub-metering system) receive a carbon offset certificate, a water conservation trophy and ice cream socials featuring UConn Dairy Bar (premium) ice cream.
Does the institution make new student orientation more sustainable via efforts such as a zero-waste meal or carbon offsets?:
Provide a brief description of the efforts:
New students in the residence halls each receive a free reusable recycling bag for sorting recyclables from trash in their dorm rooms. The bag includes a "turn out the light" graphic and reminder. This fall, students who have a UConn meal plan - virtually all first year students - will each receive a free reusable water bottle for use at the dining halls or hydration stations installed around campus.
Does the institution incorporate sustainability into new student orientation in other ways?:
Provide a brief description:
The University's environmental/sustainability director conducts a sustainability training session in early-May for the student orientation leaders. They learn about important sustainability activities, clubs and green features on campus, which information they share with new students during the orientation tours and related sessions. During the orientation tour, they pass the model dorm room and gather in the lobby, alongside the sustainability wall mural, where they discuss some of the campus green facts and features highlighted on the mural.
http://www.ecohusky.uconn.edu/waterconservation.html
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