Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.24
Liaison Tess Esposito
Submission Date Feb. 23, 2017
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STARS v2.0

University of Dayton
IN-2: Innovation 2

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00
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Title or keywords related to the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
Applying the Coalition of Projects model to student engagement in sustainability

A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:

The University of Dayton implemented the Coalition of Projects model in fall 2016, to engage students across campus in sustainability initiatives and develop student leadership for these initiatives. The Hanley Sustainability Institutes's Director of Experiential Education, in collaboration with the Fitz Center for Community Leadership and the Learning and Teaching Center applied this service-learning engagement model to developing a student base of leadership within the Sustainability Institute. In the four months since its launch, a cohort of ten students are taking leadership for recruiting student volunteers and designing and implementing student peer education, Green Office/employee peer-to-peer education, green infrastructure, literacy assessments, and waste diversion initiatives.


A brief description of any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation (if not reported above):

We are in the first semester of this program, and thus have limited measured outcomes. There are two frames of outcomes that we are tracking: qualitative assessment of the student leaders in program and quantitative tracking of the outreach and numbers of other students engaged as a result of the program. Student/intern learning outcomes assessments, student reflections, and intern contribution to "succession planning" to raise up the next generation of student interns are part of the qualitative assessment. Numbers of student volunteers involved in campus mapping projects, lighting and energy efficiency surveys, results of the campus literacy assessment, and students participating in the composting pilot project are example of the quantitative data that we are tracking.


A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise:
Which of the following STARS subcategories does the innovation most closely relate to? (Select all that apply up to a maximum of five):
Yes or No
Curriculum No
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Campus Engagement Yes
Public Engagement ---
Air & Climate ---
Buildings Yes
Dining Services Yes
Energy Yes
Grounds ---
Purchasing ---
Transportation ---
Waste Yes
Water ---
Coordination, Planning & Governance ---
Diversity & Affordability ---
Health, Wellbeing & Work ---
Investment ---

Other topic(s) that the innovation relates to that are not listed above:
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The website URL where information about the innovation is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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