| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 62.28 |
| Liaison | Dave Barbier |
| Submission Date | Nov. 5, 2021 |
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
EN-2: Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.92 / 2.00 |
Molly
McGuire Special Projects Coordinator 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 | No |
Percentage of all entering students that are provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability:
A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation :
All new freshmen and transfer students are required to attend a Student Transition, Advising and Registration (STAR) session. The registration program includes time to meet with advisers, register for classes, and learn about student services that help students transition to campus. Do to Covid this program can also be attended virtually and can be accessed through our "Access Point" application powered by Comevo. During the general presentation of STAR, sustainability is addressed as well as including details about sustainable dining and meals on campus.
A Resource Fair is held during STAR where various programs and departments across campus provide information about their program. The Office of Sustainability staff and/or students reserve a table and display campus sustainability initiatives and answer questions.
Dining services and residential living table as well to provide information about recycling, composting, sustainable food operations, move-in and move-out, our LEED Gold residence hall, Green Advocates, etc.
Departmental links are posted on the orientation website to assist new students with addressing questions about their services or programs; the Office of Sustainability website is linked on the website, as well as Dining Services, Residential Living, Diversity and College Access and many others related to sustainability.
First Year Resource Fairs are held during the summer months and in January.
Transfer STAR (Student Transition, Advising and Registration) includes a Resource Fair as well.
Welcome Week also includes an Office of Sustainability ran event each year. For example in Fall 2020, a Point to Point bike ride was hosted and students we taken around the town of Stevens Point by bike, highlighting sustainability aspects along the way. Students were also given sustainability resources.
Website URL where information about sustainability in student orientation is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Graduate students do not normally attend orientation
Graduate students do not normally attend orientation
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