| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 50.80 |
| Liaison | Allie McAllister |
| Submission Date | March 27, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Villanova University
EN-2: Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.48 / 2.00 |
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 (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):
Our Recycling Coordination and Sustainability Manager speak to the orientation coordinators before the freshman arrive. The speech is motivational in nature, in an effort to get the coordinators revved up about recycling and campus sustainability efforts. Each orientation coordinator is assigned to a group of incoming freshman and guide them around for the first week of orientation.
During orientation, Villanova hosts a "carnival" for the new students that includes multiple University departments. Sustainability has three main activities for the carnival, including:
A recycling game organized by the recycling coordinator. The game pits two students against each other to see who can put the most "trash" in the right bin first. This helps to teach the students the recycling program on campus and clarifies what waste items go in which container.
Additionally, during the carnival students have the opportunity to tie dye organic cotton shirts with the Villanova sustainability logo. Information on sponsoring centers within the University are available at the end of the tie dye line.
Lastly, a castle of recycled cardboard boxes from move-in is made by members of the PESC Student committee. Not only is a castle a great show piece, but it is also educational, showing the students how much trash they generate.
At the Law School activities fair, their is a representative of the campus sustainability team there to inform interested students on campus sustainability efforts.
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