| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 55.23 |
| Liaison | Anne Duncan |
| Submission Date | March 5, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Wartburg College
SD-1: New Student Orientation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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Ashley
Lang Director of Campus Programming Campus Programming |
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:
The Sustainability Coordinator makes a presentation to the first year class during orientation and the RHD’s repeat and support her presentation during hall meetings.
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:
RA's and RHD's receive posters and power points to share with the residents. An experienced sustainability student staff attends these meetings to provide more detail as well to answer any questions.
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 orientation team building students are invited to participate in a sustainability themed teambuilding activity. In 2013 we held a cardboard castle building competition. Boxes collected from the first day of move-in were brought to the center of campus, and all student were shocked by the amount of cardboard collected during move-in. This was, by far, the most popular team-building activity.
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:
Does the institution incorporate sustainability into new student orientation in other ways?:
Provide a brief description:
All first years are required to take a course called IS101. The common reader includes readings of a sustainability nature.
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