| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 57.02 |
| Liaison | Monika Kamboures |
| Submission Date | Aug. 17, 2023 |
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
EN-10: Community Partnerships
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.00 / 3.00 |
Monika
Kamboures Sustainability Coordinator Office of Planning, Sustainability & Transportation |
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1st Partnership
Regenerative Communities Fellowship
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Yes
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Multi-year or ongoing
Which of the following best describes the partnership?:
Sustainability-focused
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? :
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability:
The Regenerative Communities Fellowship Program seeks to address the achievement gap by:
-encouraging pathways to higher education for underrepresented students;
-empowering communities to address environmental challenges; and
-developing a model for university-primary school partnership which can be replicated.
The Lyle Center has forged a unique relationship with with two elementary school communities in Pomona, Westmont Elementary and Kellogg Polytechnic Elementary schools, advancing environmental awareness and supporting inquiry-based learning.
-encouraging pathways to higher education for underrepresented students;
-empowering communities to address environmental challenges; and
-developing a model for university-primary school partnership which can be replicated.
The Lyle Center has forged a unique relationship with with two elementary school communities in Pomona, Westmont Elementary and Kellogg Polytechnic Elementary schools, advancing environmental awareness and supporting inquiry-based learning.
2nd Partnership
School Garden Internship Program
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
Yes
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
Multi-year or ongoing
Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
Sustainability-related
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (2nd partnership):
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
Duties for the School Garden Program include the following:
-Provide day-to-day garden maintenance, including weeding, watering, composting or other activities as appropriate to ensure a healthy, attractive, well-maintained, and resource-conserving garden
-Promote participation in garden to students and families.
-Support garden classroom activities in partnership with teachers/Fellows, by providing curricular guidance, technical assistance, and hands-on assistance with implementing projects.
-Maintain garden tools and develop wish lists of equipment needed.
-Provide mentoring for students related to college and other pathways of opportunity.
-Provide day-to-day garden maintenance, including weeding, watering, composting or other activities as appropriate to ensure a healthy, attractive, well-maintained, and resource-conserving garden
-Promote participation in garden to students and families.
-Support garden classroom activities in partnership with teachers/Fellows, by providing curricular guidance, technical assistance, and hands-on assistance with implementing projects.
-Maintain garden tools and develop wish lists of equipment needed.
-Provide mentoring for students related to college and other pathways of opportunity.
3rd Partnership
Foothill Transit Partnership
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Yes
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
Multi-year or ongoing
Which of the following best describes the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Sustainability-focused
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (3rd partnership):
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
The university has a strategic partnership with Foothill Transit to to make public transit more affordable and accessible to the campus population. We have an MOU with the agency to pilot a free student transit pass program; and are jointly exploring the feasibility to construct a Mobility Hub on campus.
Optional Fields
The university, collaborated with the City of Pomona, to build a protected bike lane on Valley Boulevard in 2022, and is currently partnering with the City to design the San Jose Creek Greenway Multi-Use Trail (Class I Bikeway) adjacent to campus and to develop a complete streets ordinance.
Website URL where information about the institution’s community partnerships to advance sustainability is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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