| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 52.81 |
| Liaison | Stephan Classen |
| Submission Date | Oct. 14, 2021 |
Cascadia College
EN-10: Community Partnerships
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.00 / 3.00 |
Stephan
Classen Assistant Director of Sustainable Practices Student Learning |
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1st Partnership
City of Bothell Sustainability
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
No
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:
Each year, the UW Bothell/Cascadia College Sustainability Offices partner with on- and off-campus organizations during our Earth Week celebrations to welcome their presence at our Sustainability Festival to share opportunities for students to help their organizations through volunteering. They are also welcome to cross-promote their Earth Week related events, or partner to create one together. For example, we have partnered with non-profits to host workshops and movie screenings on-campus and virtually.
2nd Partnership
Friends of North Creek Forest
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-focused
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):
Friends of North Creek Forest is a partner Non Profit for teaching Forestry Education, and maintaining and protecting a local wild-forest park space.
We partner with FNCF to create student opportunities for internships, work with them for volunteer events, and have had our alumni work in connection with them for projects, creating workshops, and design.
They work to accessibly reach students through classes and site visits, and our college serves to be a launching point of support for sustainable forestry education to K-12 students, and training for our college level students as leaders, teachers, and researchers.
https://www.friendsnorthcreekforest.org/
We partner with FNCF to create student opportunities for internships, work with them for volunteer events, and have had our alumni work in connection with them for projects, creating workshops, and design.
They work to accessibly reach students through classes and site visits, and our college serves to be a launching point of support for sustainable forestry education to K-12 students, and training for our college level students as leaders, teachers, and researchers.
https://www.friendsnorthcreekforest.org/
3rd Partnership
University of Washington Bothell
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):
Not Sure
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
We partner with UW Bothell Sustainability, as a co-located campus institution on all our sustainability initiatives. We design events, activities, and facilities operations and improvements together as a partner campus - for our separate as well as our joint buildings and programs.
Optional Fields
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Website URL where information about the institution’s community partnerships to advance sustainability is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
We are a co-located campus, UW Bothell and Cascadia are on a shared campus space, working together where possible.
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