Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 73.66
Liaison Amber Saxton
Submission Date Feb. 22, 2024

STARS v2.2

George Mason University
EN-2: Student Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Greg Farley
Director of Sustainability
University Sustainability
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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 Yes

Percentage of all entering students that are provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability:
100

A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation :
Mason includes sustainability in orientation through a variety of outlets:

All residential students receive a flyer that outlines Mason's environmental commitments and how their individual actions impact Mason's progress.

University Sustainability hosts a 'Welcome to Sustainable Mason' event in the dining hall where campus sustainability is demonstrated available to all students including undergraduate, graduate, and transfer students. For instance, Transportation explains alternative transportation options and student interns provide peer-to-peer education.

The greenhouse staff and volunteers provide tours to all new students, showing the greenhouse-to-dining hall process. They also encourage new students to volunteer in the greenhouses including undergraduate, graduate, and transfer students.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about sustainability in student orientation is available:
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