| Overall Rating | Silver |
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| Overall Score | 64.57 |
| Liaison | Sherri Mason |
| Submission Date | June 14, 2023 |
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.27 / 4.00 |
Sherri
Mason Director of Sustainability School of Science |
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Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program
4,448
Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
600
Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
13.49
1st program
Greener Behrend (student group)
A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
Greener Behrend encourages the development and implementation of strategies that further ecological sustainability within the Behrend and Erie community. They host weekly 'Lights Out' events, biweekly meetings, creekside and campus clean-up events, as well as tabling to educate peers about various issues (such as changes in recycling).
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
All students: students are initial engaged through welcome week and activity night tabling. Interested students are reminded about biweekly meetings through email and discord texts. Events are publicly posted for all students on BehrendSync. Some events include tabling on specific educational topics as another student outreach tool.
Number of trained student educators (1st program):
103
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
30
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
1
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
3,000
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):
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2nd program
Student Garden Club
A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):
The Student Garden Club is dedicated to tying together an understanding of food systems with environmental awareness. This club will also closely direct the future of campus garden spaces, and helping the entire campus community to benefit from these gardens. Further goals of this club include educating the Behrend community about food systems, taking action on campus and in the community to tackle issues related to food systems, and helping individuals develop an appreciation for food and the culture surrounding it.
While this club intends to educate and inspire students and faculty to understand food systems as they relate to the world, this club's focus will also have ties to the Erie community. Establishing and maintaining relationships with groups like Erie's Food Policy Advisory Council (FPAC), Penn State Extension, the Sisters of Saint Joseph Neighborhood Network, and USCRI's Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program (RAPP) will be some of the main goals of this organization.
While this club intends to educate and inspire students and faculty to understand food systems as they relate to the world, this club's focus will also have ties to the Erie community. Establishing and maintaining relationships with groups like Erie's Food Policy Advisory Council (FPAC), Penn State Extension, the Sisters of Saint Joseph Neighborhood Network, and USCRI's Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program (RAPP) will be some of the main goals of this organization.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
All students: students are initial engaged through welcome week and activity night tabling. Interested students are reminded about biweekly meetings through email and discord texts. Events are publicly posted for all students on BehrendSync. Some events include tabling on specific educational topics as another student outreach tool.
Number of trained student educators (2nd program):
51
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (2nd program):
30
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (2nd program):
2
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (2nd program):
3,000
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (2nd program):
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Part 2. Educator hours per student served by a peer-to-peer educator program
6,000
Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
10
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