Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 76.34
Liaison Elida Erickson
Submission Date March 1, 2019
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University of California, Santa Cruz
EN-2: Student Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Shauna Casey
Sustainability Programs Manager
Campus Sustainability Office
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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 (i.e. new) students (including transfers and graduate students) that are provided an opportunity to participate in orientation activities and programming that prominently include sustainability (0-100):
100

A brief description of how sustainability is included prominently in new student orientation (including how multiple dimensions of sustainability are addressed):
The Office of Physical Education, Recreation Sports (OPERS) hosts a Zero Waste campus-wide resource fair during the week of orientation. This event is intended to showcase the wide array of student organizations and campus offices who provide direct services to UCSC students and features a Sustainability Zone within the fair where students can meet and engage in activities to learn about about sustainability as well as campus sustainability efforts, programs, and organizations on campus. The Sustainability Living Lab map provides a walking tour of campus sustainability.

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