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Liaison Troy Goodnough
Submission Date Feb. 28, 2018
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University of Minnesota, Morris
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Troy Goodnough
Sustainability Director
Office of Sustainability
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Number of students enrolled for credit (headcount):
1,846

Total number of students enrolled for credit that are served (i.e. directly targeted) by a student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program (avoid double-counting to the extent feasible):
1,846

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer educator program:
100

1st Program 

Name of the student educators program:
Green Ambassador Program

Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount):
1,846

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities:
Some of the key activities in this area include campus tours of our many sustainability-related assets: the on-campus biomass gasification plant, the two 1.65MW wind turbines, the 32-panel solar thermal system, solar PV, our recycling center and more.

A brief description of how the student educators are selected:
Any student interested in being a Green Ambassador is invited to attend a training session.

A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach:
The students spend an afternoon with the staff of the Office of Sustainability talking about the different efforts on campus. They then take a tour of the wind turbine, biomass plant, Welcome Center (a green building), and solar thermal arrays. They are provided with formal publications about the sustainability efforts of campus as well as a script and audio information to improve their skills at delivering the tour.

A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination):
The Office of Sustainability provides staff time to train and support the Green Ambassadors.

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2nd Program

Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
Sustainability Training of Community Advisors

Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (2nd program):
934

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (2nd program):
Sustainability-outreach and educational activities take place within Office of Residential life, including the new Green Prairie Community Residence hall. CAs are trained to highlight certain sustainability ideas with their residents and expected to provide sustainability floor programs for residents.

A brief description of how the student educators are selected (2nd program):
Community advisors are hired by residential life at Morris to serve in the residence halls.

A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (2nd program):
The Office of Sustainability and Residential Life staff work work with CAs on articulating Morris's sustainability mission and vision and provides resources to help residents think more about sustainability in their everyday campus life.

A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination) (2nd program):
Office of Sustainability and the Office of Residential Life provide support for this program in time and labor. Office of Residential life also provides funds for student floor programming and sustainability-related engagement with the rest of campus.

If reporting students served by three or more peer-to-peer programs, provide:

3rd Program 

Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
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Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (3rd program):
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A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (3rd program):
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A brief description of how the student educators are selected (3rd program):
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A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (3rd program):
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A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination) (3rd program):
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Additional Programs 

A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs, including the number of students served and how student educators are selected, trained, and supported by the institution:
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Optional Fields 

Total number of hours student educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually (all programs):
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Fall 2013, fall headcount, degree-seeking, 2014-2014 UMM Databook, 1846 Fall 2013, fall headcount, 1946 48% of student body lives on campus http://reports.morris.umn.edu/2013-14_UMM_DataBook.pdf

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