| Overall Rating | Gold |
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| Overall Score | 69.27 |
| Liaison | Mark Klapatch-Mathias |
| Submission Date | Feb. 29, 2024 |
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.97 / 4.00 |
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Klapatch-Mathias Sustainability Coordinator Office of Sustainability |
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Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program
6,573
Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
6,573
Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
100
1st program
Campus Sustainability Representative
A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
The Sustainability Office works with multiple students who serve as Sustainability Representatives. They focus on student-to-student/peer-to-peer education. They do this by organizing sustainability events in residence halls, presenting in classes, giving campus sustainability tours, and planning and facilitating campus-wide sustainability events. The presentations, programs, events, and activities are designed to engage students and inform them about UWRF sustainability initiatives and sustainability as a whole. The student representatives often collaborate with students in the Office of Student Involvement to determine ways to target all students best. By better educating our students, the sustainability representatives can catalyze behavior change.
The students receive training from Mark Klapatch-Mathias and Tovah Flygare in the Sustainability Office. They also bring in external speakers/trainers depending on the topic and connects the students with various webinars. An example is conducting a training on waste minimization facilitated by the St. Croix County Recycling Specialist, Kris Poston.
Some of the areas in which sustainability representatives teach other students include:
- Waste minimization training (includes refuse, recycling, food waste, surplus property, upcycling, and donation collections on campus)
- The Real Game of Life program requires students to make decisions regarding transportation, light, and food sources while living within their means, including funds and time available. The activity highlights the effects of choices and ways to act more sustainably.
- Events highlighting nutrition and healthy eating from local sources
- Plants and landscaping - The students host a "plant your own plant event" where students can take home their plants. They also are educated on the benefits of having plants as well as the benefits of native plants and grasses. The event also creates awareness for landscaping techniques on campus and stormwater management efforts.
Students who attend the trainings and events are encouraged to consider a Sustainability Representative role in the future.
The students receive training from Mark Klapatch-Mathias and Tovah Flygare in the Sustainability Office. They also bring in external speakers/trainers depending on the topic and connects the students with various webinars. An example is conducting a training on waste minimization facilitated by the St. Croix County Recycling Specialist, Kris Poston.
Some of the areas in which sustainability representatives teach other students include:
- Waste minimization training (includes refuse, recycling, food waste, surplus property, upcycling, and donation collections on campus)
- The Real Game of Life program requires students to make decisions regarding transportation, light, and food sources while living within their means, including funds and time available. The activity highlights the effects of choices and ways to act more sustainably.
- Events highlighting nutrition and healthy eating from local sources
- Plants and landscaping - The students host a "plant your own plant event" where students can take home their plants. They also are educated on the benefits of having plants as well as the benefits of native plants and grasses. The event also creates awareness for landscaping techniques on campus and stormwater management efforts.
Students who attend the trainings and events are encouraged to consider a Sustainability Representative role in the future.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
The intended audience is all UWRF students including undergraduate, graduate, distance learning, etc. For students who are not physically on campus, the intended audience is reached through social media and virtual programming.
Number of trained student educators (1st program):
10
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
40
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
8
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
3,200
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):
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Part 2. Educator hours per student served by a peer-to-peer educator program
3,200
Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.49
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