| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 61.91 |
| Liaison | Emily Vollmer |
| Submission Date | Aug. 2, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Virginia Tech
ER-1: Student Sustainability Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.00 / 5.00 |
Angie
De Soto Campus Sustainability Planner Facilities Services, Office of Energy and Sustainability |
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Total number of degree-seeking students enrolled at the institution:
31,006
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Program name (1st program):
Virginia Tech Green Team
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Number of students served by the program to whom peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education is offered (1st program):
0
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A brief description of how the student educators are selected (1st program):
The Office of Energy and Sustainability recruited interested students from the various sustainability focused organizations. All interested students were accepted into the program, and were required to complete a two-week intensive training before they were allowed to give any presentations.
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A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (1st program):
There was a two week intensive training period for all Green Team members. There were two 90 minute sessions per week that covered the details of all of the major global environmental issues that were covered in the presentation, basics on presentation skills, and an overview of how to most effectively communicate the issues to their peers. All trained GT members were also provided access to a detailed electronic training manual that had more in depth information.
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A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (1st program):
The program coordinator was a paid student intern that developed the program and facilitated the training sessions. The paid web developer for VT Recycling was also dedicating an estimated 50% of his time to assisting the team manage the presentations and materials with a robust VT GT website as well. Lastly, there were two paid Assistant Coordinators that worked 5 hours a week and focused on arranging presentations with student organizations. The Green Team Assistant Coordinators contacted the leadership of every student organization on campus.
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Number of students to whom peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education is offered (3rd program):
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Program name (All other programs):
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Number of students to whom peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education is offered (All other programs):
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The website URL for all other programs:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Please note: Virginia Tech is not claiming points for this credit because the Green Team (Virginia Tech's Student Sustainability Educators Program) is not currently active. We have entered 0.0 into the "number of students served" field to ensure that we do not earn points for this credit. In actuality, the Green Team Assistant Coordinators contacted the leadership of every student organization on campus and worked with the students in these organizations.
We chose to report the Virginia Tech Green Team for this credit to highlight the past efforts and achievements of the Green Team to educate students though a peer-to-peer outreach program.
Virginia Tech Green Team was active from January 2008 through December 2009.
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.