30th Annual Student Research Conference
Cultivating an Environmentally-Conscious Campus through the Office of Sustainability
Rebecca Elder
Dr. Marilyn Yaquinto, Faculty Mentor
Truman State University’s Office of Sustainability is a student-initiated and student-run office that coordinates and promotes environmental efforts at Truman and in the surrounding community. This interdisciplinary research identifies effective measures of cultivating an environmentally-conscious atmosphere at Truman through communicating about sustainability, peer-to-peer education, and hands-on learning experiences for students involved in running the office. Methods and thoeries from disciplines of Communication, Education, Environmental Studies, and Economics are used in this research.
Keywords: Office of Sustainability, Education, Communication
Topic(s):Interdisciplinary Studies Major
Environmental Studies
Presentation Type: Oral Paper
Session: 307-3
Location: MG 2090
Time: 1:30