Campus Engagement

In addition to serving as a major medical center educating approximately 3,500 professional students each year, UNMC/Nebraska Medicine also represents two of the largest employers in the City of Omaha and the State of Nebraska with over 10,000 employees. 

Measuring Success of Engagement Efforts

To gauge the health and development of an organizational culture of sustainability, the med center conducts a bi-annual Sustainability Engagement Survey. The Sustainability Engagement Survey (SES) asks respondents to weigh in on five dimensions of sustainability engagement at the med center: 

• awareness of efforts to be more sustainable; 
• knowledge about ways to be sustainable; 
• behavioral frequency of sustainable behaviors; 
• perceived behavioral frequency of the sustainable behaviors of others; 
• familiarity with sustainability topics. 

The survey combines metrics on knowledge and perceived behavior to determine a single score between 0-100. A higher Sustainability Engagement Score indicates that more employees and students are highly aware of the med center’s sustainability efforts, highly knowledgeable about how to conserve resources while at work or school, and regularly engage in various conservation behaviors on campus.

Historical SES Scores

Visit the med center’s sustainability dashboard to track progress toward campus engagement goals and read about recent efforts! 

2024 SES Results

The survey was conducted in October 2024, Campus Sustainability Month. This year, almost 2,000 staff, students and faculty responded (about 1,000 more responses than in 2022).

The overall score this year was 56, a two-point decrease from the score in 2022, but when survey results are normalized to account for differences in questions asked in 2024 vs. 2022, there was virtually no change in score between this year’s score and 2022. 

To download the full version of the 2024 SES report, click here. 

Get involved and turn your feedback into action! Join our mission by visiting the LiveGreen Ambassadors webpage or join the LiveGreen Ambassadors Employee Resource Group.