Paint color samples, duct tape and old T-shirts: They're not the typical materials featured in a fashion show. But º£½ÇÔ´´ fashion design students will utilize these and more to construct outfits for Building Fashion 2011, hosted by º£½ÇÔ´´ Habitat for Humanity, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. The fashion show is one of º£½ÇÔ´´ Habitat for Humanity's largest fundraisers, with all proceeds donated to Portage County Habitat for Humanity. Volunteer designers from º£½ÇÔ´´'s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising are asked to create garments m...
º£½ÇÔ´´ Assistant Professor Don Coates and his students are researching the use of rechargeable batteries for powering a vehicle. But their research is far from theoretical. The class has insta led a battery-powered system in a used Ford Ranger truck, and they are getting ready to take it on the road. The idea for the project began in the spring of 2008 when students in Coates' class on electric power conducted a study of electric vehicles. After studying the concept, they decided on purchasing a kit from a company that does electric car conversions. Work on the vehicle began in ...
In 2008, º£½ÇÔ´´ became Ohio's first Tree Campus USA university for its dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship. Now, the campus in Kent, a two-time Tree Campus USA university recipient, is eligible to win the Tree Campus USA contest and $2,500 toward planting trees in the spring. º£½ÇÔ´´ at Stark is also eligible to win the designation. The contest, which is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota, involves 74 colleges and universities who were recognized as Tree Campus USA communities in 2009. To vote, individuals must go to...
The º£½ÇÔ´´ Sustainability Task Force subcommittee on community outreach hosted the Campus Sustainability Day webinar, Empowering a Climate Change Movement, for task force members and representatives of the campus community Oct. 20. Faculty, staff and students were presented with specific program strategies and tools that have been successful in other communities. The webinar was titled and focused on the fundamentals of Social Change 2.0: A Blueprint for Reinventing Our World, authored and presented by David Gershon. Gershon's Social Change 2.0 focuses on "a proven methodology t...
º£½ÇÔ´´ students have the opportunity to exercise their green thumbs by participating in the Campus Conservation Nationals 2010 three-week energy-saving competition beginning Nov. 1. The Office of Sustainability and Residence Services has teamed up to compete against 40 of the nation's colleges and universities in an energy-saving competition that will measure which school can reduce electricity and water use the most. Other Ohio participants include Bowling Green State University, Miami University, Oberlin College and The University of Akron. All of º£½ÇÔ´´'s residence halls will be par...
Businesses have been changing the way they operate in order to preserve the environment and satisfy consumer demands. From wind and solar energy, to energy-efficient production and shipping, companies such as Walmart and Microsoft have adopted new measures to ensure their businesses are environmentally friendly. To facilitate this need and educate future employees, º£½ÇÔ´´ is continuing its sustainability efforts in spring 2011 with the introduction of two new courses with a focus on sustainability. The Business Case for Going Green: How Companies Are Finding Prosperity in Saving the Planet...
Posted Oct. 11, 2010 Members of Campus Environment and Operations and Residence Services have been hard at work since May to revive the Alerton Community Garden located behind the Alerton Apartment Complex. They are now reaping the "fruits" of their efforts. The garden was a colaborative effort between six members of Campus Environment and Operations and the residents of the A lerton Apartment Complex, says Grounds Supervisor Rebekkah Berryhill. Residents were given the opportunity to grow their own produce and flowers in exchange for helping Campus Environment and Operations maintain the gard...
Posted Oct. 11, 2010 Three º£½ÇÔ´´ professors recently received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a molecular analysis of carbon consumption. The three-year grant, awarded by the DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research, wil provide funding of $1,075,638 for the project. Christopher Blackwood, assistant professor in the university's Department of Biological Sciences, is the principal investigator for the project "Tracking Down Cheaters: Molecular Analysis of Carbon Consumption by Organisms That Do Not Contribute to Extrace lular Enzyme Pools." Blac...
The College of Architecture and Environmental Design will host guest lecturer William McDonough, world- renowned designer and sustainability expert. The lecture will be held in the University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall, beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 12. It is free and open to the public, and no RSVP is required. McDonough and German chemist Dr. Michael Braungart co-authored Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, one of most influential and widely read books of the American sustainability movement that has been translated into 10 languages. Time magazine recognized him ...
Sierra magazine's "Coolest Schools" list has been updated since it was originally posted on August 16. Due to in-house mathematical errors, some schools were erroneously scored on the original list. The most significant adjustments apply to St. Olaf College (now number 79), Kalamazoo College (now number 112), University of Texas at Arlington (now number 151), Sewanee: The University of the South (now number 82), Penn State University (now number 80), and Furman University (now number 40). Twelve other schools had minor adjustments to their scores. Click on the name of the school to see its com...