Sustainability

A semesterly residential contest that challenges students in residence halls to use less energy starts this week and ends just before Spring Break.

Four leaders in technology, entertainment and design visit campus on Feb. 22, 2014, to give short lectures as part of the university's TEDx program in Whitley Auditorium.

The university has received a STARS Silver rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

A free screening of the award winning documentary, "The City Dark," will take place Wednesday, February 26 in McKinnon Hall at 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 3, noon-1:30 p.m. in Moseley 215 

Thursday, Feb. 27, noon-1 p.m. in Moseley 215 

Using one centrally located trash can, instead of relying on the ones beside faculty members' desks, improved the Department of Physical Therapy Education's recylcing efforts.

Students and employees will square off against counterparts at hundreds of colleges and universities around the United States and Canada as part of a friendly competition to reduce landfill waste.

Eight team members worked with Finca La Esperanza to help build a web and social media presence.

Eight new locations on campus make it even more convenient for students, faculty and staff to properly recycle broken or unwanted electronic equipment.