Sustainability

Elaine R. Durr, a sustainability consultant from Decatur, Ga., has been named sustainability coordinator at Elon University, a new position created as part of Elon’s sustainability master plan.

Elon is among more than 70 colleges and universities recognized on a special "Green Colleges" Web site created by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU). The site details initiatives on campuses that promote environmental sustainability.

Students in select classes have the chance to skip traditional course evaluations this spring and instead offer feedback about professors in a new online program put together by the Academic Council.

Two student organizations have teamed up for a series of events this month to celebrate the environment. The Green Team and Sierra Club are raising awareness of environmental sustainability, which includes Earth Day on April 22, during the campus community’s first ever “Earth Week.”

Read this note for a special message from President Leo M. Lambert regarding the final results of RecyleMania 2008 ...

As the 2008 POWER Less Energy Competition comes to a close, every residence hall on campus has shown reductions in the amount of electricity consumed on a weekly basis.