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Environmental Literacy Awards
Aramark
USM has also been looking into duplexing printers for some applications.
The Committee also awarded three awards to faculty members for promoting environmental
literacy by creating or modifying a course during the 2002-03 academic year.
Read the
news release (October, 2002).
USM Dining, run by Aramark, is now regularly offering local and organic produce.
Composting in Gorham
The Gorham campus dining services are now collecting compostable
materials and composting them at a local farm.
Paper:
In 2002, University Computing instituted pay-per-page printing. After
the change, each printed side
now cost students $.04 per page. The primary purpose of this initiative was to
reduce uneccesary printing. Indeed, the volume of paper used in university computer
labs dropped dramatically.
Environmental Literacy Awards
Professor Emeritus of History Fred Padula, who taught at USM for 27 years and
Specialized in Latin American history, has generously
funded two awards for environmental literacy. Calls for entries commenced in the fall of 2002, and
winners are being announced during 2003. Sponsored by the USM Environmental and Economic
Sustainability Committee, there were three Student Awards for Environmental Literacy of
$1,000 each for winners of a student essay contest. The topic of the 1,000-1,200 word essay was
how the USM community could use energy, or material resources, more sustainably.