Richland College is taking part of RecycleMania, a friendly nation-wide competition between other colleges and universities to promote recycling and waste reduction activities in their campus communities. RecycleMania provides a tool for campus recycling coordinators, student green teams, and facility services professionals to engage their campus community in recycling and waste reduction in a fun and friendly way. Past surveys have indicated 80 percent of participating schools experienced a noticeable increase in recycling collection during the competition. The contest continues through March 28.
All Richland buildings will compete against each other to see how much waste can be reduced and how much recyclable material can be increased. Occupants of the winning building will receive Richland T-shirts!
Ideas:
*Have a shredding party. Gather up your old documents and get together with coworkers for a quick stress buster.
*Have mini-competition within your department. Find out who can recycle more and waste less. Offer the winner a free lunch.
*Bring a reusable coffee mug or cup for your beverages. If you frequently buy bottled water or use throw-away cups for your coffee or tea, use a long-lasting water bottle or coffee mug instead.
Have more ideas? Please visit www.richlandcollege.edu/recyclemania and post your comments. Downloadable flyer.
Last month, Richland College President, Dr. Stephen Mittelstet, and Richland Collegiate High School of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering (RCHS) Principal, Dr. Kristyn Edney, accepted a $15,000 check from the Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC). The check was part of RCHS’ winnings for the Tech Titan of the Future Award (University Level) received last September during the MTBC’s eighth annual awards gala. RCHS was recognized for its inventive approaches to “closing gaps in the K-16 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) student pipeline in its region’s engineering technology-related workforce.”
Cindi Bond Keith, Tech Titan Awards co-chair, presented the check and had this to say about the award, “Overall what we were looking for were places to go and give money where they are trying to make an impact on the future and to what’s going on in engineering in our own market.”
More on the Tech Titan Awards.
A GREENRichland tip
From greenlivingtips.com:
Toothbrush recycling and repurposing
Sounds a bit icky doesn’t it? It’s reported that over 25,000 tons of toothbrushes end up in landfill in America each year. It’s something we don’t think too much about – we use them, we throw them away. More on toothbrush recycling
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Have a global warming action to suggest? E-mail them to greenrichland@dcccd.edu.
“The Power of Disinformation” Financial Seminar
9:30-10:50 a.m.
Tues., Feb. 10
Free admission
Guest speaker is author and radio host Bob Guess. Call 972-238-6972 for details. Hosted by the Emeritus Program and SPAR.
African American Read-In
11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009
Performance Hall, F102
Auditions to be held in Thunderduck Room 182; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Jan. 27 and Jan. 29; 2‑4:30 p.m. on Jan. 28.
Fifteen Minutes of Fun – “Best of YouTube”
1:50 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 17
El Paso student lounge
Lecture/Recital Series featuring Reinhold Wagnleitner and Tom McDermott
Wed., Feb. 18
Fannin Performance Hall
10 a.m. “The United States and the World: Views From a Distance”
12:30 p.m. “New Orleans Piano and Beyond”
7 p.m. “Satchmo Meets Amadeus”
For more information, call 972-238-6130 or visit the Richland College news/media page.
Conference Day
7:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 19
Richland College campus, various locations
Register here.
Emeritus’ Spring Event – “Music: The World’s Storyteller”
March 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., $25 lunch included
Call 972-238-6147 to register.
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Richland College adjunct medical assisting instructor Gjeke Marinaj, was awarded the Pjeter Abnori prize for literature by the International Cultural Center, part of the Albanian Ministry of Culture. This recognition is given annually to authors in recognition of their ongoing contribution to national and world literature, and is the equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize in the United States. Marinaj has taught at Richland since August 2001. Read more.
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Robin Turner
Title: Academic Advisor II
Department: Academic Advising
Jacqueline Ihekwaba
Title: Academic Advisor
Department: Academic Advising
Jocyln Braun
Title: Academic Advisor
Department: Academic Advising
To: Patricia Benter, College Communications and Marketing
From: Brent Donham, former Richland employee
“[engineering brochure] Looks wonderful!!! … you have worked magic with material that should not be marketable or appealing to a younger crowd, but I believe you have made it so.”
To: Chuck Sheffield, Humanities
From: Zarina Blankenbaker, Administration
Thank you for all that you did to help us achieve our goal of highlighting faculty contributions during the All-Faculty Convocation Thursday evening! If you haven’t heard already, we want to be sure to pass along to you how much our faculty have indicated they enjoyed the program. Folks are telling us that the best part of Thursday night was the Student Readings. Although we know a lot of planning, coordinating, and rehearsing went into this portion of the program, you made it seem so easy. You selected the readings and made sure our students were prepared and ready to go. The entire student presentation went without a glitch because of your coordination. Please know how much you are appreciated for the huge part you and our students played in making the evening exactly what we had envisioned. It is such a joy to work with you and please share our heartfelt thanks with Alexis Nabors, Chance Dawson, Aaron McDavis, Thomas Nanthavongdoungsy, and Miller Pike.
Hello Dr. (Bob) Mims,
I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for the wonderful time I had while attending your lectures. The way you lecture, really had a significant role throughout my learning experience. I’ve been attending college for the past two years, and so far this has been the greatest class I’ve taken. Not only I learned a lot about geology, the universe, animals, lifeforms, geography, and so on, but I also learned to feel good about myself. What I thought would be another class to drop, became the most affordable to conquer. The way you teach was increasingly making me feel good about myself. Overall I had a feeling of “Yes I CAN do it”. The option you gave us to get some extra points by using cue cards, was so simple to do, yet, very helpful. The mini-quizzes were very helpful as well….Thank you for all the time, intention, effort, and care that you put behind every lecture. I am sure that I am just one among hundreds of students benefiting from your great lectures! Thank you, Dr. Mims. I had a wonderful experience!
David Edlund
Richland College student
*If you would like for a letter of thanks to a fellow T-duck to appear here, please use this convenient online form. Letters from outside Richland may be e-mailed to anitracotton@dcccd.edu or hard copies may be forwarded to the College Communications and Marketing office. Thanks!
Sergeant Cesar Sena (College Police) welcomed Cesar Angel Sena at 1:08 p.m. on Jan. 9 weighing 6 lbs., 8 oz., and was 18 3/4 inches long. Mother, Marisol Sena, and baby are doing well.
Jeremy Roden (Interactive Simulation and Game Technology) and wife, Tracey, welcomed Jack Houston at 2:29 p.m. on Jan. 22. Jack weighed 7 lbs., 3 oz. and was 20 3/4 inches long. Jack has Jeremy’s dark, curly hair. Mom and baby are doing great.
Richland theater technician Cris Bay-Andersen (Humanities) lost his father, Richard Bay Andersen, on Jan. 22.
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