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October 10, 2008
College news
SHERMAN, TX — Austin College students and faculty have planned numerous campus events throughout October in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Fundraising is a key focus of the activities. Proceeds raised from the various events will go to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, the American Cancer Society, and the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Among the activities, students sold pink bracelets and distributed informational flyers Oct. 6-7 to help fund free mammograms for low-income women. The community was invited to an interfaith prayer service on Oct. 7 led by student religious groups on campus. The service included prayers for breast cancer patients, their caregivers and doctors, breast cancer survivors and researchers who are working for new ways to detect, treat and cure breast cancer. On Oct. 14 an Environmental Studies Lunch Forum will focus on the chemical Bisphenol A in the discussion “What is in my water bottle — and does it cause cancer?” The Austin College men’s soccer team will hold a week of fundraising projects Oct. 13-17, repeating a 2007 effort in funding for breast cancer research. Last year, Austin College and Presbyterian-related Centre College in Danville, KY, joined forces to “kick cancer” and raised more than $5,000 for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. A representative of that organization will attend the Oct. 17 game between Centre and Austin College to accept the teams’ donations. Those who attend are encouraged to wear pink. For a complete list of Austin College’s Breast Cancer Awareness month events, click here. For additional information contact Kim Snipes, principal organizer for the Cancer Awareness events by phone at (903) 813-2545.
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CHARLOTTE, NC — Queens University of Charlotte announced today that the Duke Energy Foundation has committed a $5 million lead gift to fund the University’s new Sciences and Health Building. The facility will be named The Duke Energy Sciences and Health Building and will feature leading-edge “green” technology, making it one of only a handful of “green” buildings in the state of North Carolina. The $20 million building will possess 50,000 square-feet of academic and faculty office space, 12 state-of-the-art laboratories, a herbarium, greenhouse, 100-seat lecture hall and “green” building design. The facility’s technology and design will be incorporated into the science curriculum, serving as a teaching tool for Queens’ science students, providing them with an opportunity to learn more about air quality, water efficiency and energy efficiency. The building will include a variety of “green” features, such as renewable energy, water efficient landscaping, recycled content and energy efficient HVAC systems, which are the leading components of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
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DECATUR, GA — Agnes Scott College, with the submission of its first “carbon footprint,” which shows a 7 percent decline in greenhouse gas emissions on average over the last six years, has met a key deadline as a charter signatory to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. In submitting its greenhouse emissions inventory by the Sept. 15 deadline, the college joins approximately 400 other charter signatories committed to reducing their school’s impact on the environment. The reduction goals and the date for climate neutrality will be set one year from now.
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HASTINGS, NE — Hastings College sophomore Cindy Eschliman of Hutchinson, KS, has been elected to the nine-member national Presbyterian Student Advocacy and Leadership Team (PSALT). PSALT is the decision-making body of the Presbyterian Collegiate Connection, planning events for students, participates in ecumenical Christian student groups and is a strong voice for young people at the General Assembly level of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), according to a press release on the school’s Web site. PSALT meets biannually to address issues affecting students. The team works to develop lines of communication by building networks of support among synods, presbyteries, congregations and campuses. Eschliman, a philosophy major, is the recipient of a Kessler Scholarship in the Christian Ministry program. She is a resident assistant, a member of the school’s Chapel Committee and a member of the Hastings College marching band. She has been a member of Project Burning Bush (sponsored by Union Theological Seminary-PSCE), a Youth Advisory Delegate (YAD) to the regional Synod of Mid-America and a Youth Advisory Delegate to the PC(USA)’s General Assembly.
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