Apple Day is a little greener this year
Apple Day, Pittsburg State University’s oldest tradition, will take on a bit of a green hue this year as the university prepares to kick off a major campuswide recycling plan. In keeping with the theme, the keynote speaker for the convocation at 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 1, will be Ruth Stinson, a PSU alumnus who is the founder and CEO of the Stinson Environmental Group in Kansas City. The green theme continues on Friday with an open house in the new campus recycling center in Whitesitt Hall.
This year’s Apple Day events begin on Monday, Feb. 26, with the annual Apple Dessert Contest. Judging (a tough job, but someone’s got to do it) will take place at 10:30 a.m. in the Gorilla Lounge of the Overman Student Center. That same day, the Student Activities Council will sponsor an apple hunt on campus.
Beginning on Monday and running through Friday, the theater in the U-Club of the Overman Student Center will show “An Inconvenient Truth,” Al Gore’s film about global warming. The film will be shown each day at noon, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
In addition to Stinson’s address, “Foundation for the Future, an Environmental Perspective,” Thursday’s convocation will include special music by the PSU Choirs under the direction of Susan Marchant, presentation of the Alumni Association Distinguished Service Awards, presentation of the Outstanding Faculty Awards, presentation of the student Golden Gorilla Awards and the student scholarship drawing. As is tradition, the Faculty Association will distribute apples at the conclusion of the convocation.
On Friday, March 2, University Committee on Energy and Resource Conservation (UCERC) will hold an open house for the new University Recycling Center in 106 Whitesitt Hall. Members of the campus community are invited to stop by to see the new center, talk with members of the planning committee, and learn how their offices can participate in this campuswide recycling effort. Visitors should enter through Quick Print (106 Whitesitt Hall).
The Apple Day Tradition:
http://www.pittstate.edu/spotlight/1stappleday.html
For more on the University Recycling Center and the University Committee on Energy and Resource Conservation:
http://www.pittstate.edu/erc/
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