Earth Day at MSU to Include Electronics Recycling, Film, Expo
 Earth Day 2014 will be celebrated at Midwestern State University with
events that promote the mission of the day – heightening environmental
awareness and recycling – plus the unveiling of a student-designed recycling
campaign; an environmental film; and a mini-expo on conservation, sustainability,
and environmentalism. Events begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 22, with the
unveiling of a recycling design campaign and a recycling bin design competition
for students, along with food and fun to foster excitement about Earth Day and
the message of environmentalism. Kick-off activities will take place on the Fain
College of Fine Arts lawn off of Tee Pee Drive. Also beginning at 11 a.m., ECS
Refining will be on hand to help the community dispose of used electronics such
as computers, monitors, televisions, printers, microwave ovens, telephones,
power cords, and radios. A complete list is available at www.mwsu.edu.As part of
a EURECA (Enhancing Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities) project,
graphic design students Royce Brock and Melody Gregory Campos, with faculty
mentor and Assistant Art Professor Jennifer Yucus, will unveil a design campaign
to educate the community on recycling bin locations in the Wichita Falls area.
They have been working with Progressive Waste Solutions to create a recycling
awareness campaign for the community. “A lot of residents still do not know that
the orange bins around town are for recycling and that you don’t even have to
sort your recyclables,” Yucus said. “This project has not only been a great
opportunity to do something great for our community but also has given my
students a real-world client to work with.”EURECA promotes undergraduate
research by providing incentives and a support system for undergraduate
students to engage in high-quality research and creative activities in an
interdisciplinary environment. This design campaign developed through the
program will be on display at the kickoff event and student designed T-shirts and
reusable grocery bags will be given away.During an Earth Day Mini-Expo from
6-7 p.m. at the Clark Student Center food court area, participants can engage
with experts on water conservation, food sustainability, and reducing paper
usage in activities. Representatives from several businesses and organizations
will have displays to educate visitors on making better daily decisions related to
the environment. Natural Grocers, Times Record News/Lifeline, Progressive
Waste Solutions, and OrgSync (MSU Student Development & Orientation)
are scheduled to participate.At 7 p.m., the documentary Tapped will be shown in
CSC Shawnee theater. This documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the
bottled water industry. For more information on the film, visit
www.tappedthemovie.com/. The first Earth Day was celebrated April 22, 1970,
when 20 million Americans demonstrated for a healthy, sustainable environment
in coast-to-coast rallies. Thousands of colleges and universities organized
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protests against the deterioration of the environment. Separate groups that had
been fighting against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage,
toxic dumps, pesticides, freeways, the loss of wilderness, and the extinction of
wildlife now could organize in a common cause.This year’s Earth Day theme is
“Green Cities.” The Earth Day Network launched the Green Cities campaign in
the fall of 2013 to help cities around the world become more sustainable and
reduce their carbon footprint. Focused on three key elements – buildings, energy,
and transportation – the campaign aims to help cities accelerate their transition to
a cleaner, healthier, and more economically viable future through improvements
in efficiency, investments in renewable technology, and regulation reform.The
MSU Earth Day programming is a collaboration between Progressive Waste
Solutions and MSU departments and student organizations: American Society of
Mechanical Engineers; Fain College of Fine Arts; Bolin College of Science and
Mathematics, Engineering Department; Engineers for a Sustainable World;
Geosciences Club; Bolin College of Science & Mathematics, Geosciences
Department; Student Government Association; Student Development &
Orientation; Tri-Beta; and the University Programming Board.For more
information, contact Yucus at 940-397-2801 or jennifer.yucus@mwsu.edu.
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