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College Putting Food Waste To Use

Since Fall 2009, Elizabethtown College has been using a food waste treatment strategy that saves water and reduces waste hauling costs.

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Higher Ed Buying Co-Op Contracts With Michelin

Higher education institutions can now save more on tires, tubes, and installation services with a competitively awarded contract from E&I Cooperative Purchasing. As the largest buying cooperative for higher education in the U.S., E&I, is now offering its members access to its Michelin contract. This value-driven contract is the result of a joint endeavor with the State of Georgia Department of Administrative Services.

As part of the program, E&I members can take advantage of significant savings on Michelin, BFGoodrich and Uniroyal tires for passenger cars, light and heavy trucks, earthmover, off-the-road, industrial, and agricultural equipment. Benefits of the contract

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Pets To Join Campus Life At Stetson University

Stetson University in DeLand, FL will offer some of its students a pet friendly residence hall to live in beginning with the Fall 2010 semester. Students a the central Florida institution will be allowed to live with their pets in Nemec Hall, the university’s first pet friendly residence hall.

Stetson University's co-ed Nemec Hall houses up to 145 students.

Stetson President Wendy B. Libby and her administrative team believe animal loving students will benefit from being allowed to bring a pet to college. Libby introduced a similar program when she was president of Stephens College in Missouri.

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Higher Ed Institution Noted For Sustainability

Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, OH is the first community college in the state to receive the Bellwether Award from the Community College Futures Assembly.

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Student Involvement Reduces Energy Use On Campus

The Green Campus Program, administered by The Alliance To Save Energy, strives to bridge the divide between students and institutional energy costs.

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