2008 Woodie Awards
Seniors move to revamp recycling
by Maggie Schiller
Issue date: 4/10/07 Section: News
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Heather Barron, the Delaware Undergraduate Student Congress adviser, said while the university does recycle, more can be done.
"In order to help the university, we must take baby steps," Barron said. "What can we do to supplement all that is happening here already?"
As the DUSC adviser, she facilitates the decisions the committee makes and helps direct them on how to get things done.
"I am experienced in fundraising and help the committee focus on the best strategies for fundraising," Barron said.
Senior Amanda Conforto, co-chair of the Senior Class Gift Committee, said instead of putting Class of 2007 on recycling cans around campus, the committee has named a fund after itself. In future years, when students are alumni and want to give back to the university, they can do so through the 2007 Class Gift Recycling Fund.
"This gift is a great way to keep alumni involved," Conforto said. "They will still feel like they are making a difference at Delaware."
This past week the Senior Class Gift Committee met with university personnel to create a plan of action.
Senior Jeff Haas, co-chair of the committee, said the work they will be doing will be in a series of phases.
"Our first step will be to refurbish the three areas with large recyling bins," Haas said. "We want to make the areas more user-friendly, visible and easier for students to get to.
"Secondly, we want to place different paper bins around campus at different main locations, such as the major dorms, in order to promote recycling."
In addition to promoting increased recycling on campus, the committee is working to create a Web site, which will establish what the committee is doing and let students know what is currently happening, such as the locations of the new recycling areas and how they can help, he said.
"The Web site is an educational tool to get the word out," Haas said.
Barron said there are many ways that not only seniors, but undergraduate students can contribute to the fund.
"Underclassmen can give as well," she said. "They can give in honor of a senior or just to support recycling in general. Students who make contributions will get their name in the commencement program. Contributions can be made now on the university's Web site, at www.udel.edu/seniorclass, using check, credit card or FLEX."
The whole point of the fund it to create a long-term goal in which other classes will hopefully join in the future, Haas said.
"We are the pioneers of the programs," he said. "But the sky is the limit and it is just getting started."
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