University dedicates day to the environment

Campus Sustainability Day will be celebrated on Wednesday. The event will display sustainable alternatives and networking opportunities and hopes to inspire those on campus to use sustainable resources.  The events are free and open to the general public, including a breakfast and presentation from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Gallery of the Perkins Student Center. Other events include English professor and journalism director McKay Jenkins’ lecture ntitled “What’s Gotten Into Us: Toxic Chemicals, Our Health and Environment,”  which runs from 11:15 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Kirkbride Hall, Room 004 as well as “Green Expo on the Green” from 12 to 2 p.m. outside of Gore Hall. The day will end with live music hosted by Students for the Environment on the Independence Turf at Laird Campus at 6:30 p.m.