NEWS

For Immediate Release
April 12, 2007
Contact: Marianne Martin, (303) 492-8308
CU Environmental Center

Campus Environmental Awardees Announced

Awards Ceremony to be held Friday, April 20

The University of Colorado will recognize the significant achievements and extraordinary efforts of outstanding individuals and departments at the annual environmental awards ceremony. The luncheon ceremony will be held on Friday, April 20, 2007, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in UMC 235. Vice Chancellors Paul Tabolt and Ron Stump will present the 2007 Campus Environmental Awards to:

• Amin Gheysar – Individual Achievement – Waste Reduction and Recycling

• Carrie Gibadlo – Student Achievement – Environmentally-Responsible Products

• Mike Hannigan – Green Faculty

• Housing and Dining Services – Departmental Achievement – Energy and Water Conservation

• Chancellor G.P. “Bud” Peterson – Climate Leadership

• Moe Tabrizi – Sustainability Leadership

• Paul Weissmann – Outstanding Alumni

• Amy Harris – Honorable Mention – Student Achievement

• Sigma Pi Fraternity – Honorable Mention – Recycling

The awardees exemplify CU’s continuing efforts to become a sustainable institution and set the example for environmental stewardship and responsibility. Some of the awardees have made groundbreaking efforts that will change the overall way CU operates, and others make an impact on the community and campus environment with their everyday actions. Outstanding efforts such as these make CU’s successful and challenging approaches to attaining sustainability possible. All in all, the campus community is contributing toward a sustainable future.

More information on each of the 2007 awardees is available at http://ecenter.colorado.edu/greening_cu/index.html#awards.

To attend the ceremony, RSVP to ecenter@colorado.edu or 303-492-8308 by Tuesday, April 17. This event is sponsored by the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Vice Chancellor for Administration, and the UCSU Environmental Center.

About the Campus Environmental Awards

The campus environmental awards program started in 1997 as a means to recognize commitment to reducing the burden that the CU campus places on the environment.

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