March 11, 2011

BCU to Sponsor Green-A-Thon

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Students, faculty and staff at Briar Cliff University will engage in Green-A-Thon, a weeklong focus on recycling and other green initiatives, beginning Monday, March 14, through Friday, March 18, 2011.

Throughout the week, members of the BCU community will have a number of opportunities to continue their efforts to go green, including signing green pledges, learning online tips on how to reduce, reuse and recycle and receiving green specials in the Roth Campus Bookstore.

BCU’s Green-A-Thon also will feature the campus appearance of “Cardboard Bob,” recycling contests and games for prizes, such as Green Quiz Bowl and My Ecological Footprint.

Rob Perryman, general manager of Sioux City’s Singing Hills Wal-Mart, will present “The Greening of Wal-Mart and Why it Matters,” a free public event at 7 p.m., Monday, March 14, in the Saint Francis Center on campus.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,150 students from 29 states and 11 countries. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care, compassion and service. For more information, please visit briarcliff.edu.

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