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For release March 10, 2011
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From left: Margaret Robertson, Jennifer Hayward, Susie Cousar, Claudia Owen. Photo by Tamara Pinkas |
Sustainability degree wins LCC innovation award
EUGENE, OR - The Sustainability Coordinator associate of applied science degree was named the Innovation of the Year at Lane Community College in collaboration with League for Innovation in the Community College. The program also won a Schafer Innovation Award of $1,500 from the Lane Community College Foundation.
The Sustainability Coordinator degree was developed by Margaret Robertson, Advanced Technology Division; Susie Cousar, Health and Physical Education Division; Claudia Owen, Science Division; and Jennifer Hayward, Sustainability Office.
Additional $1,000 Schafer Innovation Awards were given to the Visiting Scholars in Islam lecture series, the Art on Campus Committee Poetry on the Walls project, the Tobacco-free Campus Initiative, and the Computer Access Project for students taking developmental writing classes. A Schafer Innovation Award of $500 was given to the Teambuilding as Wellness project.
Lane presents awards each year to recognize innovations that demonstrate effectiveness, efficiency, affordability, reliability and creativity.
For information about the Schafer/League for Innovation award process contact Tamara Pinkas at (541) 463- 5011 or Janet Anderson at (541) 463- 5803.
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Lane Community College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.
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Media contact: Joan Aschim, PIO, (541) 463-5591, aschimj@lanecc.edu
