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Senior Grady class' environmental project to continue as student group
JIMMY WEARN For The Red & Black
Issue date: 4/30/07 Section: News
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With Earth Day behind us, energy conservation and environmental protection issues may pass into the back of most students' minds.
But this is not the case for members of UGA Unplugged.
The organization is devoted to educating students of energy and environmental issues around campus.
"We want to see a movement on campus that will bring a positive change to environmental issues here at UGA," said senior Gaik Ping Ooi from Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
UGA Unplugged was founded by public relations class ADPR 5950, a capstone for all public relations majors composed entirely of graduating seniors.
"This group is the brainchild of our professor, Dr. Lynne Sallot," said Ooi. Sallot decided to work on energy conservation on campus after being inspired by Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth."
Further initiative to create the green-minded course was drawn from existing on-campus efforts. In spring 2006, University President Michael Adams developed the Energy Conservation Executive Committee. The committee was designed to research and implement methods to "enhance
the University's energy conservation efforts," according to the University's Engineering Department Web site.
In the group's short lifespan, UGA Unplugged organized the Earth Day festivities at the Tate Center April 23 and created informational billboards to advise students on ways to conserve energy and reduce pollution.
Additionally, UGA Unplugged put together a campus-wide program that exchanged regular light bulbs for more energy efficient models. They also sponsored an energy efficiency competition between Mell and Lipscomb Halls in order to reach
out to students.
Despite that its members are graduating on May 12, UGA Unplugged will live on.
One of the initial goals
of the group was "to make this into a student organization so non-PR majors will have access to this group and make a difference on campus through it," Ooi said.
UGA Unplugged has a tremendous following on Facebook and a student-led petition that rallies for the continuation of the group. Lynne Sallot and Ken Crowe of the Office of Energy Services will remain on campus this summer to maintain the organization.
For more information on getting involved, visit www.uga.edu/energy.
But this is not the case for members of UGA Unplugged.
The organization is devoted to educating students of energy and environmental issues around campus.
"We want to see a movement on campus that will bring a positive change to environmental issues here at UGA," said senior Gaik Ping Ooi from Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
UGA Unplugged was founded by public relations class ADPR 5950, a capstone for all public relations majors composed entirely of graduating seniors.
"This group is the brainchild of our professor, Dr. Lynne Sallot," said Ooi. Sallot decided to work on energy conservation on campus after being inspired by Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth."
Further initiative to create the green-minded course was drawn from existing on-campus efforts. In spring 2006, University President Michael Adams developed the Energy Conservation Executive Committee. The committee was designed to research and implement methods to "enhance
the University's energy conservation efforts," according to the University's Engineering Department Web site.
In the group's short lifespan, UGA Unplugged organized the Earth Day festivities at the Tate Center April 23 and created informational billboards to advise students on ways to conserve energy and reduce pollution.
Additionally, UGA Unplugged put together a campus-wide program that exchanged regular light bulbs for more energy efficient models. They also sponsored an energy efficiency competition between Mell and Lipscomb Halls in order to reach
out to students.
Despite that its members are graduating on May 12, UGA Unplugged will live on.
One of the initial goals
of the group was "to make this into a student organization so non-PR majors will have access to this group and make a difference on campus through it," Ooi said.
UGA Unplugged has a tremendous following on Facebook and a student-led petition that rallies for the continuation of the group. Lynne Sallot and Ken Crowe of the Office of Energy Services will remain on campus this summer to maintain the organization.
For more information on getting involved, visit www.uga.edu/energy.
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