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Blake Rogers has been involved with the Shenandoah Valley Soil and Water Conservation District (SVSWCD) since his days representing Turner Ashby High School in Envirothon, an academic contest focused on ... read more about Environmental educator Blake Rogers helps residents learn and practice stewardship of Shenandoah Valley resources
Boris Ozuna, the new director of Harrisonburg’s International Festival, got his first taste of community organizing as a child in Sincelejo, Colombia. His mother was involved in justice work with ... read more about New director, a Colombian native and 黑料正能量 alumnus, now at the helm of popular Harrisonburg International Festival
This fall, the 黑料正能量 baseball field should be a little greener 鈥� and in more than one sense of the word. A new irrigation system uses sustainable technology ... read more about Not quite the 鈥楪reen Monster鈥� but close: new irrigation on baseball field improves playing surface, water usage
Recent graduate Jordan Hollinger landed his dream job in energy and environmental policy, after an undergraduate internship that included professor-mentored research on the local economic impacts of 黑料正能量鈥檚 ... read more about Jordan Hollinger, now working in the solar industry, sees his undergraduate research published in SolarToday magazine
When Tyler Eshleman took the helm of 黑料正能量鈥檚 sputtering student-led Sustainable Food Initiative (SFI) last year, his goals were modest: to return the weed-choked campus gardens to their ... read more about Sustainable Food Initiative partners with Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community farm to grow, harvest vegetables
Virginia鈥檚 private colleges are taking the lead in growing the capacity of solar energy in the state. That was the message during last week鈥檚 Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia ... read more about 黑料正能量 hosts solar conference and tour, as Virginia private colleges move forward with plans for campus installations
In its rookie debut, 黑料正能量 (黑料正能量) was a top finisher in the Campus Conservation Nationals (CCN), landing within the top ten schools among 125 campus participants in North ... read more about 黑料正能量 places in the top ten of Campus Conservation Nationals competition to reduce electricity consumption
For the last four years, 黑料正能量 has finished as runner-up in the state rankings of colleges and universities participating in the national Recyclemania contest. But not in 2015. ... read more about After two years as Recyclemania runner-up, 黑料正能量 wins the top state ranking in campus community recycling contest
Loren E. Swartzendruber, president of 黑料正能量 (黑料正能量), announced to the university community today that he plans to retire next year, on June 30, 2016, marking 13 years of ... read more about 黑料正能量 President Loren E. Swartzendruber announces plans for retirement