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Page 1: TCU Parent & Family Guide 2011

Texas Christian University1

UNIVERSITY PARENT

GUIDE

20112012

Texas Christian University

CAMPUS RESOURCES – LOCAL INSIGHT – HELPFUL INFORMATION

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ity In

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me

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Le

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mb

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th

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Gre

etings!

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pro

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pro

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ff a

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vid

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me

nt,

facilit

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or

CLP

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llo

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dvis

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wo

rk c

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th

eir

co

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acilit

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min

ars

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tin

g

ind

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ua

lly, a

tte

nd

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ac

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d t

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of

ind

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len

ts a

nd

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l

ph

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ph

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f le

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hip

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or

Eth

ica

l D

ecis

ion

-

Ma

kin

g t

o a

dd

ress t

he

co

mp

lexit

ies

of

eth

ics a

nd

ho

w t

he

y r

ela

te

to e

thic

al d

ecis

ion

ma

kin

g.

Inte

rcu

ltu

ral Le

ad

ers

hip

– u

se

s

the

In

terc

ult

ura

l K

no

wle

dg

e a

nd

Co

mp

ete

nce

VA

LU

E R

ub

ric t

o

ch

alle

ng

e s

tud

en

ts t

o e

xp

lore

pe

rso

na

l a

ssu

mp

tio

ns a

nd

bia

se

s,

ide

as o

f p

rivile

ge

, a

nd

im

plica

tio

ns

for

be

ing

so

cia

lly r

esp

on

sib

le

for

oth

ers

an

d o

ur

co

mm

un

ity.

Re

sp

on

sib

le C

itiz

en

sh

ip –

a

cu

lmin

ati

on

of

the

So

cia

l C

ha

ng

e

Mo

de

l, E

thic

al a

nd

In

terc

ult

ura

l

lea

de

rsh

ip a

s t

he

y r

ela

te t

o t

he

ind

ivid

ua

ls r

ole

in

ad

dre

ssin

g

po

sit

ive

so

cia

l ch

an

ge

an

d

co

mm

un

ity d

eve

lop

me

nt.

In t

he

ir ju

nio

r ye

ar,

CLP

Fe

llo

ws w

ill

de

cla

re a

co

mm

un

ity L

eg

ac

y P

roje

ct

tha

t

the

y in

ten

d t

o d

esig

n a

nd

im

ple

me

nt

in a

co

mm

un

ity t

he

y id

en

tify

. T

his

exp

eri

en

tia

l

lea

rnin

g p

iece

allo

ws e

ach

Fe

llo

w t

o

live

th

e c

urr

icu

lum

by r

ese

arc

hin

g a

nd

inve

sti

ga

tin

g a

ne

ed

in

th

eir

co

mm

un

ity

an

d h

ow

to

im

ple

me

nt

po

sit

ive

so

cia

l

ch

an

ge

fu

ele

d b

y t

he

ir p

assio

n. A

t th

e

co

nclu

sio

n o

f th

eir

CLP

exp

eri

en

ce

, C

LP

Se

nio

r F

ello

ws p

art

icip

ate

in

a L

eg

ac

y

Ce

rem

on

y t

o p

rese

nt

the

ir L

eg

ac

y

Pro

jec

ts. E

ach

gra

du

ati

ng

Fe

llo

w

rece

ive

s a

me

da

llio

n in

re

co

gn

itio

n o

f

the

ir e

ffo

rts a

nd

co

mm

itm

en

t to

se

ek

ing

pe

rso

na

l le

ad

ers

hip

gro

wth

an

d a

gre

ate

r p

urp

ose

in

th

eir

co

mm

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itie

s.

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ce

its

in

ce

pti

on

in

su

mm

er

20

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,

CLP

ha

s g

en

era

ted

op

po

rtu

nit

ies t

ha

t

allo

w s

tud

en

ts t

o f

ollo

w t

he

ir p

assio

n

an

d a

lig

n it

wit

h t

he

ir a

ca

de

mic

s,

rela

tio

nsh

ips a

nd

ac

tivit

ies. D

ue

to

its

inte

rdis

cip

lin

ary

na

ture

, C

LP

ge

ne

rate

s

un

iqu

e, ch

alle

ng

ing

an

d p

rog

ressiv

e

co

nve

rsa

tio

ns t

ha

t e

nco

ura

ge

ind

ivid

ua

l a

nd

gro

up

de

ve

lop

me

nt.

CLP

Fe

llo

ws g

rad

ua

te w

ith

a s

en

se

of

resp

on

sib

ilit

y t

o t

he

ir c

om

mu

nit

y a

nd

a p

assio

n f

or

ch

an

gin

g t

he

wo

rld

.

Mo

re in

form

ati

on

on

th

e C

ha

nce

llo

r’s

Le

ad

ers

hip

Pro

gra

m a

nd

oth

er

lea

de

rsh

ip

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ve

lop

me

nt

op

po

rtu

nit

ies c

an

be

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nd

at

ww

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ET

CU

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The T

CU

Leaders

hip

Cente

r:

Pro

vid

ing O

pport

unitie

s fo

r Stu

dents

to C

reate

P

osi

tive C

hange

Eth

ica

l Le

ad

ers

In 1

99

3, th

e D

ivis

ion

of

Stu

de

nt

Aff

air

s a

t

TC

U c

rea

ted

th

e T

CU

Le

ad

ers

hip

Ce

nte

r

in o

rde

r to

exp

an

d its

co

mm

itm

en

t to

lea

de

rsh

ip d

eve

lop

me

nt

an

d c

om

mu

nit

y

en

ga

ge

me

nt.

To

da

y, th

e T

CU

Le

ad

ers

hip

Ce

nte

r se

rve

s a

s T

CU

’s p

rem

ier

reso

urc

e f

or

lea

de

rsh

ip d

eve

lop

me

nt,

se

rvin

g t

ho

usa

nd

s o

f stu

de

nts

, fa

cu

lty,

sta

ff, a

nd

co

mm

un

ity m

em

be

rs w

ith

sk

ills

-ba

se

d, in

tera

cti

ve

tra

inin

g

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d r

eso

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es t

ha

t e

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ho

rou

gh

exp

osu

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o c

on

tem

po

rary

le

ad

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hip

top

ics a

nd

th

eo

rie

s. T

he

Ce

nte

r b

rin

gs

stu

de

nts

of

all m

ajo

rs t

og

eth

er

wit

h

facu

lty a

nd

co

mm

un

ity m

em

be

rs t

o

exp

lore

le

ad

ers

hip

an

d s

ocia

l ch

an

ge

on

a lo

ca

l, n

ati

on

al, a

nd

glo

ba

l le

ve

l.

Re

ga

rdle

ss o

f stu

de

nts

’ ch

ose

n m

ajo

rs

or

ca

ree

r p

ath

s, th

ey h

ave

th

e a

bilit

y t

o

ac

t a

nd

po

sit

ive

ly e

ffe

ct

ch

an

ge

in

th

eir

co

mm

un

itie

s. T

he

pro

gra

ms o

ffe

red

by t

he

TC

U L

ea

de

rsh

ip C

en

ter

he

lp s

tud

en

ts t

o

live

by t

he

mis

sio

n s

tate

me

nt

an

d o

ffe

r a

ran

ge

of

wa

ys t

o g

et

ou

t o

f th

e c

lassro

om

an

d p

ut

lea

de

rsh

ip in

to p

rac

tice

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A s

ma

ll s

am

plin

g o

f T

CU

Le

ad

ers

hip

Ce

nte

r p

rog

ram

s t

ha

t p

rovid

e

op

po

rtu

nit

ies f

or

stu

de

nts

to

cre

ate

po

sit

ive

ch

an

ge

in

clu

de

s t

he

fo

llo

win

g:

Th

e S

tate

of

Le

ad

ers

hip

Co

nfe

ren

ce

Th

e S

tate

of

Le

ad

ers

hip

Co

nfe

ren

ce

is

an

an

nu

al sta

tew

ide

, tw

o-d

ay le

ad

ers

hip

co

nfe

ren

ce

de

sig

ne

d t

o e

ng

ag

e s

tud

en

ts

aro

un

d a

pa

rtic

ula

r a

sp

ec

t o

f le

ad

ers

hip

an

d e

nco

ura

ge

stu

de

nts

to

be

ch

an

ge

-

ag

en

ts. T

his

in

itia

tive

is c

o-s

po

nso

red

by T

CU

’s N

ee

ley S

ch

oo

l o

f B

usin

ess.

In 2

010

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e c

on

fere

nce

kic

ke

d o

ff w

ith

the

In

sti

tute

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ne

r w

hic

h h

igh

lig

hte

d t

he

ye

ar’

s c

on

fere

nce

th

em

es, C

om

mu

nit

y

Re

ne

wa

l a

nd

So

cia

l E

ntr

ep

ren

eu

rsh

ip,

an

d t

he

ke

yn

ote

sp

ea

ke

r, D

on

nie

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dg

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resid

en

t o

f K

nig

hts

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pa

rel. In

ad

dit

ion

to

a f

un

eve

nin

g, th

e In

sti

tute

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ne

r p

rovid

es s

tud

en

t le

ad

ers

fro

m

TC

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nd

Un

ive

rsit

ies a

cro

ss t

he

sta

te

to s

it w

ith

lo

ca

l co

mm

un

ity le

ad

ers

an

d t

alk

ab

ou

t le

ad

ers

hip

as it

ap

plie

s

to a

pa

rtic

ula

r fi

eld

or

typ

e o

f w

ork

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Th

e s

eco

nd

da

y o

f th

e c

on

fere

nce

focu

se

s o

n g

ivin

g s

tud

en

ts a

me

an

ing

ful

exp

eri

en

ce

an

d t

he

sk

ills

ne

ed

ed

to

imp

lem

en

t th

e c

on

ce

pts

dis

cu

sse

d. T

his

ye

ar,

th

e m

orn

ing

kic

ke

d o

ff w

ith

sit

e v

isit

s

to c

om

mu

nit

y a

ge

ncie

s C

ath

olic C

ha

riti

es

Dio

ce

se

of

Fo

rt W

ort

h In

c. a

nd

Ea

sts

ide

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rt W

ort

h Y

WC

A a

nd

re

pre

se

nta

tive

sp

ea

ke

rs f

rom

ea

ch

ag

en

cy. S

tud

en

ts

the

n h

ad

lu

nch

at

Z’s

Ca

fé, a

fa

mily o

wn

ed

an

d o

pe

rate

d r

esta

ura

nt

in p

art

ne

rsh

ip

wit

h S

am

ari

tan

Ho

use

a lo

ca

l n

on

pro

fit

tha

t re

ach

es o

ut

to p

eo

ple

wh

o h

ave

be

en

aff

ec

ted

by H

IV/A

IDS

. (T

o d

ate

,

49

Sa

ma

rita

n H

ou

se

re

sid

en

ts h

ave

fou

nd

em

plo

ym

en

t a

t Z

‘s C

afé

, le

arn

ing

bu

sin

ess s

kills

an

d g

ain

ing

va

lua

ble

wo

rk

exp

eri

en

ce

at

the

gra

ssro

ots

le

ve

l.)

Th

e c

on

fere

nce

co

nclu

de

d w

ith

an

aft

ern

oo

n o

f p

rese

nta

tio

ns a

bo

ut

co

mm

un

ity a

sse

t m

ap

pin

g

(th

e p

roce

ss o

f in

ten

tio

na

lly id

en

tify

ing

th

e

hu

ma

n, m

ate

ria

l, fi

na

ncia

l, e

ntr

ep

ren

eu

ria

l

an

d o

the

r re

so

urc

es in

a c

om

mu

nit

y)

an

d t

he

str

uc

ture

of

be

lon

gin

g t

o a

20

10 S

tate

of

Le

ad

ers

hip

Co

nfe

ren

ce

Th

em

es:

wa

s s

ew

n a

t a

fa

cto

ry t

ha

t re

sp

ec

ts

wo

rke

rs‘ ri

gh

ts. S

o w

he

n y

ou

se

e t

he

WR

C t

ag

on

an

Alt

a G

racia

t-s

hir

t o

r

sw

ea

tsh

irt,

yo

u c

an

be

su

re t

ha

t it

wa

s

se

wn

by w

ork

ers

wh

o a

re p

aid

a liv

ing

wa

ge

, h

ave

a u

nio

n t

o r

ep

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nt

the

m,

an

d a

re t

rea

ted

fa

irly

wh

en

th

ey c

om

e

to w

ork

. A

lta

Gra

cia

is t

he

on

ly c

loth

ing

bra

nd

an

yw

he

re in

th

e d

eve

lop

ing

wo

rld

tha

t h

as a

ch

ieve

d t

he

se

sta

nd

ard

s.

Th

e b

ran

d g

ets

its

na

me

fro

m V

illa

Alt

ag

racia

, th

e t

ow

n in

th

e D

om

inic

an

Re

pu

blic w

he

re t

he

fa

cto

ry is lo

ca

ted

.

Th

e n

am

e m

ea

ns -

Hig

h G

race

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Co

mm

un

ity R

en

ew

al

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mm

un

ity R

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al In

tern

ati

on

al w

ork

s t

o r

esto

re t

he

fo

un

da

tio

n o

f a

sa

fe

an

d c

ari

ng

co

mm

un

ity b

y r

eb

uild

ing

th

e s

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f ca

rin

g r

ela

tio

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’s a

larg

e t

ask a

nd

, in

de

ed

, n

o o

ne

in

div

idu

al o

r o

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niz

ati

on

ca

n t

ack

le it

alo

ne

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is is o

ur

task

: to

be

co

me

oth

er-

ce

nte

red

ra

the

r th

an

se

lf-c

en

tere

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ck M

cC

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er,

fo

un

de

r a

nd

co

ord

ina

tor

of

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mm

un

ity

Re

ne

wa

l In

tern

ati

on

al

So

cia

l E

ntr

ep

ren

eu

rsh

ip

“S

ocia

l e

ntr

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ren

eu

rs id

en

tify

re

so

urc

es w

he

re p

eo

ple

on

ly s

ee

pro

ble

ms. T

he

y

vie

w t

he

villa

ge

rs a

s t

he

so

luti

on

, n

ot

the

pa

ssiv

e b

en

efi

cia

ry. T

he

y b

eg

in w

ith

th

e

assu

mp

tio

n o

f co

mp

ete

nce

an

d u

nle

ash

re

so

urc

es in

th

e c

om

mu

nit

ies t

he

y’r

e s

erv

ing

.”

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vid

Bo

rnste

in, a

uth

or

of

Ho

w t

o C

ha

ng

e t

he

Wo

rld

: So

cia

l E

ntr

ep

ren

eu

rs a

nd

th

e P

ow

er

of

Ne

w Id

ea

s

Alt

a G

racia

is a

ne

w b

ran

d o

f t-

sh

irts

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sw

ea

tsh

irts

an

d h

oo

die

s o

n c

olle

ge

ca

mp

use

s a

ll o

ve

r th

e c

ou

ntr

y t

ha

t

off

ers

stu

de

nts

, th

eir

fa

milie

s a

nd

alu

mn

i

the

op

po

rtu

nit

y t

o g

ive

th

e w

ork

ers

wh

o s

ew

th

is c

loth

ing

a p

ath

wa

y o

ut

of

po

ve

rty. W

ith

ou

t ch

arg

ing

mo

re

tha

n o

the

r m

ajo

r b

ran

ds, A

lta

Gra

cia

pa

ys its

wo

rke

rs a

wa

ge

th

at

en

ab

les

the

m t

o p

rovid

e a

de

qu

ate

fo

od

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cle

an

wa

ter,

clo

thin

g, sh

elt

er,

he

alt

h

ca

re, ch

ild

ca

re, a

nd

ed

uca

tio

n f

or

the

mse

lve

s a

nd

th

eir

fa

milie

s--

a “

livin

g

wa

ge

”—a

nd

ho

pe

fo

r a

be

tte

r fu

ture

.

Alt

a G

racia

wo

rke

d w

ith

th

e W

ork

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Rig

hts

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nso

rtiu

m (

WR

C), a

n in

de

pe

nd

en

t

wa

tch

do

g, to

de

ve

lop

a r

ob

ust

co

de

of

lab

or

sta

nd

ard

s. T

he

WR

C h

as lo

ng

be

en

on

e o

f th

e t

ou

gh

est

cri

tic

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f la

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th

e a

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are

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racia

pro

du

ct

ca

rrie

s a

ta

g f

rom

the

WR

C c

on

firm

ing

th

at

the

pro

du

ct

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Th

e L

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ch

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rou

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Th

e L

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r

Pro

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m, th

e T

CU

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ad

ers

hip

Ce

nte

r

he

lps s

tud

en

ts fi

gu

re o

ut

ho

w a

ct

an

d p

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ive

ly e

ffe

ct

ch

an

ge

in

th

eir

co

mm

un

ity. Le

ad

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hip

Se

min

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tly p

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np

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an

d c

rea

tivit

y

fro

m t

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stu

de

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s o

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stu

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sta

ted

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ctu

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mp

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to p

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form

ed

of

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wo

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th

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mo

re

glo

ba

lly o

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art

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stu

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this

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de

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to

asse

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of

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rt W

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la

ng

ua

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su

rve

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n: S

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trib

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ork

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d in

tera

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wit

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att

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ch

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sa

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r C

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& S

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arn

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pp

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art

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for

this

co

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lan

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me

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ati

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ou

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to

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arn

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re a

bo

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ple

ase

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tio

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Div

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sco

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op

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ay t

ha

t yo

ur

co

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exp

eri

en

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is w

ha

t yo

u m

ake

it.

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ey a

lso

sa

y

tha

t yo

u c

an

ma

ke

co

lle

ge

as e

asy

as p

ossib

le b

y s

lee

pin

g in

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kin

g t

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min

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ho

ice

s

in lif

e, it

le

d m

e t

hro

ug

h a

pa

th o

f se

lf

dis

co

ve

ry a

nd

ch

an

ge

. I d

ecid

ed

to

ap

ply

to t

he

Na

tio

na

l M

od

el U

nit

ed

Na

tio

ns

(NM

UN

) p

rog

ram

le

ad

by a

po

liti

ca

l

scie

nce

pro

fesso

r a

t T

CU

. A

t th

e t

ime

,

my m

ajo

r w

as S

tra

teg

ic C

om

mu

nic

ati

on

s

an

d n

ot

Po

liti

ca

l S

cie

nce

, h

ow

eve

r, it

se

em

ed

lik

e a

n in

tere

sti

ng

op

po

rtu

nit

y

to e

xp

lore

, le

arn

, a

nd

of

co

urs

e, tr

ave

l.

Th

e p

rog

ram

re

qu

ire

d s

tud

en

ts t

o t

ake

two

co

urs

es in

up

pe

r le

ve

l p

oliti

ca

l

scie

nce

an

d, d

ep

en

din

g o

n p

erf

orm

an

ce

in t

ho

se

co

urs

es, stu

de

nts

wo

uld

ha

ve

the

op

po

rtu

nit

y t

o t

rave

l to

Ne

w Y

ork

or

Wa

sh

ing

ton

, D

C a

nd

re

pre

se

nt

TC

U

at

a N

MU

N c

on

fere

nce

. A

s s

om

eo

ne

wh

o lo

ve

s t

rave

lin

g, I w

as a

ttra

cte

d t

o

the

po

ssib

ilit

y o

f tr

ave

l to

Ne

w Y

ork

or

Wa

sh

ing

ton

DC

. H

ow

eve

r, I la

ter

lea

rne

d t

ha

t th

ese

tri

ps w

ere

on

ly

on

e p

art

of

the

MN

UN

exp

eri

en

ce

.

Th

e fi

rst

of

the

tw

o c

ou

rse

s w

as f

ocu

se

d

on

th

e h

isto

ry o

f th

e U

nit

ed

Na

tio

ns,

its in

sti

tuti

on

s, a

nd

so

me

of

the

cu

rre

nt

issu

es t

ha

t th

e U

N a

dd

resse

s.

Th

e s

eco

nd

cla

ss w

as m

ore

sp

ecifi

c t

o t

he

po

sit

ion

of

the

co

un

try t

o b

e r

ep

rese

nte

d

at

the

co

nfe

ren

ce

in

Ne

w Y

ork

.

As a

de

leg

ate

at

the

co

nfe

ren

ce

,

I h

ad

th

e o

pp

ort

un

ity t

o r

ep

rese

nt

ma

ny d

iffe

ren

t co

un

trie

s o

n d

iffe

ren

t

co

mm

itte

es. A

typ

ica

l d

ay a

t a

co

nfe

ren

ce

sta

rte

d w

ith

th

e “

se

ttin

g o

f th

e a

ge

nd

a”

a

pro

ce

ss o

f p

rio

riti

zin

g issu

es t

o b

e w

ork

ed

on

. T

he

n, w

ork

ing

in

blo

ck

s d

ivid

ed

by

reg

ion

an

d o

r in

tere

sts

, w

e d

eb

ate

d

the

de

cid

ed

-up

on

to

pic

, p

rop

osin

g

me

ch

an

ism

s t

o a

dd

ress t

he

issu

e. T

he

fin

al ste

p w

as p

rese

nti

ng

a r

eso

luti

on

of

the

issu

e t

o t

he

Dia

s, th

e p

an

el o

f d

ire

cto

rs

an

d c

ha

irs o

f th

e c

om

mit

tee

, to

th

en

be

vo

ted

up

on

by t

he

co

nfe

ren

ce

bo

dy.

Th

e p

roce

ss o

f w

ork

ing

as a

gro

up

on

de

ba

tin

g, sp

ea

kin

g o

n, a

nd

wri

tin

g a

bo

ut

issu

es t

oo

k u

p t

hre

e o

ut

of

fou

r d

ays o

f

co

nfe

ren

ce

tim

e. F

rustr

ati

on

s a

rose

du

e

to w

ork

ing

in

clo

se

pro

xim

ity t

o o

the

rs,

bu

t I b

elie

ve

th

at

this

is a

va

lua

ble

pa

rt

of

the

NM

UN

exp

eri

en

ce

, a

s c

on

flic

t

reso

luti

on

sk

ills

are

acq

uir

ed

th

rou

gh

the

pro

ce

ss. M

od

el U

nit

ed

na

tio

ns

tea

ch

es d

eb

ati

ng

, w

riti

ng

, sp

ea

kin

g,

an

d c

on

flic

t re

so

luti

on

sk

ills

—a

ll s

kills

tha

t ca

n b

e a

pp

lie

d t

o d

aily lif

e.

Wh

y d

o M

od

el U

nit

ed

Na

tio

ns?

In S

pa

nis

h w

e h

ave

a s

ayin

g, “e

l mu

nd

o

wh

ich

tra

nsla

tes t

o

“th

e w

orl

d is a

ha

nd

ke

rch

ief.”

Th

is

me

an

s t

ha

t th

e w

orl

d is s

o s

ma

ll t

ha

t

eve

ryth

ing

th

at

ha

pp

en

s is s

om

eh

ow

co

nn

ec

ted

. I b

elie

ve

th

at

glo

ba

liza

tio

n

ha

s c

on

ne

cte

d t

he

wo

rld

in

pre

vio

usly

un

ima

gin

ab

le w

ays. A

s w

orl

d c

itiz

en

s,

we

ha

ve

th

e r

esp

on

sib

ilit

y t

o b

e a

pa

rt o

f

an

d a

ffe

ct

the

ou

tco

me

s o

f sit

ua

tio

ns.

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Build

ing C

om

munit

y t

hro

ugh

Rela

tionsh

ips

at

TC

UD

uri

ng

th

e 2

00

7-2

00

8 a

ca

de

mic

ye

ar,

TC

U s

tart

ed

to

no

tice

th

e g

rea

t w

ork

of

on

e o

f o

ur

alu

ms, M

ack M

cC

art

er.

M

r.

McC

art

er,

a C

hri

sti

an

Ch

urc

h (

Dis

cip

les

of

Ch

rist)

pa

sto

r, s

tart

ed

a n

on

-pro

fit—

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mm

un

ity R

en

ew

al in

tern

ati

on

al—

in

his

ho

me

tow

n o

f S

hre

ve

po

rt, L

A t

o

ad

dre

ss c

om

mu

nit

y p

rob

lem

s c

rea

ted

by

a b

rea

kd

ow

n in

so

cia

l re

lati

on

sh

ips (se

e

pa

ge

11

for

a q

uo

te a

bo

ut

Co

mm

un

ity

Re

ne

wa

l fr

om

Mr.

McC

art

er)

. T

hro

ug

h

a c

om

bin

ati

on

of

exp

eri

en

ce

, re

se

arc

h,

wis

do

m, a

nd

tri

al-

an

d-e

rro

r, M

r. M

cC

art

er

de

ve

lop

ed

a s

ocia

l tr

an

sfo

rma

tio

n

mo

de

l, w

he

reb

y s

ocia

l syste

ms a

re

tra

nsfo

rme

d b

y in

ten

tio

na

lly f

ocu

sin

g

on

cu

ltiv

ati

ng

mu

tua

lly-e

nh

an

cin

g

rela

tio

nsh

ips a

mo

ng

th

ose

wh

o liv

e

ne

ar

on

e a

no

the

r. A

s a

re

su

lt, m

an

y

ne

igh

bo

rho

od

s a

nd

co

un

tle

ss liv

es h

ave

be

en

tra

nsfo

rme

d in

th

e S

hre

ve

po

rt a

rea

.

Aft

er

ob

se

rvin

g t

his

wo

rk f

rom

afa

r, s

om

e

Stu

de

nt

Aff

air

s s

taff

me

mb

ers

be

ga

n

vis

itin

g S

hre

ve

po

rt w

ith

a q

ue

sti

on

in

min

d: I

f re

sid

en

tia

l co

mm

un

itie

s a

nd

ne

igh

bo

rho

od

s c

ou

ld b

e t

ran

sfo

rme

d

an

d in

vig

ora

ted

by t

his

mo

de

l o

f so

cia

l

ren

ew

al, c

ou

ld t

he

mo

de

l a

dd

ress issu

es

of

ren

ew

al a

nd

co

mm

un

ity-b

uild

ing

on

a

co

lle

ge

ca

mp

us a

s w

ell?

Aft

er

a c

ou

ple

of

sit

e v

isit

s, w

e w

ere

co

nvin

ce

d t

ha

t it

co

uld

.

We

’ve

cre

ate

d t

he

str

uc

ture

of

a c

am

pu

s-

ba

se

d c

om

mu

nit

y r

en

ew

al in

itia

tive

ca

lle

d C

om

mu

nit

y R

en

ew

al U

niv

ers

ity

@ T

CU

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Ou

r g

oa

l is

th

is: t

o c

on

tin

ua

lly

wo

rk a

t cre

ati

ng

a s

ocia

lly-s

usta

ina

ble

,

ca

rin

g c

am

pu

s c

om

mu

nit

y c

ap

ab

le o

f

pro

du

cin

g c

om

pe

ten

t a

nd

co

mp

assio

na

te

pe

op

le w

ho

in

tu

rn in

ve

st

the

mse

lve

s

in t

he

liv

es o

f o

the

rs a

nd

in

th

e w

ell-

be

ing

of

the

co

mm

un

itie

s t

he

y t

ou

ch

.

Cle

arl

y, o

urs

is a

n a

mb

itio

us g

oa

l,

bu

t w

e h

ave

be

co

me

co

nvin

ce

d t

ha

t

all c

om

mu

nit

ies—

tow

ns, cit

ies,

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bo

rho

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s, ca

mp

use

s—

thri

ve

if

po

sit

ive

, co

mm

itte

d a

tte

nti

on

is g

ive

n t

o

hu

ma

n r

ela

tio

nsh

ips. T

CU

is c

ert

ain

ly

no

exce

pti

on

. W

e a

re c

om

mit

ted

to c

rea

tin

g a

n e

tho

s o

f ca

re a

nd

co

mm

un

al re

sp

on

sib

ilit

y o

n c

am

pu

s

in t

he

be

lie

f th

at

do

ing

so

in

ten

tio

na

lly

will le

ad

to

a m

ore

vit

al, v

ibra

nt,

an

d

so

cia

lly s

usta

ina

ble

co

mm

un

ity.

We

’ve

ju

st

fin

ish

ed

up

ou

r fi

rst

aca

de

mic

ye

ar

of

Co

mm

un

ity R

en

ew

al

on

ca

mp

us. S

om

e r

esu

lts:

La

un

ch

ed

th

e in

itia

tive

wit

h

ove

r 5

00

stu

de

nts

dru

mm

ing

in t

he

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mp

us C

om

mo

ns

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re t

ha

n 1

30

0 s

tud

en

ts

ha

ve

sig

ne

d “

We

Ca

re”

ca

rds

ind

ica

tin

g t

he

ir c

om

mit

me

nt

to

ca

rin

g f

or

tho

se

aro

un

d t

he

m

an

d w

ork

ing

fo

r th

e w

ell-b

ein

g

of

the

ca

mp

us c

om

mu

nit

y

An

arr

ay o

f re

sid

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ce

ha

ll

init

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ve

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ime

d a

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ste

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g

co

mm

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ity a

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ng

th

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r 8

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n t

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all p

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32

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in t

he

na

tio

n. S

ee

a f

ab

ulo

us s

ho

w

at

Ba

ss P

erf

orm

an

ce

Ha

ll. S

tro

ll

thro

ug

h t

he

bra

nd

ne

w M

use

um

of

Liv

ing

Art

at

the

Fo

rt W

ort

h Z

oo

. S

ee

the

ou

t o

f th

is w

orl

d e

xh

ibit

s a

t th

e

ne

w F

ort

Wo

rth

Mu

se

um

of

Scie

nce

an

d H

isto

ry. O

r se

e lif

e in

th

e f

ast

lan

e a

t Te

xa

s M

oto

r S

pe

ed

wa

y. A

nd

tha

t’s ju

st

the

be

gin

nin

g o

f w

ha

t

yo

u’ll e

xp

eri

en

ce

in

Fo

rt W

ort

h.

Ho

w i

t S

tart

ed

Th

e F

ort

Wo

rth

He

rd w

as c

rea

ted

as

pa

rt o

f th

e c

ity

’s s

esq

uic

en

ten

nia

l

ce

leb

rati

on

. T

he

cit

y a

cq

uir

ed

a

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UR

CE

SR

ES

OU

RC

ES

TC

U n

am

ed

le

ad

er

in s

usta

ina

bilit

y e

ffo

rts

by N

an

cy B

art

ose

k,

Cla

sse

s f

ocu

sin

g o

n s

usta

ina

bilit

y c

an

be

fo

un

d in

ma

ny o

f th

e s

ch

oo

ls a

nd

co

lle

ge

s, su

ch

as t

he

ca

mp

aig

ns c

lass

tau

gh

t b

y a

ssis

tan

t co

mm

un

ica

tio

n

Pro

fesso

r W

en

dy M

acia

s, w

hic

h h

as

cre

ate

d a

co

mp

reh

en

siv

e p

lan

to

co

mm

un

ica

te d

eta

ils o

f th

e T

CU

re

cyclin

g

pro

gra

m t

o t

he

ca

mp

us c

om

mu

nit

y. T

his

sa

me

gro

up

sp

urr

ed

th

e a

dd

itio

n o

f

thre

 fo

r

rec

yclin

g (se

e n

ex

t p

ag

e/i

nse

t fo

r

de

tails o

n t

his

bra

nd

ne

w in

itia

tive

).

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de

nts

ca

n jo

in t

he

 En

vir

on

me

nta

l

Clu

b o

r ta

ke

an

y n

um

be

r o

f cla

sse

s

focu

sin

g o

n s

usta

ina

bilit

y, m

ost

of

wh

ich

in

clu

de

s s

om

e p

roje

ct

or

pra

cti

ca

l a

pp

lica

tio

n.

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r m

ore

in

form

ati

on

ab

ou

t g

ree

n

init

iati

ve

s a

t T

CU

, vis

it w

ww

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sta

ina

bilit

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tcu

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u o

r ch

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ut

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ree

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a b

ig w

ay —

an

d

wa

s r

ew

ard

ed

in

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ril fo

r it

s e

ffo

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inclu

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to T

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to

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on

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rac

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s, fr

om

wh

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e

ma

ga

zin

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ed

ito

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eir

pa

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un

cil

se

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e 3

11 b

est

in t

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na

tio

n.

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sa

y it’

s p

ast

tim

e f

or

su

ch

reco

gn

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fte

r a

ll, T

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s b

ee

n

“gre

en

ing

up

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e c

am

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s f

or

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en

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sp

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lly in

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avin

gs.

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ck t

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n, o

f co

urs

e, th

e t

erm

“ca

rbo

n

foo

tpri

nt”

ha

dn

’t b

ee

n c

oin

ed

, a

nd

few

wo

rrie

d a

bo

ut

thin

gs lik

e u

sin

g

inca

nd

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nt

lig

ht

bu

lbs o

r d

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g g

as-

gu

zzlin

g c

ars

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ut

uti

lity

co

sts

we

re r

isin

g,

so

Will S

tallw

ort

h, n

ew

ly h

ire

d in

19

89

to o

ve

rse

e t

he

ca

mp

us p

hysic

al p

lan

t,

tack

led

th

ose

exp

en

se

s fi

rst

— a

nd

pu

t

TC

U o

n t

he

su

sta

ina

bilit

y t

rack e

arl

y o

n.

To

da

y, th

e p

hysic

al p

lan

t’s e

ffo

rts s

tre

tch

fro

m e

ne

rgy-e

fficie

nt

lig

hti

ng

an

d h

ea

tin

g

an

d c

oo

lin

g p

lan

ts t

o b

iod

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rad

ab

le

cu

tle

ry t

o s

ing

le-s

tre

am

re

cyclin

g t

o

LE

ED

ce

rtifi

ed

bu

ild

ing

s a

nd

“g

ree

n”

cle

an

ing

su

pp

lie

s. C

lick h

ere

 to

re

ad

a

co

mp

reh

en

siv

e lis

t o

f th

ose

in

itia

tive

s in

a

20

09

re

po

rt b

y G

ree

n B

ea

n A

na

lysis

LLC

.

Bu

t b

ein

g “

gre

en

” e

xte

nd

s f

ar

be

yo

nd

en

erg

y s

avin

gs a

nd

re

cyclin

g, a

nd

to

da

y’s

stu

de

nts

kn

ow

it:

Acco

rdin

g t

o r

ese

arc

h

do

ne

by T

he

Pri

nce

ton

Re

vie

w, 6

9 p

erc

en

t

of

inco

min

g s

tud

en

ts s

ay t

ha

t a

co

lle

ge

’s

co

mm

itm

en

t to

th

e e

nvir

on

me

nt

infl

ue

nce

s

the

ir d

ecis

ion

ab

ou

t w

he

re t

o a

tte

nd

.

At

TC

U, stu

de

nts

ge

t m

uch

mo

re t

ha

n

a r

esp

on

sib

le p

hysic

al p

lan

t, t

he

y

ge

t th

e c

ha

nce

to

pa

rtic

ipa

te in

a

wid

e v

ari

ety

of

su

sta

ina

ble

pro

gra

ms,

co

urs

es a

nd

ac

tivit

ies. In

fa

ct,

so

me

are

dir

ec

tly in

vo

lve

d in

th

e s

ch

oo

l’s

“gre

en

” a

cco

un

tin

g, w

hic

h is o

ne

of

the

req

uir

em

en

ts o

f th

e A

me

rica

n C

olle

ge

an

d U

niv

ers

ity P

resid

en

t’s C

lim

ate

Co

mm

itm

en

t in

20

08

th

at

Ch

an

ce

llo

r

Vic

tor

J. B

osch

ini Jr.

sig

ne

d in

19

98

.

Mo

st

un

ive

rsit

ies h

ire

a n

ew

sta

ff m

em

be

r

to o

ve

rse

e t

his

re

sp

on

sib

ilit

y, b

ut

at

TC

U,

stu

de

nts

do

th

e w

ork

of

the

pro

fessio

na

ls,

tha

nk

s t

o t

he

 “C

ha

sin

g C

arb

on

” cla

ss

tau

gh

t b

y B

eck

y R

ich

ard

s J

oh

nso

n,

pro

fesso

r o

f p

rofe

ssio

na

l p

rac

tice

in

en

vir

on

me

nta

l scie

nce

s. T

he

cla

ss fi

rst

co

nve

ne

d in

20

09

an

d s

oo

n p

ub

lish

ed

the

 TC

U G

ree

n H

ou

se

In

ve

nto

ry f

or

Fis

ca

l

Ye

ar

20

08

-20

09

. S

tud

en

ts h

ave

be

en

tra

ck

ing

th

e u

niv

ers

ity

’s e

ffo

rts s

ince

.

In a

dd

itio

n, p

rofe

sso

rs a

re in

clu

din

g

su

sta

ina

bilit

y in

th

e c

ou

rse

wo

rk. O

ne

of

the

mo

st

po

pu

lar

is s

ocio

log

y in

str

uc

tor

Ke

ith

Wh

itw

ort

h’s

“S

usta

ina

bilit

y:

En

vir

on

me

nta

l, E

co

no

mic

& S

ocia

l

Ju

sti

ce

Issu

es,”

wh

ich

wa

s in

itia

lly t

itle

d

“S

usta

ina

bilit

y is S

ex

y.”

Ea

ch

se

me

ste

r, t

he

cla

ss t

ack

les s

om

e p

rac

tica

l a

pp

lica

tio

n o

f

su

sta

ina

bilit

y. M

ost

rece

ntl

y, th

ey e

xp

lore

d

a r

ain

-ha

rve

sti

ng

pro

jec

t th

at

inclu

de

d

cre

ati

ng

an

d in

sta

llin

g r

ain

ba

rre

ls in

a

ho

me

, e

lem

en

tary

sch

oo

l a

nd

ch

urc

h

ga

rde

n. In

20

07, W

hit

wo

rth

’s s

tud

en

ts

sp

urr

ed

th

e d

eve

lop

me

nt

of

the

 Pu

rple

, w

hic

h h

as g

ott

en

th

e

un

ive

rsit

y lo

ts o

f p

osit

ive

pu

blicit

y. T

he

re

are

no

w m

ore

th

an

70

bik

es a

va

ila

ble

for

stu

de

nts

to

ch

eck o

ut

for

fre

e.

TC

U s

usta

ina

bilit

y c

lasse

s, S

ch

ieff

er

Sch

oo

l o

f Jo

urn

alism

an

d S

GA

sp

on

so

r R

ec

yclin

g A

wa

ren

ess W

ee

k

in

sta

lle

d in

th

e T

CU

Re

c

Ce

nte

r, S

he

rle

y a

nd

Co

lby r

esid

en

ce

ha

lls

Ima

ge

: b

lue

kio

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ictu

re (a

tta

ch

ed

)

On

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ril 2

5, in

pa

rtn

ers

hip

wit

h P

ep

siC

o

an

d W

aste

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na

ge

me

nt,

TC

U b

rou

gh

t

thre

e s

tate

-of-

the

-art

re

cyclin

g k

iosk

s

to c

am

pu

s. T

he

ma

ch

ine

s a

re p

art

of

the

Gre

en

op

olis R

ec

yclin

g S

yste

m,

an

on

lin

e s

ocia

l co

mm

un

ity t

ha

t

en

co

ura

ge

s in

ce

nti

ve

-ba

se

d r

ec

yclin

g.

A c

ele

bra

tio

n o

f th

eir

arr

iva

l k

icke

d o

ff

TC

U’s

Re

cyclin

g A

wa

ren

ess W

ee

k. T

he

TC

U c

om

mu

nit

y is in

vit

ed

to

bri

ng

a

so

da

ca

n o

r p

lasti

c b

ott

le t

o g

et

a fi

rst-

ha

nd

lo

ok a

t h

ow

th

e m

ach

ine

wo

rks.

Th

e D

rea

m M

ach

ine

re

cyclin

g in

itia

tive

– c

rea

ted

by P

ep

siC

o in

co

lla

bo

rati

on

wit

h W

aste

Ma

na

ge

me

nt,

Ke

ep

Am

eri

ca

Be

au

tifu

l a

nd

Gre

en

op

olis –

is in

tro

du

cin

g

tho

usa

nd

s o

f re

cyclin

g k

iosk

s a

nd

bin

s a

t h

igh

-tra

ffic

, p

ub

lic lo

ca

tio

ns

aro

un

d t

he

co

un

try t

o h

elp

in

cre

ase

the

U.S

. b

eve

rag

e c

on

tain

er

rec

yclin

g

rate

by g

ivin

g A

me

rica

ns c

on

ve

nie

nt

acce

ss t

o r

ec

yclin

g r

ece

pta

cle

s.

“W

e’r

e t

hri

lle

d a

t th

e a

rriv

al o

f th

e

Dre

am

Ma

ch

ine

s o

n c

am

pu

s,”

sa

id

Ke

ith

Wh

itw

ort

h, so

cio

log

y in

str

uc

tor

an

d p

rop

on

en

t o

f T

CU

’s s

usta

ina

bilit

y

eff

ort

s. “T

his

wa

s a

stu

de

nt-

led

init

iati

ve

, a

nd

it

too

k a

lo

t o

f h

ard

wo

rk

to g

et

the

m h

ere

, a

nd

I c

an

’t w

ait

to

se

e w

ha

t th

e r

esp

on

se

will b

e.”

In a

n e

ffo

rt t

o b

rin

g a

wa

ren

ess t

o

the

ca

mp

us c

om

mu

nit

y a

bo

ut

TC

U’s

rec

yclin

g p

rog

ram

, th

e S

ch

ieff

er

Sch

oo

l

of

Jo

urn

alism

an

d S

GA

sp

on

so

red

Re

cyclin

g A

wa

ren

ess W

ee

k.

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OU

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UP

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Th

is G

uid

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rou

gh

t to

yo

u b

y t

he

se

Pro

ud

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pp

ort

ers

of

TC

U

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