One of the awesome things about living on campus during the summer it that it has given me the opportunity to do some work for Sustaining Our Planet Earth (SOPE). It’s a student organization ran through Oakland University Housing that focuses on making Oakland University a more sustainable campus as well as teaches students things they can do to be eco friendly. This year, I will be the supervisor for SOPE which I am really REALLY excited for. Especially because it means that I get to help Erika Palanian, this year’s eco interest team leader, plan field trips and programs for the Eco Interest Floor.
The Eco Interest Floor at Oakland University is one of the living learning communities that focus on sustainability. They had floor meetings with their RA, as well as floor meetings with Shannon, who was last year’s Eco Interest Team Leader. At the meetings they discuss what kind of community service and trips they would like to do, as well as discuss the importance of being “green.”
There are a lot of other things I have to do as well, like help plan what SOPE is do for freshmen move in! :D SOPE will be there to help recycle all the cardboard that people will have leftover once they have finally settled in to their dorms, as well as hand out giveaways and explain to students how they can be involved! Can’t wait!
Reading this post brought back the day I moved in as a Freshman! So many group organizations were out that day, helping the freshman move in! It was so great to have SOAP out coordinating recycling all the cardboard boxes and encouraging students to keep our campus clean and GO GREEN!
ReplyDeleteSOPE program is so wonderful on campus! And the Eco interest floor is an awesome community!!! The programs they do are super fun and the different Eco friendly things they have in the room are so awesome too! Green Grizzlies!!! :)
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