So yesterday Jim Doyle visited our campus. He is issuing a pilot program for four campuses in the UW system. The program is to try and get each campus off the grid (self sustained in renewable energy) in 5 years. Stevens Point is known for conservation, and we’ve currently been on a 50 year plan (2%/3% a year). With being selected, UWSP now has a lot more funding to hopefully carry out this plan.
In about 8 minutes I need to head to the DeBot center. We’re having students sign postcards showing their concern about how student debt is begining to become outrageous. In the past four years, tuition has been growing rapidly. The average student leaves college in debt about 20,000 dollars. October 5th there is a congressional meeting about student debt, and I’ll be there with a few other members from campus. Our goal is to talk to them, hear what they’re doing, and dumping a bunch of these postcards off to them. We can’t take everyone, wish we could, but this is the next best thing.
If you’re a student, and concerned about rising tuition, check out: http://studentdebtalert.org/
Take action, do as much as you can. Get the word out, have your friends take action.
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