The UM Green Fund collaborates with faculty and staff to engage students and utilize the campus as a living laboratory. This collaboration allows students to apply academic knowledge, stimulate interests, and sharpen critical thinking skills. In the past, the UM Green Fund has worked with:
Civil Engineering 471 – Instructor: Dr. Cristiane Surbeck
Dr. Surbeck’s CE 471 class conducted an environmental impact analysis for the first year of the pilot composting program. The composting program is a Green Fund project run by student interns and overseen by the Office of Sustainability.
Integrated Marketing Communications 555 – Instructor: Chris Sparks
Sparks collaborated with the Office of Sustainability to create a capstone project for her IMC 555 class. Students competed in teams to create an integrated communication campaign utilizing multiple forms of media and creative communications to reduce campus energy consumption by 10 percent.
LIBA 102, First Year Seminar – Instructor: Milly West
West’s LIBA 102 class drafted a Green Fund proposal to purchase “H20tty Toddy” water bottles and encourage the use of reusable bottles on campus. The students successfully presented their proposal at a public forum and their project received funding.
To learn more about engaging classes through UM Green Fund projects e-mail green@olemiss.edu.