Hello wonderful community,

 

Work Day is right around the corner! This year's celebration will be held on Thursday, April 6th. While classes are "canceled" on this day, all students, faculty, and staff are invited and expected to participate in a range of projects that are designed to bring us together to improve our campus and our community. We appreciate each and every one of you who submitted ideas for this year's Work Day projects! There were a ton of great submissions and the Work Day Committee has narrowed them down to focus on a couple of particular areas on campus that could use some extra love and attention.

 

To help us plan for tools and supplies we ask that you Sign Up for a Work Day Project. We'll be working on the following projects day-of:

 

Central Campus

• Gladfelter Trail - 8
  • Creating a designated trail in front of Gladfelter with landscaping
• Cowpie Lawn Cleanup - 15
  • Switching the patio furniture between Cowpie and Morse, digging and leveling the tables on the lawn
• Library Landscaping - 30 
  • Landscaping the front of the Library to beautify the area and discourage parking on the grassy areas
• Morse/Witherspoon Slope Landscaping -  32
  • Completely clearing the hill in front of Witherspoon to get ready for intentional landscaping, creating pathways, and mulching
• Pedestrian Bridge & Hammock Park Cleanup -  20
  • Cleaning up and mulching the Hammock Park to battle the mud and cleaning graffiti off the Pedestrian Bridge

Pavilion and Jensen Trail

• Stair Repair - 10
  • Diverting the drainage beside the stairs and repairing the steps that lead from the Pavilion down to the Not Pond
• Jensen Trail and Not Pond Area - 50
  • Trail clearing and restoration of recreational spaces, starting at the stairs at the top of the Pavilion and moving down to the Not Pond

Greater Campus Land

• River Cleanup - 60
  • Cleaning up the river trail from the Garden and from the bridge up to the Farm, removing trash and cleaning up trail spaces
• Dye Garden Cleanup - 25
  • Supporting Fiber Arts in preparing the Dye Garden for the summer growing season by clearing, weeding, and landscaping

Light Duty and Cerebral Projects

• Thank-a-thon - 20 
  • Positive postcard art and messages for donors and friends of the College
• Mural - 10
  • Painting a mural in the Academic Engagement Office to brighten the space
• Vinyl Library Cataloging - 15 
  • Cataloging and preparing donated vinyl collection for community use
• Native Plant Signage - 5
  • Drawing, painting, and preparing mock ups for educational native plant placards