BOSTON — Pulp & Paper International, a leading information provider in the global paper and forest products industry, honored a number of paper industry leaders for their resource-saving products and strategies at the organization’s October 2014 conference in Boston. Wausau Paper, based in Mosinee, Wis., produces a line of away-from-home towel and tissue products, as well as soap and dispensing systems, was one of the event’s big winners.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Change is on the horizon at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO). The school recently announced a two-year, master-planning process that will solidify the future of the university and develop a campus that better serves students.
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Several thousand students at six Rochester schools will soon be learning on new iPads. School board members voted unanimously on Nov. 10, with one member not in attendance, to purchase 3,480 Apple iPads at a cost of roughly $1.4 million. Each device will reportedly cost the school district $374, and the program will be funded through the district’s general fund and operating capital, according to
MANTECA, Calif. — The Gen7 Regional Environmental Studies Center (RESC) in the Manteca Unified School District (MUSD) was recently awarded LEED Gold certification for its modular, zero net energy design. The school district partnered with locally based American Modular Systems to build the center, which is now the first K-12 supporting facility in California’s Central Valley to earn LEED Gold.
ST. LOUIS — The University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL) recently released the first images for the new $17 million Patient Care Center for the school’s Colleges of Optometry and Nursing.
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Liberty University, located in rural Lynchburg, is known as the largest Christian university in the world, and the university’s new master plan is upholding that reputation. The university is currently in the midst of a $400 million campus overhaul that will improve nearly every facility on campus, as well as new construction projects.
PASADENA, Calif. — The two-day kicks off in Pasadena Nov. 5, bringing together teachers, administrators, architects, engineers, facility managers and others to share knowledge about a variety of sustainability issues facing the state’s schools and universities. The summit is the largest annual event focused on green programs in the nation’s largest K-12 and higher education systems.
ROCKVILLE, Md. — Montgomery County’s schools continue to fight for school construction funding as student enrollment increases in Maryland’s fastest-growing school district.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University celebrated the grand opening of Dineen Hall in September, marking a new era for the school’s College of Law. The modern five-story structure was the first academic hall constructed as part of the university’s new West Campus expansion.
NEWTON, Conn. — Site work officially began on Oct. 21 for construction on the new Sandy Hook Elementary School.
