Football,+Rosewood,+Green+Initiatives+-+August+2009

**__ Talking Points Bulletin __**
With two campuses, more than 700 employees, and some 3,400 students, there’s always news to disseminate accurately at Stevenson. Here is a summary of three current issues for immediate discussion at your department meetings.


 * Football **** : ** Stevenson will add football in 2010 and conduct practices for this team. We will kick- off with the first contest in Division III in 2011.
 * // Timing: // SU is hiring a coach this fall. For the 2010 season, we will recruit about 50 students, with plans to have some 100 students for the first varsity football contest in 2011.


 * // Goal: // The expansion of athletics to include football helps us achieve our goal of growing from 2,800 undergraduates to about 4,000 undergraduates.


 * // Place // : We are currently identifying potential locations for a field for game play if we do not have an appropriate Stevenson field or a stadium in place by 2011.


 * // Competitors: // Stevenson plans to compete against the Capital Athletic Conference members: Frostburg State University, Salisbury, and Wesley, in addition to non-CAC teams. Note that Gallaudet leaves the CAC in 2010.


 * Rosewood **** : ** We remain interested in some of the Rosewood property since it is adjacent to our Owings Mills campus.
 * // Goal: // Our goal is to have additional fields and possibly use some of the existing buildings.


 * // Unknowns: // Remediation of some buildings is a concern. Remediation is the removal of toxic substances, such as asbestos.


 * Current Green Initiatives **** : ** The growing recycling program at Stevenson includes these measures.
 * // Paper // : At Once, our contracted cleaning company, has trained its staff in recycling practices. Paper is picked up daily from offices and from blue paper recycling bins at both campuses. Then, paper is deposited in the Atibitibi recycling bins located behind Rockland Center at Owings Mills and at the west side of the parking lot (opposite side from the tennis courts) at Greenspring. The paper is emptied when the bins are full.


 * // Single stream recycling // : Mixed use containers for paper, cardboard, bottles, and cans are in the Student Union, Rockland, and near Building 114. These materials, as well as collected plastic or cans from offices, are deposited into the large mixed use containers, also located behind Rockland and on the west side of the Greenspring parking lot.


 * // Other // : Energy-saving occupancy sensors are in the Brown School of Business and Leadership and Wooded Way and in some offices at Greenspring. SU uses Green Seal-approved cleaners and has installed motion sensor paper towel dispensers.


 * Have a topic for a future //Talking Points Bulletin?// Contact Liz Schuman, Marketing Manager, 443-352-4483, or . **

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