Cy-Fair Lifestyles and Homes magazine Nov 2009: News Around Cy-Fair

LSC-CyFair receives WalMart donation for solar panel project. With the help of a Walmart $1,000 donation, Lone Star College-CyFair will capture the sun ’s energy to light the campus bridge at night this fall.

“The LSC-CyFair welding, machining and electronics departments have been working together to build and place solar panels on the east side of the Barker Cypress campus, which will store energy, recharge batteries and light the campus bridge waterfalls at night, ” said Kristoffer Villarreal, welding professor.

(L-R) Kristoffer Villarreal, welding professor, accepts a $1,000 donation check from Nick Scribner, store manager, and Elray Dumon, co-manager of Walmart at Fry Road. Also in attendance are (r-l) Connie Thomas, LSC business training consultant Corporate College, and LSC-CyFair ’s Richard Gilbert and Dean Jo Fey.

Chevron employees volunteer at NAM Resale. More than 70 Chevron employees volunteered at the NAM Resale Shop at 3645 F.M. 1960 through the company ’s “Human Kind” program. This program also enables employees to give a donation to a charity of their choice, which is matched by Chevron.

jeans and jewels Luncheon a success for NAM. Northwest Assistance Ministries held its annual Jeans & Jewels Luncheon and Style Show at Shirley Acres. The sell out event raised nearly $20,000 for NAM.

(L-R) Luncheon co-chairs Kristie Campbell and Susan Byram, luncheon honoree Susan Diehl, husband, David Diehl, and daughters Josephine, Bonnie and Debbie Diehl.

Faculty and student concern for the environment has led to various environmentally-friendly efforts such as paper, plastic and aluminum recycling across campus and replacement of styrofoam in the food court as well as collecting of plastic bags in exchange for “green” bags.

Such efforts are typically coordinated through a campus Sustainability Committee and several student clubs such as the Environmental Club, Wildlife Society and Phi Theta Kappa. The campus committee ’s purpose is to organize, plan and implement various sustainability-focused projects designed to enrich the LSC-CyFair community. The student group ’s mission is to create and endorse activities that promote a better, healthier, environmentally-friendly campus and community.