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Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University earned recognition as one of the top performers in the National Wildlife Federation’s 2024 Campus Race to Zero Waste Competition.
KCAD competed among 81 colleges in the Diversion category and ranked second in the Small Campus division and third overall.
The 2024 Campus Race to Zero Waste competition challenged more than 2.7 million college students, faculty and staff across 150-plus campuses to reduce their waste footprint through minimization efforts, including recycling, composting and donation.
As a result, participants collectively diverted an impressive 30.7 million pounds of waste from landfills, kept 105 million single-use plastic containers out of landfills, and prevented the release of 23,174 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere, equal to avoiding the annual emissions from 5,515 cars.
During the eight-week competition, from Jan.
Gayle-debruynStacy-wheelerKendall-college-of-artNational-wildlife-federationDesign-of-ferris-state-universityKendall-collegeFerris-state-universityZero-wasteSmall-campusGrand-rapidsDiversion-categoryFerris State University graduate Nate Mathewson showed off the numerous cords and stoles he earned to wear during commencement on Saturday. But tucked among the honors was a pin of a blue jay and a small stuffed red cardinal clipped to his black gown.
“That’s for professor Klatt,” he said, paying tribute to a beloved professor who passed away unexpectedly this week.
Dr. Paul Klatt, a nationally respected expert on birds and the force behind Ferris State’s Osprey Web Cam, was honored by President Bill Pink with emeriti status during Saturday’s commencement celebrating graduates of the College of Arts, Sciences and Education.
Beth Zimmer, chair of Ferris State’s Biological Sciences Department, said Klatt strived to make learning fun.
“Dr. Paul Klatt was a colleague, a professor, a teacher, a mentor, and a friend,” she told graduates and their supporters. “However you knew him, as Dr. Klatt, or simply Paul, or even PK &ndas
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