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Vermont Business Magazine Sterling College has once again earned the STARS Gold rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). AASHE s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), measures and recognizes sustainability in all aspects of higher education. Sterling has achieved and maintained a STARS Gold Rating since 2015.
In the 2021 STARS assessment, Sterling earned its highest points in the academic categories of curriculum and research. Sterling offers majors in ecology, sustainable agriculture and food systems, environmental humanities, and outdoor education. With ecology as the backbone of all of Sterling’s degree programs, the college prepares students to make real change using nature as the measure in the communities of their choosing.
Area students receive arts awards at Sterling College
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Six Central Kansas students received arts awards last week at Sterling College. The first Arts Awards Night for the college was held to honor students from the art and design, communication/media, music, and theatre programs.
Senior Adam Moore, Hutchinson, was recognized for his outstanding contribution for four years in the debate/forensics program. His coach Ken Troyer presented the honor. Hutchinson freshmen Rachel Thomson and Joshua Morris along with Sterling sophomore Jacob Pieplow were named Barbara Thompson Endowed Music Scholarship recipients.
Sterling sophomore Taya Wilson was recognized for receiving nine Kansas Collegiate Media awards and Lyons freshman Robbie Stansbury received the Louie Armstrong Jazz Band Award.
Quick Read By Gareth Henderson Correspondent
This spring, Sterling College in Craftsbury Common, Vermont, offered its first gear design and repair course.
The new class has the potential, say instructors and those in the industry, to not only help students be better prepared for surviving in the wild, but also expand both local gear manufacturing and an understanding of the design process overall.
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Sometimes knowledge has a ripple effect. The skills these college students are learning could help keep hiking gear out of the landfill and make outdoor activities more accessible.
“Everything – and I do mean everything – is designed and developed the same way: through a series of steps that visualize, confirm, and then create,” says Kurt Gray, who runs the design and product operation at Jagged Edge Mountain Gear in Telluride, Colorado. “The major benefit to the community,” he adds, “is teaching young people how to realize their dreams throu