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Ezra Huscher, Salina senior, takes a ride on the bike trainer hooked up to a generator at the Greening the Crimson and the Blue informational event that was held on Thursday afternoon. About thirty minutes of riding the bike would produce 20mL of biodiesel fuel.
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Charles Sprouse, Tecmuseh graduate student and adviser of the Eco Hawks, explains the School of Engineering Design Project at the Greening the Crimson and the Blue informational event on Thursday afternoon. The Eco Hawks are perfecting an alternate way to fuel hybrid cars and are able to achieve up to 50mmo.
Green campus groups educate
Environmental groups share info during Hawk Week
BY BRANDON SAYERS bsayers@kansan.com
A first-year event yesterday brought students together with campus environmental groups to teach them how they could become more green.
Greening the Crimson and Blue was put on by the Center for Sustainability and featured about 20 different campus organizations and departments with an emphasis on environmental
sustainability.
Booths for the groups were set up in front of the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center at the KU Student Rain Garden from 2 to 4 p.m.
Jeff Severin, director of the Center for Sustainability, said he was pleased with both the number of organizations and students that turned out for this new Hawk Week event.
"What I thought was great was that the students who did come out were spending a good amount of time at all the booths, really learning what all is going on," Severin said.
At the booth for the KU Energy Council, students had the oppor-
unity to ride a bicycle that was connected to a generator and
could power light bulbs.
The device can be used to power
appliances in real-time or charge batteries for later use.
At another booth, Emily Parsons, Manhattan freshman, said she was surprised to learn that the Department of Student Housing had begun using biodegradable plates and utensils in some of the dorms.
Charles Sprouse. Tecumseh graduate student and an adviser for the group Ecohawks, was at the event telling students about some of the group's recent activities. One of those programs brings students with engineering and environmental studies backgrounds together to study hybrid-series automobiles.
Sprouse said the group
had already retrofitted a 1974 Volkswagon Super Beetle with a hybrid engine, which now gets more than 50 miles per gallon.
"We are trying to teach students the cutting-edge technology that the automotive companies are now looking for," Sprouse said.
Steve Schulte, energy account manager for Chevron Energy Solutions, spent the afternoon at the company's booth explaining to students how it is able to help the University reduce its utility costs and its carbon footprint at the same time.
Schulte said the company's partnership with the University
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AWARDS
Committee surprises professors with honor
BY JESSE BROWN
jbrown@kansan.com
On Thursday, four unsuspecting professors received a W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, which recognizes outstanding teachers and advisors at the University of Kansas.
The group of University officials that handed out the awards was led by Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little.
The group went to each classroom to surprise the professors and hand them a check for $5,000.
The fellowships are determined by a seven-member selection committee now in its 13th year.
The awards have been supported by a $650,000 gift from the William T. Kemper Foundation and $650,000 in matching funds from Kansas University Endowment Association. The awards are distributed annually.
The first professor to receive the Kemper fellowship Thursday was Deborah Smith, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. When the Chancellor and the officials showed up to her classroom, Smith looked shocked.
"I was literally speechless for a while," Smith said. "It was a big adrenaline rush; my heart was thumping."
Smith said she would maybe use the check to pay her son's tuition for next semester as a way to give it back to the University.
Smith first came to the University in 1991 to teach courses in organism and evolutionary biology and the biology of insects, among others.
Thursday's winners include Andrea Greenhoot, associate professor of psychology; Ruth Ann Atchley, associate professor of psychology; and Heather Desaire, associate professor of chemistry.
"I think that the Kemper fellowships offer an incentive for professors to be on top of their game and when students recognize their teachers getting awarded, it makes the students value the teachers that are valued by the University," said Mason Heilman, student body president. "I imagine
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CAMPUS
Amanda Shaw to play at Lied Center
New Orleans fiddler will entertain crowd with eclectic, jazz-blues instrumentals
BY DANIEL JOHNSON
djohnson@kansan.com
Louisiana-based singer, songwriter, actress and fiddler Amanda Shaw, 19, will perform at 7 p.m. tonight at the Lied Center. The free event is part of the Lied Center's annual Outdoor Concert and Family Arts Festival, which will begin at 6 p.m.
Shaw and her band The Cute Guys will perform Cajun-influenced country, pop and jazz-blues rock. Shaw described her sound as a mix of American roots instrumentals and modern pop-rock beats.
"Roots music is beautiful," Shaw said. "I love mixing it with modern sounds. I bring different kinds of music together, which in turn brings lots of different people
"She is a phenomenal musician," Christilles said. "We're very excited to have her perform for the community."
Before her teenage years, Shaw played violin twice on The Rosie
Karen Christilles, associate director of the Lied Center, said that Shaw was a perfect fit for the Lied Center's annual kickoff event.
together."
O'Donnell Show," opened for Charlie Daniels, and performed on stage with Cydni Lauper. She starred in two Disney television movies and was a narrator and provided music in the IMAX film "Hurricane on the Bayou." In 2008, Shaw released her Rounder Records debut album "Pretty Runs Out."
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Nineteen-year-old singer, songwriter, actress and fiddler Amanda Shaw will perform tonight at 7 p.m. at the Lied Center. The free performance is part of a larger arts festival that will begin at 6 p.m.
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