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EnviroFun 2008
Thursday, March
20, 2008 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Photos from EnviroFun 2008
EnviroFun 2008 was designed
to spark the imagination of high school and middle school students and to
generate an interest in a college education leading to a variety of
challenging and rewarding environmental and engineering occupations. Stark
State College of Technology (SSCT), in conjunction with the
Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District hosts and
designs this special event to ensure that students and mentors are exposed
to areas of environmental technology, engineering technology and related
fields.
Approximately 220 students,
faculty and staff from five (5) area high schools and middle schools
attended the event. Participating schools included:
- Fairless High School
- Garaway Middle School
- Jackson High School
- Portage Collaborative
Montessori School
- Timken Senior High School
Students attending EnviroFun 2008 participated in five (5) break-out
sessions covering the following:
- Alternative Energy
Sources Fuel Cell Technology and Bio-Fuel Technology
- Hazardous Material and
Emergency Response (HAZMAT)
- Landfill Design
students constructed edible landfills
- Water Sampling and
Analysis
- Water Quality Protection
Special thanks go to our presenters from the following organizations:
- Clean Fuels Ohio
Bio-Fuels
- Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency HAZMAT & Water Quality Protection
- Stark County Education
Service Center Water Analysis
- Stark State College of
Technology Fuel Cell Technology
- Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne
Joint Solid Waste Management District Edible Landfill
- University of Findlay -
HAZMAT
In addition to presentations, students could visit any of eight (8)
exhibitor booths. Exhibitors included:
- City of Canton Water
Department
- Ohio Department of
Natural Resources
- Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency
- SSCT Admissions Office
- SSCT Environmental,
Health and Safety Technology
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- Stark County Soil and
Water Conservation Service
- Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne
Joint Solid Waste Management District
- University of Findlay
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EnviroFun 2008 received excellent reviews from students, faculty, staff and
exhibitors. Stark State Students who volunteered to make the event a success
included Environmental Health and Sciences students:
- Tiffany Boring
- Marcus Hereda
- Richard Houzer
- Derrick Loy
- Melissa McConville
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- Michael McGhee
- Nathan Schneiders
- Mike Sponseller
- Chris Stutler
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Phi Theta Kappa students: |
- Carol Kirkpatrick
- Sherri McGuiness
- Jeremy Smith
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Engineering/Information Technology student workers: |
- Christine Ewing
- Elizabeth Mora
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Stark State College staff who also contributed to making EnviroFun 2008 a
success included:
- Cherie Barth
- Lynn Espenschied
- Wally Hoffer
- Lisa Kasunic
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- Val Mayle & Maintenance
Crew
- Irene Motts
- Vern Sproat
- SSCT Security Department
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Special Thanks for this years event also go out to the EnviroFun 2008
Planning Committee members:
- Mike Eberle (Ohio EPA)
- Brian Hatfield (Frito
Lay)
- Cathy Spino (SSCT)
- Derrick Loy (EH&S
Student)
- Scott Williams (SSCT)
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