Onyx Spring-Summer 2019

Sustainable seating Benches, picnic tables and trash receptacles made of plastic caps collected by members of SMWC’s community and the Wabash Valley can now be found throughout campus with the delivery of 40 of these items in January. The furnishings were placed in the athletic fields, the equine facilities, tennis courts and along The Avenue. SMWC has formed a partnership with the Vigo County Solid Waste Management District and its ABC Promise Program in the Caps to Benches project, an SMWC initiative recycling plastic bottle caps and lids into outdoor furnishing. The initiative started a couple of years ago with the intent of producing several benches for Le Fer Lake, and has evolved from the overwhelming plastic cap donations to a program to increase the College’s sustainability footprint.

Above: New plastic benches, picnic tables and trash receptacles were donated. The items can be found near Le Fer Lake, the athletic fields and the equine facility.

Woods Online alumna honored

Dee Reed , a 2008 graduate of SMWC’s online program, was named one of the 2018 Women in Business by Terre Haute Living Magazine. During the Women in Business breakfast and award presentation, Reed said she was honored to be counted among accomplished and outstanding women in the area. She emphasized the value of community. “We mentor each other, we inspire each other and we empower each other. Most importantly, we do those things so that others can follow in our footsteps,” she said during her acceptance speech. Dee Reed ’ 08 is the current executive director of marketing and communications at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.

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