Civic Engagement

Earth Week

April 16–April 23
Celebrate Earth Day for an entire week! 

Enter the Recycled Art Competition!

Wednesday, April 16
“Chill Out Broadcast: Campus Solutions to Global Warming”
7 p.m. in the University Union, PAWS Lounge
Live broadcast featuring positive, practical solutions to global warming from college campuses across the

country. Presented by the National Wildlife Federation.  

Saturday, April 19
Towson Neighborhood Clean Up
7:30 a.m., University Union, Loading Docks
Join students and community members to

clean up Towson.
To register call 410-704-2711.
For more information, e-mail mseverette@towson.edu   

Monday, April 21
Screening of The 11th Hour

7 p.m., University Union, Potomac Lounge

Recycled Art Competition   entries are due by 5 p.m. in University Union 232.

Tuesday, April 22: Earth Day
A Special NY “Times Talk” Lunch
Host: James Gorman, editor of Science Times for the New York Times
Topic: “Global Warming and Who Gets Hit”
Noon–1 p.m., University Union, Loch Raven Room
Free Pizza!

Keynote Speaker for the TU Tree Club
Thomas Hylton, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
"Greening our Cities and Towns"
3–4 p.m., University Union, Loch Raven Room

James Gorman, Keynote Lecture
“Does the Planet Need Saving or is it Our Place on the Planet that Needs Saving?”
6–7:30 p.m., University Union's Potomac Lounge  
Admission is free. 
Winners of the Recycled Art Competition will be announced here.

Wednesday, April 23
Campus Recycling Day
10 a.m.–3 p.m., Parking Lot 11, by the Union Parking Garage off of Osler Drive   
Drop off your cans, bottles, paper, electronics, batteries, printer cartridges and fluorescent lights to be recycled. Complimentarysoft drinks for those who drop off materials.

Civic Engagement
Administration Building 236C
Phone: 410-704-3921
Fax: 410-704-3441
E-mail: daccardi@towson.edu

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