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Town & Gown Leadership
Alabama A&M Student Body President Offers Ideas to Trustees
HUNTSVILLE, AL - The Huntsville Times covered a recent story when the Alabama A&M student body president spoke to the A&M Board of Trustees offering several requests to benefit the college, community and study body. Suggestions included, raising the minimum gpa for students to pledge fraternities or sororities, eliminating towing of illegally parked cars and "booting" the cars instead, and implementing a dress code to be emphasized on special days at the university such as graduation.
College President Leads Campus By Raising StandardsORANGEBURG, SC - The State newspaper reports on the small university located in the college town of Orangeburg that is reaching new heights in academics and pride under the guidance of their fifteen year president. The university president places cleanliness of the campus along-side academic and financial success of the students and community and he does not mind "getting his hands dirty" to help fulfill the school's goals. | |
HOUSING & PLANNING
Princeton Planning for Future of Town & Gown
PRINCETON, NJ - The Times, NJ.com reports on the two year process of the Princeton Borough addressing community development issues in relation to the Princeton University's 10-year campus plan. Important in the borough's goals are maintaining the vitality of the downtown and offering residential living opportunities downtown that are affordable and close to public transit.
Entrepreneur Creates System to Help Rent College Town Homes, Short Term
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - The Daily Progress writes on a University of Virginia graduate who has created a web site and information system, http://www.collegeweekends.com, to place college town home owners in touch with potential travelers looking to rent a home for a special event such as graduation, sports events or other short term college events. He is launching the business in localities in the Southeastern Conference and already has listings in Athens, Ga. and Oxford, Miss. |
Developers Looking to Create the First Student Housing Franchise
NEW YORK- The Hotel Business Magazine writes that a former Choice Hotel's executive is partnering with NYLO Hotels to begin an international student-housing franchise of new construction properties and conversion of hotels and existing student
housing properties near colleges and universities worldwide. CampusBrands are looking to fill the need of 11 million students who live off-campus in this $40 billion industry.
Study Shows College's Contributions to Local Economy FAYETTE, PA - A report by The Herald Standard describes Penn State University's economic impact on the state of Pennsylvania generating more than $17 billion a year in overall economic impact and supporting more than 67,000 jobs. The report also details the economic impact of Penn State branch campuses on local communities making Penn State Pennsylvania's largest economic engine. |
ALCOHOL & SAFETY
Town & Gown Combating Off-Campus Student Drinking
BELLINGHAM, WA - Eurekalert web site reports on a new study published in The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, about programs that bring colleges and community together to reduce off-campus drinking. "Researchers found that an alcohol control program at Western Washington University that also involved the community -- including increased police patrols in neighborhoods subject to loud and sometimes dangerous college parties, combined with efforts to make off-campus students better neighborhood residents -- led to a decline in student heavy episodic drinking (also called "binge" drinking)." The study is one of 14 reported in the issue stemming from projects funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Rapid Response to College Drinking Problems initiative.
School Receives $300,00 to Raise Alcohol AwarenessST. CLOUD, MN - St. Cloud State University has been chosen by the US Department of Education to receive a grant for nearly $300,000 to increase awareness of high-risk alcohol consumption. According to the University Chronicle, SCSU is one of 20 schools across the nation to receive this grant. As well as expanding this grant to students who live on and off campus, SCSU is pairing with St. Cloud Technical College to spread the word to a maximum amount of students.
Florida Governor Considers Expansion of University Police JurisdictionTALLAHASSEE, FL - WCTV reports that one of the bills under consideration by the Florida Governor is one that will expand the jurisdiction of university police to include up to 1000 feet adjacent to campus borders. |
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
Madison Getting Electric Vehicle Charging Stations MADISON, WI - According to Auto Blog Green, the streets of the college town of Madison will soon be the host of a charging network for electric vehicles. Public charging stations will greatly extend the 40 mile trip of electric vehicles when batteries are only available for charging at home.
College Campus to be Powered by Solar Energy TAOS, NM -Innovative News announces that the University of New Mexicoin Taos is one month away from completion of the installation of a new solar power system. The new 500-kilowatt array will provide enough energy for all of the school's electric needs. This solar array installation is part of a broader project for the town of Taos and Northern New Mexico College's El Rito campus. The entire project will cost $2.5 million. |
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Town & Gown Leader Forum
Fort Collins, Colorado is looking for states who might have laws that limit "all you can drink" specials. Many of the bars in Fort Collins offer specials like, "women pay $5 and can have unlimited well drinks all night!" Other bars have quarter beer nights. We would like to learn about the types of alcohol regulations that could reduce high-risk drinking behaviors; and specifically limit the "all you can drink" specials. Please respond by e-mail to info@town-gown.net. | |
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Clemson, SC
The International Town & Gown Association is a non-profit organization that brings together leaders from college and university campuses and communities. Member representatives include Mayors, Elected Officials, City Administrators, Police Chiefs, Planners, University/College Presidents, Business Officers, Student Affairs Officers, Campus Planners, Student Housing Staff, Off-campus student staff, Parking & Transportation Officials, Students, Neighborhood Officials, Private Housing Developers, and many others sharing a unified town-gown vision. The ITGA acts as a communication, education, consulting and training resource for decision makers of colleges and college communities in areas of shared resources, programs, planning and project opportunities while addressing existing and potential conflicts.
Sincerely,
Chip Boyles
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