Nola Heidlebaugh's class encourages students to think 'green'.
In her COM 240 class, students have to come up with solutions to make Oswego an environmental-friendly campus. The students have just started on their project, so they are not completely set with their ideas.

However, some of them did reveal their aims for the campus. Jennifer Nguyen, Brett Kelly, Kyle Reuter, and Erin Sportelli are working on a paperless campus. "We are looking at putting things online," they said. "Things like online accessibility of textbooks and hand held devices for note-taking".

Another group is looking at carpooling and its effects on gas consumption and parking spots. Other ideas include conserving energy by turning off unnecessary equipments like computers when they are not in use, and using the lake for heating and cooling.
The students have five weeks to complete their projects. At the end of this duration, the students will be giving presentations in the campus center about their conceptions and the possibility of its success.

"We hope to help each other along the way," Heidlebaugh said. Heidlebaugh reveals that she became interested in sustainability a couple of years ago when she attended a conference in Albuquerque about how that city could work at being more "green".

Some of the projects that students have worked on in her previous classes includes a Living and Learning Community in Funnelle Hall, a human powered gym, motion censored lights, and fluorescent light bulbs. Earlier students have also looked at turning Hewitt Union into a demonstration project where the exercisers' energy was harnessed and stored to power the building.

All in all, Heidlebaugh's class focuses on how groups can work together to complete tasks, and have an impact on their organization or community.

Priya Ravindran-Class '09