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CEED was awarded three internships for the summer of 2007 through Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful's (KPB) Core Communities Program. This program provides internships to help beautify Pennsylvania's neighborhoods and encourage individual stewardship. Eleven communities across the state were awarded internships to implement art & greening projects. While KPB funded one intern for each of ten communities, Meadville was awarded three interns for the summer! KPB/CEED interns are working with CEED Director, Professor of Art Amara Geffen, to launch a series of similar projects. The three interns are working on three community-improving projects this summer including two murals and a garden. Read about the projects in the press release.

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This summer, in support of the Meadville, PA, Not Your Run of the Mill Community project, CEED has launched four new arts related projects including a rain garden for the empty lot in front of the parking garage by the Market House and three murals to be installed in various locations downtown. Please join us to discuss these projects, which represent the first in a series of similar projects throughout the city. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 4:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the City Building. CEED invites your suggestions for additional project locations and will share information on how to volunteer for these projects. For more information please contact the CEED office at 332-2713 or via email at ageffen@allegheny.edu.

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CEED advocates affiliation with the Green Building Alliance as Allegheny College pursues new building projects on campus. For more information, refer to the Campus Environmental Responsibility section of our website.

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Now in its second year, Creek Camp at Allegheny College is currently hosting twenty-four 10th and 11th graders from the Pittsburgh area. This residential camp gives students hands-on experience studying biology and freshwater ecology in northwestern Pennsylvania's waterways,. Supported by grants from a number of corporations and foundations, including Bayer and R.K. Mellon, students are studying French Creek, one of the most biodiverse in Pennsylvania, as well as other streams in the watershed.
Read the press release.
For more information, see the Creek Camp website.

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