Commencing in Green
gowns are the brainchild of Virginia-based Oak Hall, a leading manufacturer of aca- demic apparel that has been in business since 1889. Oak Hall currently is the only cap and gown business to manu- facture regalia from recycled plastic. For every 1,000 students
who walk in GreenWeaver regalia, Oak Hall estimates that 23,000 plastic bottles are kept from landfi lls. The fi rm had already saved 12 million plastic bottles from landfi lls as of July 2012.
—Pam Young
ike’s Pro TurboSpeed collec- tion of uniforms, worn by Olympians in the 2012 Summer Games, made headlines because they were fashioned from re- cycled plastic bottles. Commencement gowns may
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not be as trendy as Olympic gear, but Eastern Michigan University students will keep up with the competition by going green in environmentally friendly regalia— gowns fashioned from recycled plastic bottles. The best part? You’d have no
idea that these gowns were made of plastic. There’s no crinkling sound and the fabric feels like soft polyester. The mortarboard caps are made from the same plastic-based fabric and recycled cardboard, and the tack that holds the button on the cap is recycled metal. The tassel and the gown’s zipper are the only components that can’t be recycled. EMU fi rst debuted the regalia
for the April 2011 commencement, and has collection boxes set up after each ceremony where gradu- ates can drop their caps and gowns to have them recycled again. The environmentally friendly
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ll Class Notes submissions should include your name,
address, e-mail address, phone number, degree(s) and year of graduation. Mail to: Eastern Michigan
University Offi ce for Alumni Re- lations, 1349 S. Huron St., Suite 2, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, or use our online submission form at
emich.edu/alumni.
major violation was found to have oc- curred in the sport of Women’s Basketball in 2009-10. As a result, the institution is currently under NCAA probation for the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 academic years due to violations committed by a
NCAA Disclosure P
TRUEMU Day Shed 5
Shop with your TRUEMU friends or make new ones at Detroit’s historic Eastern Market on Saturday, April 20. The day starts with a short presentation at 9 a.m. in Shed 5 off Alfred Street. After the presentation, receive a special I LOVE EASTERN re- cycled heavy duty grocery tote bag, which will provide you with discounts at selected Eastern Market businesses the rest of the day. TRUEMU students, faculty/staff and alumni and their friends and family are welcomed and encouraged to participate. For more information, contact Ted Coutilish at 734.487.2483 or
tcoutili@emich.edu.
at Eastern Market 9 a.m. Saturday, April 20
er NCAA requirements, Eastern Michi- gan University is publicizing that a
prior women’s basketball staff . This pro- bation does not aff ect EMU’s ability to be selected for post-season championship competition in women’s basketball.
For more detailed information on the infraction please visit:
www.emich.edu/ncaa_violations/
Alumna named Department of Defense Teacher of the Year D
aniele Massey (BS99) has been
named the Department of Defense Education Activity’s Teacher of the Year. This award rec- ognizes and promotes educational excellence and is the oldest and most prestigious pro- gram for teachers in the United States. Massey, a military
spouse, is currently teaching at Vilseck High School in Vilseck, Ger-
many and uses an Al- gebra I Flipped Mastery Style of teaching in her classroom. This teaching style requires students to do a lot of the learn- ing legwork at home— whether through watching videos, doing mandatory reading, or using the Internet to fi nd information—in order to focus classroom time on the interaction between student and teacher rather than lecturing.
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