Meet Jasmine II

Meet “Jasmine II,” a playful and expressionistic piece by renowned artist, Nancy Swan Drew.  Standing 4 feet tall by 2 feet wide, “Jasmine II” is a colorfully painted wood cutout depicting a motherly figure with her two children.  The piece was completed from 1986 to 1987, and is done in the quirky cartoonish style for which Drew is best known - A resident of Niles, Michigan, Nancy Swan Drew has lived in the greater Detroit area for most of her life and has created multimedia works ranging from paintings and prints to her own clothing line.  Her pieces have been featured in numerous magazines and she has been seen through broader media outlets such as Home & Garden Television and the Chicago Tribune.

RecycleMania Video Contest

Show off your video-making skills and win $500, $250, or $100 by competing in this year’s RecycleMania video contest!

MSU Recycling is planning events for this year’s RecycleMania Competition (an annual international competition between colleges and universities to raise awareness about recycling).  This year we are hosting a video competition encouraging students, faculty, and staff to create short promotional pieces to raise awareness for the event and encourage fellow Spartans to participate.  Winners will be featured on the MSU recycling page and will receive first, second, and third place prizes of $500, $250, and $100 respectively.

Entries must be emailed to recycle@msu.edu by 5pm on Monday, March 18

This is a great opportunity to create a new portfolio piece and possibly win money at the same time.

Good luck!

Office Clean Outs

We're getting close to the beginning of RecycleMania, the eight-week recycling competition among schools across North America, which means it's time to start thinking about what you can get rid of (and how to do so responsibly). Along with many other recycling events from February 3 to March 30, we'll be scheduling Office Clean Outs for MSU Faculty and Staff across the whole eight weeks.

The Office Clean Out program includes the delivery of two hampers: one for free confidential shred and another for everything else–paper, cardboard, boxboard, plastics, books, and electronics. The hampers will be delivered the morning of your scheduled day, and you'll have all day to fill them before we pick them up the following morning. We can also pick up surplus items at the same time, if you let us know in advance.

To sign up your department/unit, simply check the calendar of available dates and fill out the sign up form. We will contact you with more information, then we will see you on the day of your scheduled Clean Out. The calendar filled up very quickly last year, so sign up now!