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Unit: Facilities
Illinois State retains Tree Campus USA designation
The Arbor Day Foundation has, once again, named Illinois State University as a Tree Campus USA.
2016 Coca-Cola/Keep America Beautiful Public Space Recycling Bin Grant Program awards 50 recycling bins to University
Keep America Beautiful and The Coca-Cola Company have awarded 50 new recycling bins to Illinois State University. Keep America Beautiful and The Coca-Cola Company are working together to address one of the primary barriers to recycling in public spaces by making access to recycling bins more readily available and convenient through the 2016 Coca-Cola/Keep America Beautiful Public
Esprit de Corps awards announced at Founders Day
Bob Blick of Facilities Management and Narry Kim of the Office of the President have been announced as the winners of the Esprit de Corps awards at the annual Founders Day Convocation.
Restroom renovations underway at Milner Library
Milner Library will be seeing lots of building improvements in the next year, and the first project started December 5.
2016 summer projects for Facilities Management
Summer is a focused time for Facilities Management employees to accomplish many projects in a limited timeframe.
Cognos reporting tool training offered
Enterprise Data and Analytics (EDA) is offering two training options for staff who would like to learn how to use IBM Cognos, the enterprise reporting tool.
Recovering from the South Chiller Plant fire
After an explosion at the South Chiller Plant, Facilities staff act swiftly to restore service to affected campus buildings with rerouting chilled water and installation of a temporary chiller until a permanent replacement could be installed this month.
Chuck Scott named APPA president for 2016-2017
Chuck Scott, Executive Director of Facilities Management, Parking and Transportation at Illinois State University, is the 2016-17 President of APPA (Association of Physical Plant Administrators): Leadership in Educational Facilities International.
Campus fire hydrant testing in July
During the month of July, Environmental Health and Safety and Facilities Management will be conducting fire hydrant maintenance and testing throughout campus.
