Sustainability
IWU's new Welcome Center, the Minor Myers, Jr. Welcome Center, includes a geothermal heating/cooling system. It has been awarded Silver Certification as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building.
The university's "Think Green" behavioral change campaign encourages community members to conserve resources, and its spring 2008 global warming teach-in had 700 attendees.
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