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The following societies have engaged numerous partners, including other honor societies and student organizations.
Alpha Chi, Blackburn College – The Blackburn College Re-Cycle Program, a pilot project in environmental stewardship – This project addresses transportation by developing a campus program to provide bicycles to students for a very low fee. The idea is to charge a $20 deposit and return $10 if the bicycle is returned in reasonable condition. Bicycles will be obtained through auctions and police departments that impound abandoned bicycles. The project is designed to cut fuel consumption and air pollution.
Alpha Chi, Tougaloo College – Go Green Initiative – This project will build upon a program begun last year to put containers for recycling paper and plastic on campus. Five bins for recycling paper, plastic, and metal will be built with the help of instructions found online. An additional component of the project is to educate students, staff, and faculty about the importance of changing the culture from “litter” to “clean and green.” The motto of the project is “Re-educating for Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling.”
Pi Gamma Mu, Washington & Jefferson College – The Seven Wonders of a Socially Responsible World – The project will promote the notion of social responsibility among students and enhance students’ understanding of society outside campus. Activities will be conducted to support Animal Friend’s Inc. and Homeless Children’s Education Fund.
Alpha Chi, East Central University – Prosperity Workshop – The purpose of the three-hour workshop for the Ada (OK) community is to promote the prosperity element of the Seven Wonders by focusing on domestic violence (a major barrier to women’s prosperity in the community), nutrition, and job skill training, including interviewing tips and resume writing.
Alpha Epsilon Delta, Stevens Institute of Technology – Health-Bioethics – Bioethics topics will be presented, discussed, and debated among students, faculty, and the campus community. After a series of presentations and discussions during fall 2009, a topic will be chosen and debated in March 2010. Bioethics awareness among students and campus community is the top priority. It is the social responsibility of everyone to be aware, discuss, and debate the bioethical implications of healthcare topics.
Psi Beta, Community College of Denver – Homelessness – This project addresses the concerns about homeless students and the homeless on the open campus. The project includes three elements: collection of data to educate students and college officials, connect those in need to available services, and submit recommendations to address the problem of classmates who ride the light rail all night to stay warm or couch surf in public areas.
Psi Beta, Palm Beach Community College – AIDS Prevention – To help prevent and hinder the spread of AIDS the project will support PBCC’s Student Activity AIDS Day event in December. During this event and during a weeklong campus event in March/April, there will be free HIV testing and promotion of safe sex. A National AIDS Walk will be supported as well.
National Society of Collegiate Scholars, University of Wyoming – Health – The project will conduct a blood drive and an educational campaign to encourage social responsibility. From the seven wonders, the health standard states, “all the worlds’ peoples have access to . . . medicines and health care when they are ill.”
The “seven wonders” for the ACHS Chapter Leadership Project are based upon the following reference: Sachs, J. (2008). Common wealth: Economics for a crowded planet. New York: Penguin Press. See http://www.achsnatl.org/ACHS_Social_Responsibility_Project_09-10.doc.
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