Celebrate Earth Day with SUNY Morrisville!

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Event Dates
Event Location
New Student Recreation Center
Public event
Yes
Type of Event
Physical

Join us as SUNY Morrisville celebrates Earth Day on Friday, April 21!

Community service projects and various activities are planned throughout the day!

Events include: An Applied Learning Showcase; food drive; tree planting ceremony; composting demonstrations; an all-campus lunch; building bat boxes; native plant sowing; uniform recycling sale; an Undergraduate Research Conference; Zumba class; esports challenge; facilities tours; sidewalk sale; music jam; and much more!

Students also can visit with the Offices of Campuswide Advising, Financial Aid and Student Accounts to meet with their advisor, complete their Fall 2023 course schedules and have a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship!

Earth Day Schedule

Time Activity
9 a.m. Angela Ferguson, Guest Speaker
9:45 - 11 a.m. Applied Learning Showcase
10 a.m. Tree Planting
10 a.m. Yoga with Women's Lacrosse Coach Andrea Cofrin
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Lunch Available; Menu featuring items grown and processed in New York:

  • Mixed Greens Salad (Featuring greens from the College Farm) – Dressings from Nelson Farm 

  • Caprese Salad (NY products) 

  • Roasted Vegetable Medley (Featuring vegetables grown in NY) 

  • Italian Roasted Red Potatoes (Featuring NY potatoes and spices from NY producer) 

  • Meatball Casserole (Featuring NY meatballs, pasta, sauce and cheese) 

  • Plant-Based Meatball Casserole (NY pasta, sauce and cheese) 

  • Dessert: NY Apple Crisp with NY Whipped Cream 

  • Beverages: Water, Lemonade, Unsweetened Tea 

Gluten free options will be available
12 - 1 p.m. Outdoor Fitness Class
1 - 1:30 p.m. Composting Demonstration
12 - 3 p.m. Demonstrations and Activities by our Clubs and Organizations: 

  • Athletics Uniform Recycling Sale
  • Campus Cleanup
  • CSTEP Native Plants Table
  • DEC and NYS Parks
  • Get ready for Fall 2023 with Financial Aid and Campuswide Advising
  • Fitness Trivia with Athletics
  • Health Center Safety Table
  • Hitch and Animal Displays
  • Learn about Organ Donation with the Nursing Department
  • Make and Take Essential Oil Roller Balls
  • Make Bat Boxes with our Wood Products Technology program
  • Music Jam with Professor Kurt Reymers 
  • Painted Rock Activity with the Counseling Center 
  • PTK Food Collection
  • Sustainability Committee Practices
  • Tours of Aquaculture Complex and Four Seasons Farm
1 p.m. Jesse Puckett, Enel Green Speaker – Design Center, Room 207
2 - 5 p.m. Mustang Pride Ice Cream and Playground Cleanup at the Children’s Center
2 - 4 p.m. Undergraduate Research Conference
4 - 7 p.m. Food Trucks, STUAC Bus Loop
4 - 9 p.m. Open Recreation
6 - 8 p.m. STEM Night at ACET Center - Demonstrations and Tours
8 p.m. Victor Le'Yon Hypnosis Show - STUAC
Midnight - 8 p.m. Saturday, April 22 Morrisville Esports (MES) Livestream Fundraiser