BENCHES FOR BEAUTIFICATION TAKING OFF AT UL LAFAYETTE
Students milling about between classes will soon have numerous places to sit across UL Lafayette’s campus.
A recently implemented project ¬– Benches for Beautification – will
place benches, tables and trash receptacles across campus. It’s an
expansion of a SGA program that placed benches near Moody Hall and the
Quad.
Bryan Laperouse, a former SGA president for the B.I. Moody III College
of Business Administration and recent graduate, hatched the idea while
still on campus.
“ The idea was originally designed to improve the areas around the
College of Business,” said Laperouse. “But once I brought the idea to
the SGA senate, others thought it would be unfair to other colleges.
This is when the idea came about to make this project larger and in
phases.”
Laperouse has been working with Dr. Ed Dugas and other members of the Benches for Beautification committee since then.
“ It was a wonderful concept from the start,” said Dugas. “The
leadership from the student government began this project and is seeing
it through.”
A $2,000 donation will place a bench or table at a designated location
on campus. Maps detailing locations have been created by the Physical
Plant Department.
Several locations across campus including the Quad, Martin Hall, Moody
Hall, F.G. Mouton Hall, Bittle Hall, O.K. Allen Hall and along Cypress
Lake near Burke-Hawthorne Hall are included in Phase I of the project.
Donors will have the opportunity to choose the location of the bench or
table they select and also “name” the bench. A permanent sign will be
engraved and attached to the benches.
“ With these name plates, everyone on campus will see the generosity of
this community,” said Dugas. “And, some may be inspired to do their own
part in keeping our campus beautiful.”
Phase II of the project will be an expansion of locations. The money
collected for the benches, tables and receptacles will be placed in an
account dedicated to campus improvements.
To make a donation to the Benches for Beautification project, call UL Lafayette’s Development Office at 337-482-0922.
Courtesy of University Of Louisiana at Lafayette Public Relations/News Services April 3, 2007, Christine Payton, payton@louisiana.edu.
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Students milling about between classes will soon have numerous places to sit across UL Lafayette’s campus.
