DANA GETS TOGETHER FOR CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION DAY

Forty-one Dana College faculty, staff and students volunteered to help make physical improvements during Dana’s Campus Beautification Day, this spring. The project was partly funded by the Dana community’s own financial contributions, as well as matching funds from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a fraternal benefit society. Dana also received $500 from Aramark Corp. to help fund the day.

The Dana volunteers put in 172 hours of volunteer work painting, weeding and removing litter and limbs from the campus grounds. Funds were used to buy paint, shovels, rakes, a blower/vacuum, an electric trimmer and several trees.

“With the tree limbs and trash pickup, mowing is much easier campuswide,” said Wendy Grasz, administrative assistant for facilities management and the business office, and campus coordinator for the event. “The new equipment will help make work more productive in many areas.”

Dana employees contributed $646 to buy materials for the day. Combined with Aramark’s gift, this allowed the event planners to apply for $1,000 of matching funds from Thrivent.

Dana College is a place where all students actively participate. They make things happen — in their own lives and in the lives of others. Through a highly supportive faculty and campus community, Dana students develop interpersonal skills, leadership abilities, and other important values and knowledge as they make choices about their future. Dana’s outstanding academic programs in business, education, art and social work, among others, ensure that students have the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to pursue challenging careers or placement in graduate school.

Dana College is a private, liberal arts institution in Blair, Neb. To learn more, visit www.dana.edu.

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For more information contact:

Sarah Cavanah
Communications Coordinator
Dana College
(402) 426-7216
scavanah@dana.edu