Student volunteers remove 165 pounds of campus trash

The MTSU Stormwater Program recently completed another successful community cleanup with the help of student volunteers to protect water supplies on campus and in the surrounding community.

A campus cleanup was held Monday, March 23, near the detention ponds along Rutherford Boulevard on the east side of campus. The effort drew 71 student volunteers, who collected 165 pounds of trash!

The MTSU Stormwater Program strives to raise awareness about the importance of water quality and to reduce the amount of pollutants that flow into the water supply through runoff.

For more information or questions about these events, contact Amanda Sherlin with the MTSU Stormwater Program at 615-904-8575, by email atAmanda.Sherlin@mtsu.edu or visit www.mtsu.edu/stormwater.

— Jimmy Hart (jimmy.hart@mtsu.edu)

MTSU student volunteers show the fruits of their labor at the Rutherford Boulevard parking lot after they joined others picking up litter on campus as part of the MTSU Stormwater Program’s cleanup event March 23. (Photos courtesy of Amanda Sherlin)

Several MTSU student volunteers show the fruits of their labor at the Rutherford Boulevard parking lot after they joined others picking up litter on campus as part of the MTSU Stormwater Program’s cleanup event March 23.

MTSU student volunteers head out from the Rutherford Boulevard parking lot to pick up litter on campus as part of the MTSU Stormwater Program’s clean up event March 23.

A sign welcomes MTSU student volunteers to the Rutherford Boulevard parking lot to pick up litter on campus as part of the MTSU Stormwater Program’s clean up event March 23.