Mark Strecker and Stephen Strecker, Tonkawa, are Members of Green Team Southwestern

WINFIELD, KS (09/08/2011)(readMedia)-- Mark Strecker and Stephen Strecker, Tonkawa, are members of Green Team Southwestern.

Green Team Southwestern is a student service-learning organization which serves to create a model of sustainable living that will transform both higher education and the people it serves. Students on the Green Team learn principles of sustainable living and incorporate those principles through service projects, community outreach programs, and annual service trips.

Recent accomplishments by the Green Team at Southwestern include:

• SC was recently named to "The Princeton Review's Guide to 311 Green Colleges."

• Southwestern was selected as a recipient of a free wind turbine that was installed on campus in July.

• The college has added a cross-disciplinary sustainability minor to give academic emphasis to this responsible lifestyle.

"The students who are members of Green Team Southwestern are service-minded and want to make a difference on this campus and in the community. Sustainable living is vital to the health of our planet and all who call it home. We hope that more students will come and join us in our mission to 'live by and teach a sustainable way of life,'" says Jason Speegle, Green Team director.

Southwestern College is a private institution granting undergraduate and graduate degrees and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. About 1,800 students attend classes at the main Winfield campus, at five professional studies sites in Kansas and Oklahoma, or online around the world.