Randolph-Macon College Biology Professor Arthur Evans was recently interviewed by Steven Clark, host of Richmond WCVE radio’s “What’s Bugging You?” Evans talked about his 2014 January Term (J-term) course, Biodiversity and Systematics of Southern African Beetles.

The course explores the classification and ecology of one of the largest and most diverse groups of organisms that live in Southern Africa. After 10 days of on-campus instruction, students will take part in the first-ever beetle survey of the natural areas in Swaziland and tour the world-renowned Kruger National Park in South Africa to observe mammals and plant life.

Students enrolled in Randolph-Macon College Professor Michael Fenster’s Environmental Problem-Solving and Coastal Geology classes had the opportunity to participate in the recent installation of a groundwater well on campus. Fenster, the Stephen H. Watts Professor of Science, explains how the well came about.

A Self-Sustaining System
“I realized that it made environmental and economic sense to use the free water beneath campus for irrigation instead of using expensive premium city water,” says Fenster. “Several years ago, alumni (including Scott Sutton ’87) from Froehling and Robertson, Inc., the oldest independent environmental consulting firm in the United States, as well as the Hatcher-Sayre Environmental Corporation, donated funds to install three groundwater-monitoring wells near the Keeble Observatory.

Curbside recycling and trash collections through CVWMA will be delayed the week of September 5 due to the Monday, Labor Day holiday. No collections will be made on Monday; thus all collections during this week will occur on the day following the normal collection day. Friday collections will occur on Saturday. 

This holiday schedule change affects curbside recyclers in Ashland, Colonial Heights, Goochland County, Henrico County, and the City of Richmond (Red Week only). 

Trash collection in Ashland, Colonial Heights, Hopewell and Petersburg will occur on the day following the normal collection day.

For more information, please contact the Recycling Hotline at 340-0900 or the Trash Collection Hotline at 425-0500.