The Bannatyne campus is looking cleaner thanks to a group of Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry and School of Dental Hygiene students.
The college’s Student Environmental Group organized a campus cleanup on Oct. 5. Ten students braved the cold and windy weather to fill garbage bags with masks, cigarette butts and plastic.
“I thought it went really well,” said Emma Mutcher, chair of the Student Environmental Group. “We’re all so busy, so just having as many people as we did come out was nice.”
Over the course of an hour, the students cleaned up from the Brodie Centre doors, down McDermot Avenue, up Tecumseh Street and down Bannatyne Avenue.
Dr. John Perry, associate dean (academic), Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, joined the students for the campus cleanup.
“Congratulations to the Student Environmental Group for another successful campus cleanup,” Perry said. “Our dental and dental hygiene students have again shown their appreciation of being part of the neighborhood through organizing this event. The College of Dentistry is pleased to support our students’ involvement in such activities.”
This is the second year the student group has organized the fall campus cleanup. Mutcher said they are considering hosting a cleanup in the spring.