A GREEN OASIS IN HONOUR OF EARTH DAY

An island of green plants can now be found on the ground floor of Building A/4, with a model of the Earth rotating above. This is in honour of Earth Day, and was the focus point of a ceremony on 22 April, accompanied by a lecture on the Earth and musical accompaniment by the Bartok Béla Faculty of Music.

This temporary breath of fresh air was dreamed up by Materials Science dean Prof. Árpád Palotás. Chairman Judit Varga of the Universitas Miskolcinensis Foundation and Rector Zita Horváth also brought some colour to campus, planting flowers in front of the main entrance. More permanent steps are being taken to make the campus more green, from solar panels on top of Building A/1 to vending machines for drinking water for those with their own containers, and selective waste collection.