Battery Collection, Disposal Explained

In an ongoing effort to divert hazardous wastes from the solid waste stream and ultimately the landfill, Environmental Health and Safety has enhanced its efforts to capture as much waste that batteries generate on campus as possible. Review material found at http://www.sonoma.edu/ehs/hazard/BattCollect.pdf to become familiar with the methods of collection available on campus.

Those who generate wastes such as batteries, electronics and other materials at home are encouraged to recycle them within their community by identifying participating stores such as Radio Shack and others that will accept the materials. Please do not add them to the campus waste stream, asks Craig Dawson, Director of Environmental Health & Safety/Utilities. For further information, contact Dawson, 4-2932.

SSU and Kaiser Offer
"Healthy Living for Life" Series

Staff and faculty are welcome to take the new healthcare series entitled Healthy Living for Life in partnership with Kaiser Permanente. The program is offered on Fridays, Sept. 21-Nov. 16 from noon-3 p.m., in Salazar 2009A. Courses may be taken as a series or individually for $50 per course.

Taught in a series of eight, three-hour sessions by physicians and experts from Kaiser Permanente, the program explores positive health behaviors and the health problems encountered by most people.

The Healthy Living for Life program is administered by the School of Science and Technology and offered to the community through the School of Extended Education. Space is limited. Early registration is advised. For more information visit www.sonoma.edu/exed/health/health.html or phone 4-2394.

Tell Students About Free HIV Testing

Free anonymous HIV testing is being offered in the Student Health Center from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the following Thursdays through a cooperative relationship with the Sonoma County Department of Health Services. This testing is open to al on a first-come, first-served basis up to a maximum of 15 individuals per session. The schedule includes the following dates: Sept 6, 20, Oct. 4, 25, Nov. 1, 15, and Dec. 13.

Low-cost confidential testing is also available to regularly enrolled students by appointment only on a daily basis at the Student Health Center. For further information contact Georgia Schwartz, Director, Student Health Center, 4-2921