Starbucks is a company already well known for coffee, but thanks to a new grant the corporation has given the University, it may soon be known on campus for helping kids learn to read.
The Starbucks Foundation recently awarded the EMU Child Care and Development Centers (CCDC) with an $8100 grant to fund a children’s literacy program, which will begin fall term.
The Starbuck Storyteller Program, which is a collaboration between the 18th Street Starbucks store, the Greek Life office, and the CCDC, will involve student volunteers from the Greek system who will read to children on a regular basis.
Grant money will be used to buy 400 new books, and will pay for book repair and other supplies. A part-time program co-ordinator will also be hired.
Oregon University System Chancellor to depart next spring
Oregon University System Chancellor Joe Cox announced Tuesday he will step down as the leader of Oregon’s seven universities in Spring, 2002.
He added that since November he believed the OUS staff is strong enough for him to depart, and the decision comes as little surprise to OUS university presidents. He said he made the announcement early so his successor has time to gear up for the 2003 Legislative session.
Although he is not sure what he will do specifically after he leaves office, Cox, 64, said he wants to remain in higher education and in the Eugene area with his wife.
City council upholds smoking ban exemption
City councilors decided Wednesday to uphold an exemption in the city’s smoking ban that allows tobacco use in bars that are building outdoor smoking areas.
Most Eugene bars were required to go smoke free July 1, but 31 bars received six-month reprieves to build outdoor smoking areas. The council revisited the law after a bar manager at a recent council session said his newly smoke-free business was losing customers to establishments that still allow smoking.
The council voted unanimously at Wednesday’s noon meeting to charge the city manager’s office with making sure those 31 bars are actually building and not just ducking the ban.
