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Parade Magazine highlights COPLAC campuses
In the Sunday August 22nd edition of Parade Magazine, editors asked high school counselors to select their "College A-List" for 2010-1011. Under the "Small State Schools" category, ten of the twenty colleges selected are members of COPLAC.
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UW Superior's Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute awarded $750,000 EPA grant
The Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute (GLMRI) has been awarded a $750,000 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative GrantThis link points to an external webpage and will open in a new browser window or tab. to help reduce air emissions from a 1,000-foot Great Lakes ore carrier.
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St. Mary’s College Chosen as One of First Leaders of the Maryland Green Registry
(St. Mary's City, MD) July 8, 2010-St. Mary's College of Maryland (SMCM) is one of five organizations to receive the Leadership Award of the Maryland Green Registry. This is the first year the Registry has recognized special leadership amongst its 210 members. The award recognizes organizations that show a strong commitment to sustainable practices, that continue to improve its environmental performance, and that demonstrate measurable results.
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Membership in COPLAC is reserved for small to medium-sized, primarily undergraduate public colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Our member institutions are distinctive within their respective state and provincial systems as student-centered, exclusively or predominantly undergraduate colleges.

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