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Making fuel, building community

A biofuel plant (i.e. an old water heater, a plastic holding tank and a few pumps) has been set up by undergraduates at the College in a corner of the Keck Lab. A Sharpe Community Scholars project, the plant turns waste cooking oil into usable biodiesel with an estimated octane content similar to that of regular diesel. In the process, the students are building partnerships throughout the Williamsburg community.

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Comey video
W&M lights 'service' fire, says Charter Day speaker.
Kaine video
Governor praises College's civic engagement.
Warner video
Senator calls for 'keeping the republic.'

Informing public policy

Real-world scholarship
Fisher, Langholtz and Roberts make the case (w/audio)

Beyond 'We Shall Overcome'

MLK remembered
Evers-Williams looks back to point forward (w/audio)

‘Thick’ engagement at W&M

Power of service-learning
Pelco discusses academics behind volunteerism (w/video)

Democracy's future

Future of democracy
Lehrer and O’Connor among panelists at W&M (w/audio)

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