The office will be established to coordinate energy conservation, recycling and other sustainability efforts
(AP) -- University of Georgia President Michael Adams says he will establish an office to coordinate energy conservation, recycling and other sustainability efforts.
Students approved the new office and a $3-per-semester fee to run it by a more than 4-1 margin in a spring referendum. Adams said he'd go along during his State of the University speech on Thursday.
The Athens Banner-Herald reports that in his speech, Adams also said the university will spend $2 million in the next year to hire new faculty and an additional $2 million for one-time costs such as setting up labs for newly hired researchers.
He said that despite budget cuts, UGA faculty and staff have a responsibility to the people of Georgia to fulfill the university's missions of education, research and service.
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