Professor Dumpster Celebrates Anniversary

It's been a year since he took up residence in the garbage can.

Professor Dumpster Celebrates Anniversary
Photo courtesy of Jeff Wilson

Today at 4:30pm, Huston-Tillotson University College Dean Jeff Wilson will celebrate one year of dumpster living. Additionally, the party will commemorate the grand opening of the Green Is the New Black study patio.

For details, visit www.dumpsterproject.org. For more information about Wilson's upcoming plans, which include ceding residence of the Dumpster to other educators, see this week's issue of the Chronicle. For more info about Green Is the New Black, revisit our Oct. 24 cover story, "Austin's Sustainable Secret."

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Jeff Wilson, Professor Dumpster, Huston-Tillotson University, Green Is the New Black

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