Students grow from community experience

By Britteny Dee
www.statenews.com
09/06/2011

This summer, Michael Malloy left the green of MSU’s campus to introduce an environmental initiative in Metro Detroit.

Malloy, a social relations and policy sophomore, spent his summer working in Detroit suburb Highland Park, Mich., as a participant of the Green Economy Leadership Training, or GELT, program.

Participants took part in one of four group projects — building a playground, renovating an abandoned house, building a greenhouse or experimenting with solar energy — and in various individual projects.
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