2010 annual report - Texas Southern University

RenaISSance campus & CommunityBreaking GroundHere on campus, visitors, students, faculty and staff have three brand new reasons to enjoy walking the grounds of TSU:With the addition of Founder’s Point located directly behind the studentcenter, students will have the opportunity to fraternize and relaxin an outdoor space that has been created especially for them. And inan effort to join the campus into a more complete unit, the portionof Tierwester Street in front of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey LelandPublic Affairs building has given way to green space – providing asafer and greener passage across campus. And last but not least, studentsof the College of Science and Technology will soon enjoy anew, state-of-the-art building that will house more research facilitiesand classroom space in a brand new technology building scheduledto open in 2011.We’ve Got the PowerAs the entire nation recognizes the importance ofsaving energy efficiency, TSU stays ahead of the curve,implementing new opportunities and vehicles forincreasing our efficiency, both on campus and beyond.John Rudley, right, spoke to television news stations at thegroundbreaking of the new Dynamo Stadium last fall. In2010, TSU and the Houston Dynamo soccer team finalized Texas Southern and Texpo Energy formed an exclusivepartnership that will enable TSU alumni toa deal that will allow them to share a new 22,000 seatstadium for Tiger football.support university programs and missions by enrollingfor electricity service under a TSU Tiger PowerPlan. Under a TSU Tiger Power Plan, Texpo Energy will donate a portion of each customer’s electricity usage toTexas Southern University and its programs. The eligible service plans allow loyal TSU alumni and supporters tosign up both their homes and businesses throughout all deregulated service areas in Texas, with no limits on theamount of the total annual donation per customer. The partnership will make competitive electricity plans andprices available to more than 100,000 TSU alumni, faculty and staff throughout the State of Texas.20And through the College of Science and Technology (COST), TSU and Evolution Solar have partnered to installeight AmpleSun thin-film photovoltaic panels on campus that will serve as the cornerstone of the new TSU GreenTechnology Center. The project will be Evolution Solar’s first effort to feature the AmpleSun panels in the U.S.