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EBSCO Information Services Announces 2023 EBSCO Solar Grant Winners

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Friday, June 23, 2023
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IPSWICH, Mass., June 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) will be awarding $300,000 in grants to three libraries looking to further their sustainability goals. Russell County Public Library (RCPL), Kentucky; Purdue University Fort Wayne Helmke Library, Indiana; and Maplewood Memorial Library Foundation, New Jersey, will each receive an EBSCO Solar Grant to pay for the installation of a solar array. The grants offset the cost of installing solar panels and allow the libraries to reduce their electricity expenditures.

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  • IPSWICH, Mass., June 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) will be awarding $300,000 in grants to three libraries looking to further their sustainability goals .
  • Russell County Public Library (RCPL), Kentucky; Purdue University Fort Wayne Helmke Library , Indiana; and Maplewood Memorial Library Foundation , New Jersey, will each receive an EBSCO Solar Grant to pay for the installation of a solar array.
  • With the help of the EBSCO Solar grant, we will be the first civic agency in Russell County to implement a solar energy system, creating an education point for students, government and business leaders and community members."
  • "Receiving the EBSCO Solar grant will help offset energy costs of what we are calling the 'Library of the Future'.

Additional Allegations Emerge in Amended Complaint Against Former University of South Alabama Head Women’s Volleyball Coach Accused of Sexually Harassing and Sexually, Physically, and Emotionally Abusing Players

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Monday, December 20, 2021
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The University of South Alabama and former head womens volleyball coach, Alexis Meeks-Rydell, face additional allegations of sexual harassment and physical and emotional abuse of student-athletes in an amended federal lawsuit filed Friday in Alabama.

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  • The University of South Alabama and former head womens volleyball coach, Alexis Meeks-Rydell, face additional allegations of sexual harassment and physical and emotional abuse of student-athletes in an amended federal lawsuit filed Friday in Alabama.
  • The case was originally brought by former University of South Alabama volleyball players Rachael DeMarcus and Alexis Silver against Meeks-Rydell.
  • The plaintiffs all came to the University of South Alabama as student-athletes pursuing their academic goals, while also competing as NCAA Division I athletes on the schools womens volleyball team.
  • The lawsuit alleges Meeks-Rydell created a climate of fear and intimidation among the volleyball team players.

Former University of South Alabama Head Women’s Volleyball Coach Sexually Harassed and Sexually, Physically and Emotionally Abused Former Players, According to New Lawsuit Filed by DiCello Levitt Gutzler

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Thursday, September 2, 2021
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A former NCAA Division I head womens volleyball coach sexually harassed, and physically and emotionally abused her players for several years, according to a federal lawsuit filed this week in Alabama.

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  • A former NCAA Division I head womens volleyball coach sexually harassed, and physically and emotionally abused her players for several years, according to a federal lawsuit filed this week in Alabama.
  • The case was brought by several former University of South Alabama volleyball players against former head coach, Alexis Meeks-Rydell.
  • Also named as defendants are the University, Athletic Director Joel Erdmann, and former assistant coaches Rob Chilcoat and Patricia Gandolfo.
  • Once on campus, however, they were routinely subjected to blatant sexual harassment and sexual, physical, and emotional assault by Meeks-Rydell.