school colors The Class of 2011 has left its mark on Cal U.
Student Rachel Fletcher paints a hydrant outside South Hall.
Student Cory Stoner applies a coat of red paint to a hydrant as part of the Leave Your Mark project for seniors.
Fire hydrants across campus are sporting red and black paint in a variety of designs, the result of the inaugural Leave Your Mark project for graduating seniors. About two dozen students took part in the project, which was organized through the Cal U for Life initiative and the Office of Alumni Relations. A team from Facilities Management cleaned and primed the hydrants before the student artists took over. The project was intended to let seniors change the look of the campus one last time before graduation, and to raise awareness of the Senior Gift Drive campaign. Organizers hope it will become a campus tradition. Leave Your Mark opened with a sign-in event, buffet supper and concert featuring the Cal U Jazz Ensemble, Cal Singers and a cappella groups Vulcanize and Acappella Stella. Student artists were assigned specific hydrants and given one week to complete their designs. Each of the hydrants has been photographed, and the images will be kept in the Kara Alumni House.
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