Oil Change Clinic at Calvin

November 9, 2005 == MEDIA ADVISORY

The Commuter Advisory Board (CAB) at Calvin College will sponsor an on-campus
oil change clinic at 4 pm on Wednesday, November 16.

Two technicians from Valvoline Instant Oil Change will lead the clinic,
teaching students how to change a car's oil, replenish fluids, adjust air
pressure in the tires and more.

"It's going to be a quick program," says Bob Crow, dean of student development
at Calvin College. "But it will provide some basic maintenance issues for
people who don't know much about cars and want to take care of their cars for
the winter so they don't get stranded."

And two lucky students will leave the clinic with coupons for free oil
changes.

The oil change event is the latest in CAB's efforts to meet the needs of
Calvin's commuter students.

The group was convened at the beginning of the fall semester to advise Crow
and to plan activities both social and educational. CAB has already hosted a
golf tournament, a farm visit and a rock climbing outing and is currently
planning a low-budget cooking demonstration and a Christmas banquet.

"We have a fantastically well-developed residence life program, and what I
want do is make sure that the 44 percent of our students who live off campus
also have a great experience," Crow says. "We have over 1,750 students off
campus. That's a pretty sizeable number, and I wanted to figure out how we can
best serve them. It's far better to have students who live off campus tell me
what they need."

For the full story see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2005_06/oil_change.htm

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Received on Wed Nov 9 12:15:04 2005