Classroom Furniture

Whitney Brothers, a 111-year-old manufacturer of IIDA award-winning wood furniture for early learning, now offers tables, chairs and other non-toy category products that are certified to meet or exceed applicable ANSI/BIFMA standards for educational seating. Whitney Brothers uses solid hardwood and solid plywood laminates sourced from responsibly managed sustainable forests. Manufacturing techniques achieve smooth, rounded edges, employ the strongest woodworking joints (dowel and glue, screws) and are finished by hand.

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Wyoming Receives School Facilities Management Award

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Cheyenne-based Wyoming School Facilities Department (SFD) was recently honored with the prestigious AssetWorld Achievement Award for innovative use of facilities management technologies. The award was presented on April 23 during the AssetWorld annual conference in Atlanta.

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Wisconsin County Eyeing New Schools

RACINE, WI. — The Racine Unified School District Board of Education recently announced plans to build two new public schools. The board also approved upgrades and an addition to an existing elementary school in order to create a new adjoining middle school.

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Rob Andrejewski

Rob Andrejewski is the new director of sustainability for the University of Richmond. Andrejewski formerly served as the outreach and education coordinator for the Office for Sustainability at the University of Virginia, where he engaged students, faculty and staff in university-wide sustainability initiatives. Andrejewki has also worked as a writer, facilitator and educator, and is a senior fellow in the Environmental Leadership Program. He received a PhD.

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Ergonomic Chair

American Seating has developed a new family of chairs in collaboration with designer Giancarlo Piretti. An ideal seating solution for the higher education market, the Nima is a multipurpose chair that provides exceptional comfort through a sophisticated minimalist aesthetic. The patented articulating back mechanism and other components are intentionally hidden and minimized. The curved seat back is the aesthetic signature and creates design continuity within the entire line, while its back-on tubular-support frame provides added durability.

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