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Faculty and students gathered to celebrate the fact that the School of Journalism received its own Stony Brook University campus transportation bus on Oct. 23, 2013. Photo by Jason Geller.
The School of Journalism received its own Stony Brook University campus transportation bus on Oct. 23, 2013, joining the ranks of other departments like Stony Brook Athletics and the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.
“It’s one small step for the bus system on campus but a giant step for the School of Journalism,” Dean Howard Schneider said at the unveiling ceremony.
The Stony Brook University Office of Administration, which oversees Transportation Services, instituted the wraps in 2011. The wraps serve a dual function– they protect the buses from wear and tear and promote various aspects of the university.
“We thought it would be cool to work with schools, clubs and departments to highlight what’s going on on campus,” Senior Vice President for Administration Barbara Chernow said.
Chernow and Director of Sustainability and Transportation Services James O’Connor initially explored the idea of painting the buses. However, they found that wrapping the buses is more economical than painting them, as the wraps last an average of seven to 10 years.
The themes of the bus wraps are chosen in no particular order and added only to new buses for the sake of productivity.
“As we update the fleet there will be more canvases,” Chernow said.
Members of the faculty and student body of the School of Journalism took an inaugural bus ride around Circle Road and celebrated with cake in the Chapel of the Wang Center afterward.
“It’s fun and exciting to see for students to see,” Schneider said. “It’s a great way to create visibility for the School of Journalism.”
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- TheSchool of Journalism received its own campus transportation bus on Oct. 23, 2013 at Stony Brook University. Photo by Jason Geller.
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- Faculty and students gathered to celebrate the fact that the School of Journalism received its own Stony Brook University campus transportation bus on Oct. 23, 2013. Photo by Jason Geller.
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- School of Journalism Dean Howard Schneider and Senior Vice President for Administration Barbara Chernow pose at the back of the new School of Journalism campus transportation bus on Oct. 23, 2013 at Stony Brook University. Photo by Jason Geller.
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- Professor Wasim Ahmad, whose photos were used for to make the bus wrap, poses in front of the new School of Journalism campus transportation bus on Oct. 23, 2013 at Stony Brook University. Photo by Jason Geller.
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- The School of Journalism at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, N.Y. will now have its own bus on campus. Image Graphic, a company in Deer Park, N.Y., printed a graphic wrap, which can be seen here cut into sections, which employees then applied to the bus at the Automotive Repair Center at Stony Brook University on Oct. 2, 2013. Photo by Christine Powell
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- Fernando Urra, an employee of Image Graphic in Deer Park, N.Y., applies the wrap to the new School of Journalism Bus on Oct. 2, 2013. Photo by Christine Powell.
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- Fernando Urra, an employee of Image Graphic in Deer Park, N.Y., smoothes the bubbles out of the wrap on the new School of Journalism Bus on Oct. 2, 2013. Photo by Christine Powell.
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- Laura Zenteno, an employee of Image Graphic in Deer Park, N.Y., smoothes the bubbles out of the wrap on the new School of Journalism Bus on Oct. 2, 2013. Photo by Christine Powell.
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- Laura Zenteno, an employee of Image Graphic in Deer Park, N.Y., cuts the graphic wrap of the new School of Journalism Bus with a knife on Oct. 2, 2013. Photo by Christine Powell.
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- The School of Journalism at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, N.Y. will now have its own bus on campus. Image Graphic, a company in Deer Park, N.Y., printed a graphic wrap, which employees then applied to the bus at the Automotive Repair Center at Stony Brook University on Oct. 2, 2013. Photo by Christine Powell
