In 2020, the Alpha Epsilon team launched the 2019/2020 International Book Project (IBP) book drive. We donated and delivered books collected from several colleges and departments to the IBP, which aims to "promote education and literacy while broadening Americans' understanding of their neighbors." Local organizations such as Books in the Bluegrass and Local Donation programs benefit from our donations. Books in the Bluegrass has provided home libraries for Habitat for Humanity, Kentucky Refugee Ministries and Supportive Services for Veteran Families. While the latter has provided books to "Title 1 schools, prisons, homeless shelters, after-school programs, library book-mobiles, hospitals and other nonprofit organizations in Kentucky." This year we had the most participation since we’ve started rounding up excess and unused textbooks!

We appreciate the help from our team and collaborators from:

• College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
  • Department of Animal and Food Sciences
  • Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Department of Entomology
  • Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
  • Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
• College of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Mathematics
• College of Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Department of Computer Science
• College of Medicine
  • Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry