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<\/a><\/p>\nMichael Bricker ’04 and his sister, Jessica Bricker, are the ultimate Midwest recyclers.\u00a0 Michael was an original founder of the nonprofit People for Urban Progress (PUP) in Indianapolis<\/a><\/strong>, and is the executive director, while Jessica is PUP’s project manager and designer.\u00a0 PUP promotes environmental causes (its web site has a story about the Wabash Community Garden) and urban transportation and design.\u00a0 Michael and Jessica also run and manufacture from the nonprofit, which\u00a0recycles the roof of the old RCA dome into items\u00a0such as\u00a0wallets and messenger bags.\u00a0 Click here<\/a> to read the feature from last\u00a0Sunday’s Indianapolis Star <\/em>about PUP and its vision.\u00a0 And click here <\/a>for last weekend’s interview with INside Indiana Business.\u00a0 Oh, and in his “spare time,” during this past school year, Michael was an instructor in Contemporary Architecture in the Art Department here at Wabash!\u00a0<\/p>\n
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