University of Louisiana at Lafayette

The University’s Geaux Vélo bike share program provides a convenient way to scoot across campus or around town.

Anyone can rent bicycles from several spots on campus. Riders pedal to class, a store, a friend’s house, or anywhere else the road takes them.

A campuswide commitment to sustainability has earned national kudos. The U.S. Department of Education gave the University a pat on the back for a range of initiatives and programs, from green building to recycling to tree preservation.

The rain garden between Burke-Hawthorne and Wharton halls features attractive landscaping. Vegetation planted in a shallow trough also provides a filter for silt and contaminants in rainwater.

Otherwise, pollutants carried by runoff stream into drainage systems and end up in the Vermilion River.