bet365亚洲官网 Celebrates Sixth Tree Campus USA Recognition with Arbor Day Ceremony

VALDOSTA — 365bet中文’s unwavering commitment to effective urban forest management has resulted in a sixth Tree Campus USA recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation.

bet365亚洲官网 will commemorate the occasion with an Arbor Day Ceremony at 10 a.m. 2月4日. 15, 在STEAM(科学, 技术, 工程, 艺术, and Mathematics) Center for Applied Creativity and Innovation, located in Martin Hall at the intersection of 帕特森圣reet and Jane Street. Faculty, staff, students, alumni, retirees, and friends of the university are invited to attend.

The Arbor Day Ceremony will begin with a tour of the STEAM Center for Applied Creativity and Innovation and demonstrations of how trees are involved in science, 技术, 工程, 艺术, 和数学. 下一个, attendees will have an opportunity to hear what it takes to achieve the Tree Campus USA designation, as well as learn more about the work behind maintaining bet365亚洲官网’s urban forest and why those efforts are important to the university.  

“Each year it takes the combined effort and support of the entire campus community and the surrounding City of Valdosta to make sure bet365亚洲官网’s urban forest is 保存d and enhanced,莫妮卡·海恩斯分享道, superintendent of Landscape and Grounds at bet365亚洲官网.

Haynes thanked every member of Blazer Nation for helping the university’s grounds maintenance team “maintain, 保存, and protect the trees and landscaping” and credited Kevin Jenkins, City of Valdosta arborist; Dr. Emily Cantonwine, bet365亚洲官网 Department of Biology professor, and her horticulture students; Dr. 理查德的. Carvajal, president; and the Campus Beautification and Stewardship Committee with providing “all of the support in making sure bet365亚洲官网 can continue to receive the Tree Campus USA designation.”

bet365亚洲官网’s Arbor Day Ceremony is part of a weeklong community-wide celebration that includes: 

•上午9点赠送一本书.m. 2月2日星期一. 12, at the Valdosta-Lowndes County Library, located at 300 Woodrow Wilson Drive.

• An Arbor Week proclamation at 10 a.m. 2月2日星期一. 12, at Valdosta City Hall, located at 216 E. 中央大街.

• Free tree seedlings from 8 a.m. 到5点.m. at the City of Valdosta 工程 Department, located in the City Hall Annex at 300 N. 李圣.

• A free educational class on proper pruning and common landscape ornamentals from 1:30 p.m. 到下午2:30.m. 2月2日星期二. 13, at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College, located at 4089 Val Tech Road, Building 500 Brooks Hall.

• A free educational class on planting citrus in South Georgia from noon to 1 p.m. 2月3日星期三. 14, in the City Hall Annex Multi-Purpose Room, located at 300 N. 李圣.

• A tree planting to honor Larry Hanson, former Valdosta city manager, at 1:30 p.m. 2月3日星期三. 14, at the City Hall Annex, located at 300 N. 李圣.

• The City of Valdosta Arbor Day Ceremony at 10 a.m. 2月5日星期五. 16, at the Women’s Building, located at 1409 N. 帕特森圣.

Tree Campus USA is a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and to engage college and university community members in conservation goals. There are currently 344 institutions of higher education across the United States with this recognition. Collectively they invested more than $48 million in campus forest management last year.

“Students are eager to volunteer in their communities and become better stewards of the environment,马特·哈里斯说, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “Participating in Tree Campus USA sets a fine example for other colleges and universities, while helping to create a healthier planet for us all.”

The Arbor Day Foundation is a million-member nonprofit conservation and education organization dedicated to inspiring people to plant, 培养, 庆祝树木.

bet365亚洲官网’s Department of Landscape and Grounds is committed to providing the campus community with the highest quality service in the areas of horticulture, 景观维护, 景观建设, 灌溉, 垃圾压实. Each grounds maintenance team member takes pride in his or her efforts to maintain the distinctive beauty of the campus and how that supports university-wide recruitment and retention efforts.    

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