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

VALDOSTA — Valdosta State University’s unwavering commitment to effective urban forest management has resulted in a seventh 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. 在P上.E. Complex lawn at the intersection of Baytree Road and Sustella Avenue. Faculty, staff, students, alumni, retirees, and friends of the university are invited to attend.

During the Arbor Day Ceremony, bet365亚洲官网 will unveil Championship Grove, a grouping of eight trees planted in honor of Blazer Nation’s eight NCAA championship-winning teams — 1979 baseball, 2004年足球, 2006年男子网球, 2007年足球, 2011年男子网球, 2012年垒球, 2012年足球, 2018年的足球. 

The centerpiece of Championship Grove will be Championship Oak, a sprawling live oak representing bet365亚洲官网 体育运动' tradition of excellence.

Arbor Day Ceremony attendees will also learn 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 the bet365亚洲官网 community 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 a reading and book giveaway on Monday, 2月. 11, 布鲁克菲尔德学院, located at 409 Brookfield Road, Crossroad Baptist School, located at 3001 Country Club Drive, 和奥克伍德学校, located at 426 Murray Road; tree seedling giveaways from 8 a.m. 到5点.m. 2月3日星期三. 2月13日(星期四. 14, at the City of Valdosta Engineering Department, located in the City Hall Annex at 300 N. 李圣.; a rain barrel lunch and learn at noon 2月4日. 14, in the Multipurpose Room of the City Hall Annex, located at 300 N. 李圣.; and the City of Valdosta Arbor Day Ceremony at 10 a.m. 2月5日星期五. 在威利斯L. Miller Library located at 2906 Julie Drive. 

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.

"Tree campuses and their students set examples for not only their student bodies but [also] the surrounding communities showcasing how trees create a healthier environment,丹·兰博说, president of the Arbor Day Foundation. “Because of … [bet365亚洲官网’s] participation air will be purer, 水更干净, and … students and faculty will be surrounded by the shade and beauty the trees provide.”

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.