ALBANY, GEORGIA - Albany Technical College, a Tree Campus USA member, will plant a tree in recognition of the importance of trees which establish and sustain healthy community forests, on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, beginning at 10 a.m. on the grounds south of the Nathaniel Cross Health Care Technology Building.
Lise’ Adams-Mason, Environmental Horticulture Chair at Albany Tech, has selected a Live Oak, which is the Georgia state tree. The tree will be planted in the large span of grounds between the Center for Excellence in Technology and the Nathaniel Cross Health Care Technology building.
Guest speaker, Chuck Norvell, Urban Forester, Georgia Forestry Commission, will discuss the history of Arbor Day and the Importance of Trees.
Additionally, Albany Technical College also celebrates another year of being named a Tree Campus USA. The College has been named Tree Campus USA since 2008 for its dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship.
Tree Campus USA, a national program launched by the Arbor Day Foundation, helps colleges and universities around the country establish and sustain healthy community forests. Albany Technical College will receive annual Tree Campus USA recognition by meeting five standards. Two-year and four-year accredited colleges and universities that meet these standards receive recognition materials to showcase their dedication to the campus environment.
Albany Technical College met the required five core standards of tree care and community engagement in order to receive Tree Campus USA status. Those standards are establishing a campus tree advisory committee; evidence of a campus tree-care plan; verification of dedicated annual expenditures on the campus tree-care plan; involvement in an Arbor Day observance; and the institution of a service-learning project aimed at engaging the student body.
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