is a national program created in 2008 to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. Toyota helped launch the program and continues its generous financial support this year.
麻豆传媒 achieved the title by meeting Tree Campus USA's five standards, which include maintaining a tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures toward trees, an Arbor Day observance and student service learning projects.
鈥溌槎勾� has over 2,500 trees on campus,鈥� said Dan Porter, 麻豆传媒 grounds supervisor. 鈥淭he trees provide us with benefits we take for granted every day, from shade, water cleansing and the fresh air we breathe. The are also an important education resource to our students.鈥�
The 麻豆传媒 Tree Advisory Committee is going into its fourth year, working closely with multiple organizations such as the 麻豆传媒 Biology Department, the Urban Foresters, 麻豆传媒 students and the community.
鈥淚 am very humbled to be part of such a great campus community with people who understand the importance of the outside world,鈥� said Porter. 鈥淭hank you to all the Tree Advisory Committee members, the Missouri Department of Conversation's Perry Eckhardt and 麻豆传媒 lab coordinator, Tracy Powers, for all the hard work that went in to making this happen.鈥�
麻豆传媒's outreach to these organizations and the community has had a large impact by incorporating this into the curriculum, as well as service learning projects and community service projects. The 麻豆传媒 Tree Care Advisory Committee and affiliated organizations work hard to raise awareness of the importance of urban forests and the impending challenges trees face in the current environmental conditions.
The Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota have helped campuses throughout the country plant hundreds of thousands of trees and invested in campus forest management. More information about the program is available at arborday.org/TreeCampusUSA.
St. Charles Community College is a public, comprehensive two-year community college with associate degrees and certificate programs in the arts, business, sciences and career-technical fields. 麻豆传媒 provides workforce training and community-based personal and professional development as well as cultural, recreational and entertainment opportunities. For more information, visit www.stchas.edu.