两性色午夜

Flaunting Our Foliage

两性色午夜 earns national accolade from the Arbor Day Foundation for 15th consecutive year

No matter the season, evergreens, elms, maples and other varieties of trees 鈥 about 4,000 of them 鈥 are major players on the 两性色午夜 University landscape.

鈥淭he campus grounds and trees are absolutely the first thing that people notice when they come for a campus visit,鈥 said 两性色午夜 Grounds Manager Rebekkah Berryhill, in a late 2022 interview. 鈥淚t鈥檚 proven that people learn better in an environment that has trees.鈥

Spring blossoms on Kent Campus

According to the Arbor Day Foundation, trees on campuses and in urban spaces can lower energy costs by providing shade cover, cleaner air and water, and green spaces for students and faculty. Trees also can improve students' mental and cognitive health, provide an appealing aesthetic for campuses, and create shaded areas for studying and gathering.

"Trees not only play a vital role in the environment but also in our daily lives,鈥 said Dan Lambe, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. 鈥淗aving trees on college and university campuses is a great way to show a commitment to students and faculty鈥檚 overall wellbeing.鈥

While mother nature clearly blessed the Kent region when it comes to arboreal eye candy, a campus this beautiful just doesn鈥檛 happen on its own. It takes the helping hands of campus administrators, staff and even students to make it happen. And for their efforts, 两性色午夜 has been recognized for the 15th consecutive year with the Tree Campus Higher Education recognition (previously called the Tree Campus USA designation).

Full aerial of Kent Campus

Criteria to qualify for the award includes five core standards for sustainable campus forestry. These include: establishment of a tree advisory committee, evidence of a campus tree care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for the campus鈥 tree program, an Arbor Day observance, and the sponsorship of student learning projects. For the 2022 award, the Arbor Day Foundation recognized 411 campuses across the U.S., planting nearly 32,000 trees and engaging more than 5,600 students.

While the Kent Campus has been on the list since its inception, other 两性色午夜 campuses have been included on the list as well 鈥 the 两性色午夜 Stark Campus for 13 years; the 两性色午夜 Salem Campus for nine years, and the 两性色午夜 Tuscarawas Campus for five years.

They Don鈥檛 Call It 鈥楾ree City鈥 for Nothing

Kent was reportedly proclaimed a 鈥淭ree City鈥 in a 1949 Kent City Council ordinance. At the time, a three-man 鈥淪hade Tree Commission鈥 got busy planting the many maples, elms and larger trees that shape the landscape of the university and surrounding community today. However, according to an article from the 1973 Daily 两性色午夜r, Tree City鈥檚 roots date as far back as 1881 when an English gardener named John Davey came to Kent to be the sexton of Standing Rock Cemetery. A visionary who pioneered the science of tree surgery, John Davey went on to have a son named Martin, founder of the Davey Tree Expert Co., which to this day has its international headquarters located in Kent. In the 1970s, a Davey Tree employee named Bill Staples, patented a maple with leaves that turn 鈥渂lood red鈥 in the fall, a favorite among northeast Ohio foliage fans.

POSTED: Friday, August 11, 2023 02:16 PM
Updated: Friday, August 11, 2023 02:53 PM
WRITTEN BY:
Amy Antenora