All is not lost. We still have a pretty campus.

[BobPSU92]

See the link below. From the article:

“UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — For the fifth consecutive year, Penn State’s University Park campus has been honored by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective campus forest management. The campus recently garnered a 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the foundation.

“From providing shade and instilling beauty, to storing carbon and recycling stormwater, the trees around campus offer innumerable benefits to people, animals and ecosystems,” said Bill Sitzabee, Penn State’s vice president of facilities management and planning and chief facilities officer. “The recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation is icing on the cake.”

With more than 17,000 trees on campus, including over 200 different species, Penn State achieved the distinction by meeting Tree Campus Higher Education’s five standards, which include maintaining a tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for its campus tree program, an Arbor Day observance, and student service-learning project.”

Penn State earns 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition | Penn State University

 

[ouirpsu]

We do, but so are a ton of other colleges and universities. What campus is not on this list: https://www.arborday.org/programs/tree-campus-higher-education/campuses.cfm?

 

[Nitt1300]

here is what I miss:

 

[manatree]

here is what I miss:

Fire Franklin. Sandy’s got this. Barron farts in your general direction.

 

[RGWhirly]

Honestly I cannot believe some of the universities on the list, because some of them have pretty ugly campuses.

 

[Nittany Security2]

sPitt's main campus didn't make the list. 😢

 

[IrishHerb]

It's odd but W&M is not on it.

(This shot of the Crim Dell is right in the middle of campus)

Thats beautiful. And apparently W&M has plenty of trees to make the list. But they're probably missing in one of the 5 required standards ... do they have a tree advisory committee? Probably not. Do they observe Arbor Day? Maybe not. ...

 

[L.A.Lion]

The UPark campus gives me wood.

 

[UncleRoyBiggins]

TREE ARE..........

 

[BobPSU92]

Fire Franklin. Sandy’s got this. Barron farts in your general direction.

Pretty much.

 

[BW Lion]

We do, but so are a ton of other colleges and universities. What campus is not on this list: https://www.arborday.org/programs/tree-campus-higher-education/campuses.cfm?

It appears the criteria for this award are shady.

 

[BobPSU92]

It appears the criteria for this award are shady.

Why don’t you make like a tree and get outta here?

 

[BW Lion]

Why don’t you make like a tree and get outta here?

Leaf me alone!!

 

[Thomas1945]

See the link below. From the article:

“UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — For the fifth consecutive year, Penn State’s University Park campus has been honored by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective campus forest management. The campus recently garnered a 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the foundation.

“From providing shade and instilling beauty, to storing carbon and recycling stormwater, the trees around campus offer innumerable benefits to people, animals and ecosystems,” said Bill Sitzabee, Penn State’s vice president of facilities management and planning and chief facilities officer. “The recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation is icing on the cake.”

With more than 17,000 trees on campus, including over 200 different species, Penn State achieved the distinction by meeting Tree Campus Higher Education’s five standards, which include maintaining a tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for its campus tree program, an Arbor Day observance, and student service-learning project.”

Penn State earns 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition | Penn State University

They should elect an annual winner and present that school with the “Joyce Kilmer” memorial award. Which if we were lucky would be the Land Grant trophy.

 

[Woodpecker]

We do, but so are a ton of other colleges and universities. What campus is not on this list: https://www.arborday.org/programs/tree-campus-higher-education/campuses.cfm?

Sadly, my (undergraduate) alma mater didn't make the cut

 

[lionville]

Just think how much more beautiful it will be after Barron’s bogus museum is built.

 

[91Joe95]

It appears the criteria for this award are shady.

For a small donation you too can make the list. It's a very meritorious system.

 

[The Spin Meister]

But we have an arboretum!

 

[MtNittany]

Are trees helping or hurting the environment? I'm losing track. They're ripping out palm trees on Miami Beach and in Coral Gables because they cause climate change apparently.

 

[GSPMax]

They should elect an annual winner and present that school with the “Joyce Kilmer” memorial award. Which if we were lucky would be the Land Grant trophy.

There is a Joyce Kilmer monument about 40 miles east of State College in the Bald Eagle State Forest.