Messiah College repeats Tree Campus USA recognition
March 22nd, 2013
GRANTHAM, Pa. (March 22, 2013) — For the second year in a row, Messiah College has earned Tree Campus USA designation from the Arbor Day Foundation. Messiah achieved the title by meeting Tree Campus USA’s five standards: maintaining a tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures towards trees, an Arbor Day observance and student service-learning projects.
Tree Campus USA was launched in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation as a way to honor colleges, universities and their leaders for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of environmental leadership.
Messiah owns 400-plus acres and much of that property is heavily forested and underdeveloped. To promote the health, safety and beauty of Messiah’ trees, a sub-group of the College’s Sustainability Committee is dedicated to the health, safety and beauty of campus trees.
In November 2012, students in a field biology course partnered with Messiah’s grounds crew to plant more than 500 trees at the base of Cemetery Hill which reduces a significant mowing area for the ground crew and will offset the carbon emissions for all of Messiah’s fleet vehicles.
About Messiah College
Messiah College, a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences, enrolls 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Established in 1909, the primary campus is located in Grantham, Pa., near the state capital of Harrisburg. A satellite campus affiliated with Temple University is located in Philadelphia.
