Where campus beauty is a natural fact
Published 04.21.2021
– Photos by Cindy Davis Meixel, writer/photo editor
Even with their petals falling to the ground, the purple azaleas at the Thompson Professional Development Center offer a sumptuous eyeful for those strolling the campus mall (like the metal “Student Bodies” sculptures in the background).
Le Jeune Chef Restaurant is dwarfed by Bradford pear trees while dainty daffodils line the curved driveway.
Tulips triumphant!
Delightful daffodils at the Klump Academic Center
Purple hyacinth “wave” their green petals, seeming to welcome visitors to the ATHS patio.
A weeping cherry outside the Breuder Advanced Technology & Health Sciences Center
A cherry tree on the ATHS grounds frames a bike rack, whence a student's wheels will soon roll into Finals Week!
Spring splendor is in full bloom with this glorious line of Bradford pear trees at the Bush Campus Center.
Magnolia buds and blooms arch to the sky.
Daffodils dance with the Dodge – the unique water feature outside College Avenue Labs – as the truck's chrome and glass glimmer in the sun.
Student housing courtyards also showcase the beauty of the season.
Eastern redbud branches point the way to respite on a campus bench near Rose Street Commons.
This weeping cherry in front of Penn College Police headquarters attractively satisfies one's wanderlust, its cascade of blooms evoking the southern climes of Charleston or New Orleans.
A playful patch of daffodils decorates the northwest side of the Madigan Library. (And, in no time, those trees will be decked out, too!)
Artistically enhancing the front of the Bush Campus Center is this magnificent magnolia.