On May 1, 80 Girl Scouts and community members helped to plant 400 trees and shrubs of 12 species on the grounds of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood. The event was part of the college’s Arbor Day celebration and the Girl Scouts’ Tree Promise. For Earth Day 2022, Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania is planting 2,022 trees.
On the 52nd annual Earth Day, Pennsylvania College of Technology hailed a phenomenon only slightly younger: the Schneebeli Earth Science Center, home to memories, marvels and the makers of a million tomorrows. Observing the milestone golden anniversary of the Allenwood area campus on a beautiful spring afternoon, attendees reveled in "this special place" known as the ESC.
Aided by its knowledgeable team of General Services horticulturists and foresters, along with academic programs in both of those disciplines, Pennsylvania College of Technology has been chosen as a national “Tree Campus” for the sixth consecutive year.
Vanderwolf pine added to ESC's attractive natural surroundings Students at Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center planted a Vanderwolf pine tree for Arbor Day. Observed across the country on the last Friday of April, the holiday fosters a healthy reverence for trees – whether celebrating, nurturing or climbing them!
Whether working below ground level or well into the treetops, Michael A. Dincher's students get to experience the wide scope of arboriculture. Learning while beautifying, students aid General Services in the replacement of dead and dying trees on the south side of main campus. From left are Jesse D. Polys, an individual studies student from Cogan Station; and forest technology majors Kenny P.
ArborMetrics Solutions provided the photo of employee Abigail L. Hufnagle, a utility forester/work planner in Lewisburg. A photograph of Abigail L. Hufnagle, a May 2018 forest technology graduate employed by ArborMetrics Solutions in Lewisburg, accompanies an article in Tree Care Industry Magazine.
Preparing for liftoff Burke's kite hitches a ride on the fall breeze. Rising against the wind A blue sky beckons. Forest technology student Lyssa C. Burke took advantage of Wednesday afternoon’s wild winds to fly a stunt kite on the Madigan Library front lawn.
For the fifth consecutive year, Pennsylvania College of Technology has attained Tree Campus USA recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to urban forestry. The Tree Campus USA program honors colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals.
Forest (left) and Dincher beautify the ESC campus while educating students in doubly-distanced fashion. Michael A. Dincher, assistant professor of horticulture, and Wyatt C. Forest, laboratory assistant for horticulture, planted two sugar maples and a sawtooth oak at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center pond for Arbor Day.
A December graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technology, whose family’s tree care business in suburban Philadelphia fueled his choice of both college and career, recently arranged for the donation of a newly reconditioned chipper to his alma mater’s forestry program. Thanks to the resourcefulness of Michael S.
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