Events and TrainingJoin the Campus Arbor Day Celebration
Apr 16, 2025 | 7:48 am
Help celebrate the campus' Tree Campus Higher Education designation by planting a tree near the South Quad.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will celebrate its continued recognition as an Arbor Day Foundation Tree Campus Higher Education near the ACES Library, Information, and Alumni Center on Friday, April 25. Stop by over the lunch hour near the South Quad to grab a shovel and help plant the 2025 Arbor Day tree, a 3-inch diameter Ohio Buckeye.
The Tree Campus Higher Education designation requires meeting five core standards of the Arbor Day Foundation for sustainable campus forestry: establishing a tree advisory committee, creating a campus tree care plan, dedicating annual expenditures for your campus tree program, sponsoring student service learning projects, and establishing an Arbor Day observance.
The Arbor Day Foundation has helped campuses throughout the country plant thousands of trees with the support and guidance of Tree Campus Higher Education—more than 18,000 trees on campus benefit from the university’s comprehensive management and care.
ACES Library, Information, and Alumni Center
Friday, April 25
11:45 a.m.–1 p.m.
Location: Northwest side of the facility adjacent to the South Quad, rain location in room 109, The Fay M. Sims Executive Center, inside the ACES Library, Information, and Alumni Center
Speakers: Associate Director of Project Planning, F&S Capital Programs, Cheryl Bicknell (Welcome); Interim Vice Chancellor for Administration and Operations Lowa Mwilambwe (Joint Arbor Day Proclamation); and University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Ryan Pankau (Benefits of Campus Trees)
Activities: Facilities & Services (F&S) will have soil and ceremonial shovels for attendees to help plant the Ohio Buckeye, funded by the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE). All attendees are invited to help the F&S tree surgeons plant the tree and take photographs for memories that will last a lifetime. Individuals will also be able to participate in interactive games and view displays sponsored by the Illinois Student Council’s Environmental Sustainability Subcommittee, the Red Oak Rain Garden team, and more.
Event Sponsors: F&S; iSEE ; and Illinois Student Council
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