HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson Community College has been named a 2019 Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, the largest nonprofit membership organization dedicated to tree planting.
Tree Campus USA is a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation.
“We are honored to earn this designation,” HutchCC President Dr. Carter File said. “It speaks highly of the commitment our staff has to creating a premier campus that our students, employees and the community can be proud of.”
HutchCC achieved the Tree Campus designation by meeting the program’s five core standards: 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 projects.