澳门威尼斯人官网贝伦德分校 is one of seven founding members of the Commonwealth Arboreta Network, which has the eventual goal of creating an arboretum at each of the 24 Commonwealth campuses.
宾州大学公园. — Seven Penn State campuses have created a network that will inventory trees and plant life while sharing research and teaching resources, with the eventual goal of creating an arboretum at each of the University's 24 campuses.
The new Commonwealth Arboreta Network extends across the state from 澳门威尼斯人官网贝伦德分校, 在伊利湖岸边, 前往费城郊区的威尼斯人娱乐信誉平台分校. The seven campuses represent 宾西法尼亚’s diverse climates and ecoregions, said Casey Sclar, H.O. Smith Endowed Director of the Arboretum at Penn State, located at 大学公园.
“The Commonwealth Arboreta Network is an incredible opportunity that fulfills our land-grant mission of teaching, 研究及服务,”他说。. “Together we can understand and build our living collections for greater biodiversity, provide greater research capabilities as living libraries and laboratories, and offer a daily fulfilling connection to nature that we all need.”
该网络的创始成员是:威尼斯人娱乐信誉平台分校, 澳门威尼斯人官网阿尔图纳分校, 澳门威尼斯人官网贝伦德分校, 宾州州立银行, 宾州州立大学蒙阿尔托分校, 宾州州立大学斯库尔基尔分校和宾州州立大学公园分校. Other Penn State campuses have expressed interest in joining in the future.
Sclar是该网络的负责人, 玛丽·安·史密斯, a lecturer of biology and curator of Penn State Schuylkill’s arboretum, 他是学院主席.
"The development of the Commonwealth Arboreta Network is a great opportunity for our campuses to have an active collaborative community willing to have discussions on tree species and conservation as well as data collection and pedagogy,史密斯说. “I hope as we foster these relationships that we develop programming and research opportunities to help us track climate change's impact on 宾西法尼亚's biodiversity, 同时也让更多的本科生参与到这些科学中来.”
The network’s first task is to inventory tree plantings on the campuses and unite them in a common database and mapping resource, creating opportunities for credit and non-credit classes in programs including biology, 植物学, 生态, 可持续发展与园艺, and to develop joint research projects in topics such as urban forestry, 适应气候变化, 园艺实践, 昆虫学和植物病理学.
教师 participating in the network have diverse areas of expertise that the network can tap into to explore different questions, while Penn State’s Office of Physical Plant will gain a valuable planning tool, Sclar说.
“It's everything from ‘How do we establish workforce training programs that create the horticulturist of tomorrow?’ to ‘How do we analyze the overall impacts of climate change on a very diverse commonwealth and its horticultural resources?’”
Initial project funding to inspire the creation of arboreta at each of the 24 Penn State campuses was made possible by the James and Barbara Ingram Endowment for the Penn State Arboreta. 詹姆斯英格拉姆, president and chief operating officer of Bartlett Tree Experts, earned an associate degree in forest technology from 宾州州立大学蒙阿尔托分校 in 1979 and a bachelor’s degree in agriculture at 大学公园 in 1983.
“We are extremely proud to support this effort that leverages the capabilities of the Commonwealth Campuses, 澳门威尼斯人官网优秀教师, 以及树木本身的教学能力, research and community resources in sustaining and enhancing our lives” Ingram said. “我们可以为学生提供成功, 应用研究机会, and campus beautification efforts through conservation and appreciation for the value of trees. 佩恩的森林值得拯救!”
The arboreta network showcases “our unique ability at Penn State to unite 24 campuses through the power of trees,”他说。. “当你看看其他赠地学校, there are very few that have that capacity that we have in the Commonwealth Campuses. This is a great example of how important the Commonwealth Campuses are to the success of Penn State.”
宾州州立银行, one of seven founding members of the Commonwealth Arboreta Network, 拥有丰富多样的树木, 这要归功于它位于前杨森家族庄园. Approximately 30 acres have been designated as the Center for Agriculture and a Sustainable Environment, serving as a hub for a four-acre plant collection geared towards teaching.
The three-acre 澳门威尼斯人官网植物园的传粉者和鸟类花园, 在大学公园校区, is one of numerous garden spaces at The Arboretum at Penn State, one of seven founding campuses in the Commonwealth Arboreta Network. The goal of the network is to create an arboretum at each of the 24 Commonwealth campuses
