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UNO Recognized as a Tree Campus Higher Education Recipient

For the 12th consecutive year, the Arbor Day Foundation has recognized UNO for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation.

  • published: 2022/04/05
  • contact: Office of Strategic Marketing and Communication
  • email: contact@unomaha.edu
A student skateboards in between Strauss Performing Arts Center and the Milo Bail Student Center with white flowering trees on both sides.

UNO Landscape Services will be planting a tree on campus this Arbor Day, April 29, in recognition of the campus being named a Tree Campus Higher Education school for 2021.

The Arbor Day Foundations has once again named UNO as a member of its "Tree Campus Higher Education" program - highlighting the university's commitment to sustainability and urban forest management.

"Trees not only play a vital role in the environment but also in our daily lives,” said Dan Lambe, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “Having trees on college and university campuses is a great way to show a commitment to students and faculty’s overall wellbeing.”

UNO has been recognized as a Tree Campus Higher Education institution since 2009, consistently meeting the five standards of sustainabile campus forestry:

  • Established tree advisory committee
  • Evidence of a campus tree-care plan
  • Dedicated annual expenditures for the campus tree program
  • An Arbor Day observance
  • Sponsorship of student service-learning projects

UNO is one of less than 400 universities to earn the designation this year, which honors efforts from 2021, and one of very few universities in the country to receive the honor 12 straight years.

In honor of the recognition and of Arbor Day on Friday, April 29, UNO Landscape Services will be planting a tree on campus, continuing a decades-long tradition.

For more information about the Tree Campus Higher Education program, visit treecampushighered.org.

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