Archives for July 2019

UMW Tree Festival – Oct 3rd, 2019

UMW Sustainability & Adopta UMW are hosting the UMW Tree Festival on Oct 3rd, 2019!    The UMW Tree Festival will be on October 3rd from 3-5pm on Ball Circle! As a certified "Tree Campus USA", UMW is proud and passionate about meeting our goals of having an established, sustained and healthy community forest on campus. So come on out and help us celebrate our amazing trees and all they provide for the world's ecosystems, vitality and health! At 4pm, President Paino & the Department of Forestry will be presenting UMW with the Department of Forestry Tree Campus Award. Keep an eye out during the event for Sammie the Eagle and snap a picture with your favorite tree and mascot! Who didn't love climbing trees as a kid? Bartlett Tree Experts are bringing tree climbing to the college level by offering demos where students can learn how and climb trees properly without hurting them. They will be doing this throughout the festival so stop by anytime to try it out. Ball … [Read more...]