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Students Sponsor Annual Tree Hug-a-thon, Dedication

 
 

TREE DEDICATION — Alma College's Dennis Skriba, assistant director of administrative systems, and Fran Groves, performing arts office associate, gathered Wednesday, Oct. 31, with members of Students United for Nature (SUN) for tree dedications honoring Groves' mother and Skriba. Chestnut trees were planted in memory of Grieta Elenbaas, Groves' mother, in front of the Remick Heritage Center for the Performing Arts. A Cardinal Flowering Crab tree will be planted to recognize Skriba's extraordinary support for the student environmental organization. SUN was conducting its annual Tree Hug-a-thon to raise money for the Roeper Tree Fund that purchases trees to plant on campus in the organization's bid to maintain Alma College's claim to be the most arboreal diversified campus in the United States. 

Posted: Tue, October 30th, 2007 at 7:57AM

 

Alma College’s first-year students can choose to “go green” through the Get Out Bike Program, designed to reduce their carbon impact. By signing a pledge not to bring a car to campus, participants in the program receive a bike to keep at a discounted rate. Downtown businesses are easily accessible to student cyclists. Campus also is bordered by the 41-mile Fred Meijer Heartland Trail.

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Student Profile

Gwendolyn Greer

Gwendolyn Greer
Graduation: 2013
Major: Biology

Between bad luck and broken bones, the time that Gwendolyn Greer spent in the emergency room while growing up has proved to be inspiring.

“In middle school, I broke my arm, and I also had a lot of knee problems,” she says. “I was really curious to learn about what was wrong with me and what situations brought other people to the hospital as well. I’ve wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon ever since.”

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