{"id":46443,"date":"2015-09-02T19:19:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T19:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/?p=46443"},"modified":"2016-02-23T15:13:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T15:13:38","slug":"honoring-elms-embracing-the-arboretum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/2015\/09\/02\/honoring-elms-embracing-the-arboretum\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring Elms, Embracing Green Horizons"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Campus<\/a>In early August, two of the three remaining elm trees in Augsburg\u2019s quad\u2014an alumni gift from more than 50 years ago\u2014were removed because of Dutch Elm disease. While it was a sad day on campus when the trees were felled, we reserved some of the wood to be transformed into pieces of art, partnering with Tom Peter, a local certified arborist and wood-turning artist.<\/p>\n

\"photo<\/a>The elms created wonderful character of space in the quad for decades, and have helped inspire our longer-term visioning of the central campus as a larger green space that, over time, becomes an even more significant component of campus life.<\/p>\n

The design for an expanded quad is one of the central ideas resulting from work done in 2011 to develop a campus master plan, and has recently inspired new thinking around a special campaign effort to support the creation of an \u201curban arboretum\u201d\u2014a multi-functional green space that deepens the student, faculty, staff, and community experience through hands-on education, research, and recreation.<\/p>\n

To learn more about Augsburg\u2019s urban arboretum and how you may own a wood-turned creation from the elm trees, please contact Amanda Storm Schuster, Director of Leadership Gifts at 612-330-1098 or schustea@augsburg.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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