Arbor Day Foundation names Texas State 2017 Tree Campus USA

By Jack McClellan
Office of Media Relations
March 19, 2018

SAN MARCOS – Texas State University has been named a 2017 Tree Campus USA, an Arbor Day Foundation program designation which honors colleges and universities for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation.

This marks the seventh consecutive year that Texas State has been so honored by the Arbor Day Foundation.

To obtain the Tree Campus USA distinction, Texas State met five standards for effective campus forest management: a tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for its campus tree program, an Arbor Day observance and student service-learning project.

Texas State holds an Arbor Day celebration annually, and 2017 marked the first year the event took place on both the San Marcos and Round Rock campuses. Since 2011, Texas State has planted more than 150 trees on university grounds during Arbor Day events.

Currently, 344 campuses across the country hold the Tree Campus USA distinction.

About Texas State University

Founded in 1899, Texas State University is among the largest universities in Texas with an enrollment of 38,694 students on campuses in San Marcos and Round Rock. Texas State’s 184,000-plus alumni are a powerful force in serving the economic workforce needs of Texas and throughout the world. Designated an Emerging Research University by the State of Texas, Texas State is classified under “Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity,” the second-highest designation for research institutions under the Carnegie classification system.