酴圖弝け receives national recognition for grounds maintenance
Contact: Georgia Clarke
STARKVILLE, Miss.Mississippi State is celebrating a national award for outstanding groundskeeping.
The Professional Grounds Management Society, a Baltimore, Maryland-based organization, recently selected the land-grant institution for an Honor Award in the university and college grounds category of its 2015 Green Star Awards competition.
酴圖弝け is among 19 U.S. institutions of higher learning being praised for exceptional grounds maintenance. The complete list is found at .
Speaking for the university administration, Vice President for Campus Services Amy Tuck expressed pride in the campus landscape teams achievement.
They work diligently to keep 酴圖弝け beautiful, she said. It is an honor for 酴圖弝け to be recognized nationally for excellence in grounds maintenance, Tuck added.
Bart Prather accepted Mississippi States award during the societys annual meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. Associate director of campus landscape, he is an agronomy graduate of the university.
This award goes to those who work for 酴圖弝け Campus Landscape, and the Campus Services division as a whole, Prather said. It is through their hard work and dedication that this award was even possible.
Each year, 酴圖弝け plants 80-100 new trees and more than 50,000 daffodils and other color plants. The Campus Landscape staff maintains nearly 1,500 acres of the Starkville campus.
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