{"id":15470,"date":"2016-06-07T11:06:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T15:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=15470"},"modified":"2016-06-29T10:54:49","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T14:54:49","slug":"arbor-day-celebrates-professor-collinss-preservation-universitys-natural-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2016\/06\/arbor-day-celebrates-professor-collinss-preservation-universitys-natural-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Arbor Day celebrates Professor Collins\u2019s preservation of University&#8217;s natural heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15471\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Arboretum2010-CollinsLinda-CraddockHill07.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15471\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-attachment-id=\"15471\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2016\/06\/arbor-day-celebrates-professor-collinss-preservation-universitys-natural-heritage\/arboretum2010-collinslinda-craddockhill07\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Arboretum2010-CollinsLinda-CraddockHill07.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,597\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Mark Gilliland&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1290102193&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;130&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Arboretum2010-CollinsLinda-CraddockHill07\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Arboretum2010-CollinsLinda-CraddockHill07.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-15471 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Arboretum2010-CollinsLinda-CraddockHill07-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Arboretum2010-CollinsLinda-CraddockHill07\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Arboretum2010-CollinsLinda-CraddockHill07-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Arboretum2010-CollinsLinda-CraddockHill07-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Arboretum2010-CollinsLinda-CraddockHill07-580x385.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Arboretum2010-CollinsLinda-CraddockHill07-610x405.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Arboretum2010-CollinsLinda-CraddockHill07-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Arboretum2010-CollinsLinda-CraddockHill07-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/06\/Arboretum2010-CollinsLinda-CraddockHill07.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Collins (Left) pictured with Dr. Hill Craddock (Right)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This Arbor Day under the shade of an oak tree, the University honored the driving force behind saving trees and beautifying our landscape here on Campus. A surprise to her, the University dedicated our Arboretum the Linda T. Collins Arboretum.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Professor Linda T. Collins served as the founding chairperson to UTC\u2019s Landscape Committee for 13 years. While serving as a faculty member, Collins was recognized with an impressive list of merit and service awards including two prestigious National Science Foundation awards that enhanced laboratory and curricula offerings for undergraduate students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we started all of this, what we wanted was the outside of the Campus to reflect the excellence that goes on inside the classroom and the labs, the art studios, the music rooms, and even the UTC basketball teams, both men and women,\u201d Collins explained.<\/p>\n<p>The legacy she spearheaded dots along walkways, towers over Campus buildings, and has received multiple nods of recognition on a local and national level.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to achieving <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/sustainability\/arboretum.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">certified Tennessee Arboretum status<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, UTC was awarded the School Grounds Award by the City of Chattanooga Tree Commission in 2012 and Designated a Tree Campus USA \u00a0in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hear from Collins and view moments from this year\u2019s Arbor Day below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Arbor Day Dedication 2016\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j82cdHmvoiM?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;controls=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen we started all of this, what we wanted was the outside of the Campus to reflect the excellence that goes on inside the classroom and the labs&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2016\/06\/arbor-day-celebrates-professor-collinss-preservation-universitys-natural-heritage\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":858,"featured_media":15471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,61,7712,281],"tags":[48061,48060,48059,4912],"class_list":{"0":"post-15470","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus","8":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","9":"category-faculty-and-staff","10":"category-our-green-campus","11":"tag-arbor-day","12":"tag-linda-t-collins","13":"tag-linda-t-collins-arboretum","14":"tag-sustainability","15":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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