| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.62 |
| Liaison | Darcy Coughlan |
| Submission Date | Dec. 22, 2022 |
Coastal Carolina University
IN-50: Innovation D
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.50 / 0.50 |
Darcy
Coughlan Associate Director Sustain Coastal |
Name or title of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome that outlines how credit criteria are met and any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation:
The CCU Arboretum is a place of education, research, discovery, and wellness for CCU students, faculty, staff, and the broader community. The formal entrance to Arboretum is located on the corner of University Boulevard and Chanticleer Drive East across from Baxley Hall and adjacent to Wheelwright Auditorium. This 1.5-acre area features trees that are part of the native species collection.
The Coastal Carolina University Arboretum began with a group of students who had an idea: make CCU an even greener campus through sustainability installations that offer experiential learning opportunities for students and advocacy and outreach for the local community. During the fall 2019 semester, students taking Dr. Dominique Cagalanan’s Anthropology and Geography course Human Landscapes, along with members of the student club SPROUT, proposed to establish an arboretum and botanical garden on campus. They prepared a collective report linking their proposal to the Sustainable Development Goals and made a formal pitch to the University Administration, engendering enthusiasm and excitement about the effort and the immediate approval to begin establishing a native species arboretum in the 1.5-acre area beside Wheelwright Auditorium that now serves as the formal entrance to the arboretum. The CCU Arboretum is dedicated to them.
Since then, the CCU Arboretum has expanded to include the entire 322-acre main campus, and it has been awarded ArbNet Level I Accreditation. We are currently conducting an inventory of all the trees in the Arboretum and mapping them in an interactive platform called TreePlotter.
A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise or a press release or publication featuring the innovation :
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Coastal Now video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggFuR6L-TxU
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