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The Student Perspective: Landscape Architecture Students Help Aggie Academy Celebrate Earth Day

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Aggie Academy students celebrate Earth Day with environmentally friendly projects.

By Jacob Thornton, landscape architecture student

Landscape architecture students volunteered to help third, fourth and fifth graders at Aggie Academy celebrate Earth Day on April 23 by building Pop Bottle Ecosystems, decorating a Sticky Wall, and planting flowers.

The purpose was to raise awareness about Earth Day and the importance of protecting and preserving the environment.

More than 60 students and 18 volunteers, six of whom were landscape architect students, participated in the event, which was organized by three of N.C. A&T’s Strada Scholars: Jacob Thornton (landscape architecture), Makayla Smith (kinesiology), and Grace Walker (business IT.)

The event was successful! We look forward to doing it again next year.

Would you like to learn more about N.C. A&T State University?

Founded in 1891 in Greensboro, North Carolina, N.C. A&T is the nation’s largest historically Black university and a premier 1890 land-grant doctoral research institution. Home to more than 14,000 students, A&T is nationally recognized as the top public HBCU in the country and the number one producer of Black graduates in engineering and agriculture. With over $2.4 billion in annual economic impact, the university combines rigorous academics, pioneering research, and a vibrant campus culture to prepare the next generation of global leaders. 

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