Every year on April 22 people gather to celebrate and give
thanks to the environment know as, Earth Day. Frostburg State University has
set up activities to celebrate this day involving some of the campus’
organizations the week of April 18th.
Along with student organizations, one class in particular
decided to participate in the Earth Day activities by educating students,
faculty and staff about trees. Graphic Design-Art 207 has been working on a
project leading up to the week of Earth Day. This project involved students
finding a tree on campus and researching facts. “The copy of your poster is
both specified and written by you incorporating your tree research” quoted Ms.
Dodge, such as its Latin name, origin, length of survival and one previously
unknown interesting fact.
These students then combined the skills required to create a
photo-shop document such as “fonts: arial black, regular, Helvetica black, for
example”, said Ms. Dodge, as well as taking the knowledge about the trees and putting
together a page full of information describing the various trees on campus. For
example, my tree was the Eastern White Pine Tree. Its Latin name is Pinus
Strobus. Originally born in the 18th century, this tree’s can live
anywhere between 80-100 years and in some rare cases even more.
“You will be tying your grommeted poster to your tree, per
demo.” After the document was created students took their printed posters and the
next step was to tie the poster around the previously selected tree. These trees
all throughout campus now have their information tied on them so any student
walking by will be informed and will be able to appreciate all that they
provide.
Ameyu Ayana is a sophomore at FSU and had a few words to say
about the posters she saw from Art 207’s Earth Day Project. “I noticed them as I was
walking through campus and it caught my attention I decided to read what it
was. I thought it was very nice that students were bringing awareness to the
trees especially since this is the week of Earth Day. I appreciated it.”
Ms. Dodge is the graphic design professor. The presentation
is titled Earth Day Project. The presenters for the project was the entire Tuesday/Thursday
class for Art 207. For more information about Frostburg State University’s
involvement in Earth Day you can visit here: http://www.frostburg.edu/home/news/university-news-portal/fsu-announces-earth-day-activities/
Below is a picture of my Earth Day Project: The Eastern White Pine Tree.
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