Tree Campus
Xavier University is recognized as a Tree Campus by the Arbor Day Foundation. This recognition honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in five conservation goals:
• maintaining a tree advisory committee
• campus tree-care plan
• dedicated annual expenditures for the campus tree program
• an Arbor Day observance
• student service-learning project
Tags are displayed on trees to show the benefits each will contribute throughout the next decade, including carbon-dioxide reduction and electricity savings as part of a service learning project.