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A blaze burns the prairie grass that grows behind the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center during a controlled burning by the Kent Fire Department.

The protected prairie surrounding Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be burned on Wednesday, April 28, starting around 9 a.m. to allow for new growth during the summer season.

Student walking through trees and flowers on campus

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ has once again received recognition from Tree Campus USA, an Arbor Day Foundation program, for its commitment to effective urban forest management. This is now the 11th consecutive year that Â鶹¾«Ñ¡has been awarded this honor. The university will celebrate the designation along with its annual Arbor Day events on April 25.

This year marks the ninth year Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ is being recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus USA program.

The Kent City Council and mayor dubbed Kent, Ohio, the state’s Tree City. This year marks the ninth year Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ is being recognized by the Tree Campus USA program.

A colorful, fall aerial photo of the campus of Kent State, taken from a university aircraft, helps show why the university has received the Tree Campus USA recognition for a ninth consecutive year.

University is rooted in its commitment to tree care.