Nash Community College continued its long-standing commitment to environmental stewardship on Wednesday afternoon, recently hosting a tree planting ceremony in front of the Campus Store. Faculty, staff and students gathered to participate in the event, which reinforces the college’s dedication as a recognized Tree Campus USA institution since 2014, one of the first four community colleges in North Carolina to earn the designation. This year, the college planted two new trees on campus: Viburnum macrocephalum (Chinese Snowball) – This tree form has been carefully trained to grow from a single stem rather than its natural multi-stemmed shrub structure. By removing lower branches and encouraging a central leader, the plant forms