Wiseman, P. EricKing, Jamie2022-01-182022-01-182021-07-29http://hdl.handle.net/10919/107768Virginia Tech was selected as an inaugural university for the Tree Campus USA program in fall 2008. Recognition as a Tree Campus USA has brought urban forestry to the forefront of university planning for campus sustainability and wellbeing of students, faculty, staff, and visitors at Virginia Tech. The campus urban forest also plays a key role in the education mission of Virginia Tech, providing an experiential learning venue for university students in varied majors as well as adult learners in continuing education programs. Past research on the campus urban forest has provided information about its composition, condition, and value that has been integral to decisions by university leadership in hiring a campus arborist, adopting tree protection and open space provisions in the university master plan, and implementing a systematic tree maintenance program. In this presentation, we will discuss the synergies between education, outreach, research, and management in sustaining Virginia Tech's campus trees. These synergies will be illuminated through examples of projects and activities carried out on campus over the past decade. Strategies for duplicating this success at other colleges and universities will be shared. This will be a tag-team presentation by Eric Wiseman, PhD, a faculty member who has been heavily involved in campus urban forest research and education, and Jamie King, who is the campus arborist and director of urban forest management. Participants will be invited to ask questions of the presenters about their experiences with these projects and activities at Virginia Tech.In CopyrightConference proceeding2022-01-18Wiseman, Phillip [0000-0002-5743-7612]