Students and Chattahoochee Riverkeeper collaborate on stream restoration project -威尼斯人娱乐城

Posted on Friday, April 01, 2022

Two students huddle on stream bank and prepare to plant a pollinator-friendly grass along Park Creek.

Outside of the LC softball complex on a windy afternoon, LaGrange College students played an active role in protecting their community’s water source through a stream restoration project on Park Creek, a tributary that feeds to the Chattahoochee River

To address the streambank erosion and lack of vegetation, volunteers installed nearly 1,000 native pollinator-friendly plants along a 600-foot stretch of the creek on March 19. Henry Jacobs ’13, Middle Chattahoochee Director for CRK, said the added vegetation will help stabilize the creek banks, restore habitat for wildlife and improve the appearance of the creek.

“It’s going to help the overall health of the Chattahoochee River which is our drinking water source,” he said. The LaGrange Sierra Club also was involved in the project.

Jacobs said CRK’s partnership with LC is essential when it comes to service projects like Park Creek.

Students begin planting along edge of Park Creek “The fact that LC students and faculty are taking their time to come out and work with Riverkeeper staff to plant native pollinator-friendly grasses and shrubs is a great kind of statement that we’re making here in LaGrange as a community: that we value a healthy ecosystem and clean water,” he said.

President Susanna Baxter, who was collaborating on the project, said the college values its partnership with CRK.

“The partnership with Chattahoochee Riverkeeper allows our students to not only learn, but to actively participate in improving the environment,” Baxter said. “They literally dug right in to help stop the erosion of this important creek and to improve water quality.”

Eddie Montgomery '24 was one of the students working on the project.

“It meant a lot to be able to help Chattahoochee Riverkeeper bring more life to LaGrange College,” he said. “It is important to pour back into the community we have here at the college because LC always pours into us.”

Sydnee Coggins, an intern for CRK, expressed her appreciation to the volunteers. “I feel like passionate people have gathered here to work together and work on a good cause,” she said.

Jacobs said the hope is to plan additional plantings for future project phases.

Campus Notes

cover of book "Dare to Lead" LC First Gentleman Mark Huffman (spouse of President Susanna Baxter) will lead a virtual book discussion of Brené Brown’s book “Dare to Lead” on Wednesday, April 6. Become a brave leader through her philosophy of “wholehearted” living and leadership. Register to receive details and login information.

One student will be selected to read a poem at President Susanna Baxter’s inauguration ceremony on Friday, April 22. Students can choose to read any of the following poems: “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes, “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman, the first section of “Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman, “Ulysses” by Alfred Tennyson, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou, “Concord Hymn” by Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Give All to Love” by Ralph Waldo Emerson and “A Hymn to the Evening Sky” by Phillis Wheatley. To qualify for consideration, students will need to record themselves reading one of the poems. The videos can be emailed to Dr. Anthony Wilson (awilson@kongtiao11.com) or Dr. Jack Slay (jslay@kongtiao11.com). The deadline is Friday, April 8. Students can submit up to three videos (reading different poems); each submission will earn one cultural enrichment credit.

The college will host the Diverse Power Grand Prix, sponsored by Greenpower USA, on Saturday, April 16. The event will bring in teams from throughout the southeast.

Cultural Enrichment Events

Check LC Connect for Virtual CE events and instructions.

THROUGH TUESDAY
Alumni Lecture: Michael T. Fay ’86 and the Rev. Blair Tolbert ’06

Learn from LC graduates Fay and Tolbert as they discuss their time as undergraduate students and what advice and insight they have for current undergraduates. Fay is the principal and managing director of Avison Young.

Young Alumni Lecture: Alison Jiles ’17, Patrick Reynolds ’15 and Catherine Rodriguez ’11

Learn from Jiles, Reynolds and Rodriguez, recent LC graduates, as they discuss their time as undergraduate students and what advice and insight they have for current undergraduates.

TUESDAY
Lecture: “Hazel Brannon Smith, The Female Crusading Scalawag”

11:15 a.m., Lewis Library Multimedia Classroom

In celebration of National Library Week, Dr. Jeffrey Howell will speak about Hazel Brannon Smith, a Mississippi journalist who published two newspapers for 50 years in central Mississippi.

Kia Employment Information Session

11:15 a.m., Bailey Room

Representatives from Kia and Malone Staffing will discuss part-time, full-time, summer and internship opportunities for LaGrange College students and recent graduates.

THURSDAY
Papermaking basics

11:15 a.m., Corn Auditorium, Lewis Library

Students will learn the basics of western papermaking. Work with moulds and deckles, seven-gallon vats and a do-it-yourself hydraulic press to make handmade paper.

Moot Court 2: Terrorism and Immigration Detention Cases

11:15 a.m., Lewis Library Multimedia Classroom

Students will debate cases being heard by the US Supreme Court. This event features U.S. v. Tsarnaev, and Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez.

Sports

Baseball
The Panthers (20-3) lost to Oglethorpe 9-7 on Tuesday at Cleaveland Field in Williamson Stadium. LC is ranked No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball American Baseball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll and fourth in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 poll.

Men’s Lacrosse
The Panthers (5-5, 2-1 USA South) beat Averett 19-4 last Saturday at Panther Field. Ryan Comeau had six goals for LC. Freshman Aidan Story is the USA South Men’s Lacrosse Rookie of the Week for the second time this season.

Golf
Sophomore Connor Gillespie tied for 12th at the Wynlakes Invitational. The Panthers were 13th in the team standings.

Softball
The Panthers (6-17, 2-2 USA South) lost 8-0 and 10-2 at fourth-ranked Birmingham-Southern on Wednesday. Abbey Gardner had an RBI single and Kaitlyn Redman a sacrifice fly in the second game.

Tennis
The Panther men’s team (2-3, 1-0 USA South) defeated Brevard 6-3 last Saturday in their first USA South match. The women (0-3, 0-1 USA South) lost to Brevard 9-0.

CALENDAR

(Please note that schedules may change due to circumstances beyond our control. Please check www.lagrangepanthers.com to confirm.)

Saturday, April 2- Men’s Lacrosse at William Peace, 12 p.m., Raleigh, N.C.

Saturday, April 2- Men’s and Women’s Tennis vs. Maryville, 1 p.m., Greer Tennis Courts

Saturday, April 2- Softball at Maryville, 1/3 p.m., Maryville, Tenn.

Sunday, April 3- Softball vs. Asbury, 1/3 p.m., LC Softball Complex

Tuesday, April 5- Women’s Tennis vs. Agnes Scott, 4 p.m., Greer Tennis Courts

Tuesday, April 5- Baseball at Berry, 6 p.m., Mount Berry, Ga.

April Faculty and Staff Birthdays

2-Samantha Caldwell, Development

3-Justin Muller, Clinical Mental Health Counseling

7-John Hughes, Sports Information

9-Drew Cantrell, Tennis

10-Richard Soash, History

14-Lisa Cornell, Admission

17-Nicole Maddox, Admission

20-David Wiggins, Library

21-Sandra Blair, Nursing

24-Ryan Dickson, Soccer

Video of the Week

In this final 3D Journeys lecture of the 2021-22 season, LaGrange College English Professor Dr. Anthony Wilson explores the works of writers such as Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau and Margaret Fuller, and explains how Boston became the birthplace of American literature.