Elm Yellows disease has claimed the lives of trees across the Penn State campus and the surrounding area, forcing the university to remove part of the school’s natural identity.
(Find out more about how Penn State and State College fight the disease.)
But as StateCollege.com Senior Editor Adam Smeltz reported in March, ‘Penn State has found a way to squeeze at least a little lemonade from this lemon of a situation‘ by using the lumber to create furniture, clocks and diploma frames.
Penn State’s InMotion released this video to explain the importance of the trees and show the process of turning them into lasting memories.
This video explains more about the diseases claiming the campus trees:
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