Staff

Student Trail Crew

There is a student trail crew and who maintains the trails during Fall and Spring Terms as well as the summer. During spring term, the Arboretum Stewardship Practicum PE class assists the trail crew with projects around the Arb.

The trail crew maintains invasive species control, erosion control and general clean up.

  • Five students posing in the pavilion field
  • Three students taking a break while building a foot bridge over a muddy path
  • Group of students in the woods while wearing Lillian Anderson Arboretum work shirts
  • Two students trying to fix a section of wetland boardwalk
  • A Kalamazoo College student standing in a flooded trail trying to fix a wooden footbridge
  • Two Kalamazoo College students standing on the wetland boardwalk

Lillian Anderson Arboretum Advisory Committee

The Lillian Anderson Arboretum Advisory Committee meets regularly throughout the academic year and consists of the following Kalamazoo College faculty members, staff and students:

  • Charlene Boyer-Lewis, Professor of History
  • Brian Dietz, Associate Dean of Students
  • Ann Fraser, Professor of Biology
  • Binney Girdler, Professor of Biology
  • Jory Horner, Director of Outdoor Programs & LandSea Pre-orientation
  • Jim Langeland, Professor of Biology
  • Danette Ifert Johnson, Provost
  • Susan Lindemann, Director of Facilities Management
  • Sara Stockwood, Director of Center for Environmental Stewardship & Lillian Anderson Arboretum
  • Tim Young, Director of Campus Safety