Some of our oldest trees are gone, and I'm terribly sorry about that. According to Chester, the benches provided informal settings for students to chat with faculty outside class. Sitting on the benches, whether studying or socializing, both students and faculty often watched squirrels jumping from branch to branch or skittering across the grass and up a nearby tree. It was so sad to watch them. They needed on-site squirrel counseling immediately.
Squirrels keep the same den all their lives.
They go back to the dens where they were born to have their own families. Administrators, Chester and other faculty have begun work to recapture Austin Peay's park-like ambiance. They are working with landscape architects to develop and implement a campuswide landscape plan. And because Austin Peay is the home of Tennessee's Center of Excellence in Field Biology, landscape architects will have access to advice from the best experts in the field. The trees were beautiful, stately.