Cedar Crest College, United States

United States

When William F. Curtis, the seventh president of Cedar Crest, purchased the present site of the college campus in 1915, the landscape offered little more than a bare expanse of corn stubble and a single walnut tree. After the College moved to its present location, Dr. Curtis transformed this stark 84-acre campus by planting a variety of flowers, shrubs, and trees from all over the world, many of which he obtained in lieu of fees for his public speaking engagements.

Dr. Curtis often compared the growth of the college’s trees to the growth of its students, and devoted his life to promoting both, saying that they both needed careful cultivation and nurturing. Through his generous efforts and those of his successors, alumnae, student groups and friends of the college, the arboretum became a testimony to the world’s biodiversity. With trees representing most of the continents, the 140-plus species speak for the international flavor of the college.

On August 11, 1983, a violent thunderstorm destroyed the original walnut tree which symbolized for so many the transformation of the college campus. Its loss provided the impetus to develop the campus tree collection, and on September 21, 1985, the collection was officially named the William F. Curtis Arboretum and registered with the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (now the American Public Gardens Association). 

Enrollment: More than 1,400 students from 29 states from Maine to Alaska and 30 countries including Ghana, India, Ukraine, Ecuador, Germany, Peru and South Africa

Campus: 84-acres; nationally registered arboretum with more than 130 species of trees

Faculty: 10:1 student-faculty ratio; 73 full-time professors

Class Size: Average class size of 20

Nearby: One hour from Philadelphia; less than two hours from New York City; three hours from Washington, D.C. More than 24,000 college students at eight private and public colleges and universities within 30 minutes of campus

Cedar Crest College is easily accessible via Route 22, Interstate 78, Route 309, and the Northeast Extension (I-476 N, formerly PA Route 9) of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The campus is one hour from Philadelphia and less than two hours from New York City.

From around the Lehigh Valley, take Route 22 to the Cedar Crest Blvd. Exit. Turn left onto Cedar Crest Blvd. and travel through four traffic lights. Turn left onto the campus.

From the Pennsylvania Turnpike, take the Northeast Extension (I-476 formerly PA Route 9) to Exit 56 (Formerly Exit 33 Lehigh Valley). Follow Route 22 East to Cedar Crest Blvd. Turn left onto Cedar Crest Blvd. and travel through 4 traffic lights. Turn left onto the campus.

From Route 309 and Interstate 78 (309 and 78 merge together) follow 309/78 to Cedar Crest Blvd. Exit 55. If traveling 309 S/78 E turn left on Cedar Crest Blvd. and travel through 5 traffic lights. Turn right onto campus. If traveling 309 N/ 78 W turn right onto Cedar Crest Blvd. and travel through 4 traffic lights. Turn right onto campus.

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