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POTSDAM -- SUNY Potsdam officially opened the college's new greenhouse with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, May 13. The college marked the completion of the new Wagner Institute for …
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POTSDAM -- SUNY Potsdam officially opened the college's new greenhouse with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, May 13.
The college marked the completion of the new Wagner Institute for Sustainability and Ecological Research (WISER) Greenhouse with a ceremony and reception in the new space, which is connected to Stowell Hall. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the Potsdam College Foundation Board of Trustees were on hand.
The lead donors, Robert Wagner '75 and his wife Wendy, cut the ribbon with giant gardening shears.
"I was thinking about what makes this place unique, and the one word that kept coming into my head was 'unity.' The students, faculty and staff are a community, a family. That's one of the things I think this facility, the WISER Greenhouse, can facilitate and move forward," Wagner said.
The fully donor-funded WISER Greenhouse at SUNY Potsdam will provide the campus with a research-grade facility with four growing zones. The building incorporates environmentally-friendly design principles, including the ability to capture rainwater for irrigation and strategies to operate using solar energy.
