Pollinator Paradise—A pollinator garden designed and planted last spring by Centenary University students is already lending a helping hand to the monarch butterfly population. The garden, which is a collaboration between the University’s Evergreen Club and Delta Xi Nu Multicultural Sorority, Inc., features plants including native milkweed, showy goldenrod, and cardinal flower grown from seeds by the students. When students returned for the fall semester, they found that butterfly caterpillars and full-grown Monarchs had taken up residence among the blooms. Led by Amanda Lorenzo and Jordan Henderson, the students designed the garden to improve biodiversity and rehabilitate the populations of Monarch butterflies, honeybees, and other pollinators.

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Centenary University offers extraordinary learning opportunities that empower students to develop intellectually, emotionally, and interculturally—keys to career and personal success. Under the leadership of President Dale Caldwell, Ed.D., the University aspires to advance its reputation as a world class institution offering innovative programs, including the world’s first Ph.D. in Happiness Studies and first Master of Arts in Happiness Studies, to lift the future for our students and local communities.