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Reiman Garden Mission Statement

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Everyone already knows that Iowa State University is one of the most beautiful campuses in America, but what makes this particular campus stand out? What is Iowa State’s highlight,the tip of the iceberg. What comes to mind is the Reiman Gardens because although it is a small part of Iowa State’s campus, it is part of something much larger and complex that is usually hidden from the crowd. As a matter of fact, I believe most people do not even know that the garden exists. To explain the value of the Reiman Gardens, I will be focusing on the garden’s history, the role it plays in Iowa State, how it is connected to Iowa State’s mission statement, and how it pertains to Iowa State as a land-grant university. To begin, the Reiman Gardens was not built in just a day; it was always an unfinished project. Moreover, the garden regularly had renovations, which is why it was a work in progress. Before the Reiman Gardens, Iowa State had a small horticultural garden, but it was secluded from others. Inspired by Roy Reiman and the …show more content…

As the land-grant institution in the very first state to adopt the Morrill Act, Iowa State University wholeheartedly supports the mission of sharing knowledge beyond the campus borders” (“Mission and Vision”). A land-grant university is an institution that has been designated by Congress to receive the benefits of the Morrill Act. The goal of a land-grant institution was to make higher education available to everybody and not just certain kinds of people, teach practical subjects, and share the knowledge with people throughout the states. (Pounds and Jones). The Reiman Gardens corresponds with the definition of a land-grant institution because a land-grant institution wants to provide for students and the Reiman Garden clearly does that. The garden his helpful because it provides information to the community, as a botanical garden, and as a university

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