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McDaniel College receives national honor for exceptional grounds maintenance

The Professional Grounds Management Society® (PGMS®) recognized McDaniel College with its highest honor, a Grand Award, in the Society’s 2021 Green Star Awards ® competition.

Outside of Albert Norman Ward Hall (ANW)

Albert Norman Ward Hall (ANW) Quad 

McDaniel received the 2021 PGMS Grand Award

Justin Myers, Assistant Director of Grounds, Mike Lueking, Director of Grounds, and Josh Buchman, Horticulture Specialist, received the PGMS® Grand Award on behalf of the college. Pictured with Mark Feist (second from left).

The Professional Grounds Management Society® (PGMS®) recognized McDaniel College as top in the country for excellence in grounds maintenance.

The college was awarded the Society’s Grand Award, its highest honor, in the 2021 Green Star Awards® competition. McDaniel has received the Society’s Honor Award in the past for exceptional grounds maintenance in the university and college grounds (mid-size- 200-499 acres) category.

The Green Star Awards® program brings national recognition to grounds maintained with a high degree of excellence, complimenting other national landscape award programs that recognize outstanding landscape design and construction.