Anoka-Ramsey Community College Phi Theta Kappa Coon Rapids Campus and  Environmental Science students teamed up to clean-up a two-and-a-half mile stretch of Hwy. 47 in the city of Nowthen, north of the Rum River.

This bi-annual, Adopt-A-Highway clean-up resulted in the collection of 29 large, bags of trash.

This stretch of highway is a cleaner place thanks to the efforts Anoka-Ramsey Director of Alumni, Michael Wall and Business Faculty member and Phi Theta Kappa advisor, John Mago and the following Anoka-Ramsey students:

·          Robert Daun

·          Dillon Fuller

·          Evangeline Haugeto

·          Angela Kealey

·          Brittney Maher

·          Sarah Parker

·          Tanya Plummer Provost

·          Danielle Voigt

·          Jordan Whitney

·          Ryan Wohlk

Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in American higher education with more than two million members and 1,200 chapters located in all 50 of the United States, U.S. territories, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Germany, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, United Arab Emirates and Palau.

The Environmental Science degree program at the college was first offered in 2006 to meet the growing demand for environmental professionals and for easy transfer to four-year environmental degree programs.

	Anoka-Ramsey Community College students (from left) Angela Kealey, Brittney Maher, Ryan Wohlk, Dillon Fuller and Tanya Plummer Provost prepare to clean-up two-and-a-half miles of Hwy. 47.
	Anoka-Ramsey Community College students Sarah Parker and Jordon Whitney keep a positive attitude as they participate in the college’s bi-annual highway clean-up day.
	Anoka-Ramsey Community College student Dillon Fuller takes a well-deserved break from the Adopt-A-Highway clean-up along Hwy. 47 near the city of Nowthen.