News & Events

Anoka-Ramsey Community College was awarded a 2025 Earth Month Sustainability Award by the City of Coon Rapids Sustainability Commission for our new Bee Lawn and Solar Wall atop the Science Building. ARCC’s Victoria Downey (Geography), Lisa Becker (Anthropology) and President Kent Hanson accepted the award, pictured here with Sustainability Commission members and Olivia Dorow Hovland, Coon Rapids Sustainability Planner.

Recycling Champion Award

Anoka-Ramsey Community College receiving the Recycling Champion Award from Anoka County for their efforts at implementing organics recycling on the Coon Rapids Campus.  (From left to right: Ken Karr, Facilities Director, Lisa Becker, Sustainability Committee Co-Chair, Dave Madden, Facilities, Victoria Downey, Sustainability Committee Co-Chair, Kent Hanson, President, and Scott Schulte, Anoka County Commissioner)

Sustainability Projects Brighten Anoka-Ramsey Landscapes 

Inspiring Impact and Action in Sustainability 

Season 5, Episode 6: Sustained and Reminiscing, The Campus Ear, a podcast produced by and for the students of Anoka-Ramsey Community College 

What Is the Sustainability Committee? A Conversation with Victoria Downey, Anoka-Ramsey’s Sustainability Committee Co-Chair

Anoka-Ramsey Receives Recycling Champion Award

Earth Day is Every Day at Anoka-Ramsey Community College

The Campus Eye: The New Composting on Campus System

Anoka County: Anoka-Ramsey Community College Organics Recycling

Minnesota Chamber of Commerce: Success Story – Anoka Ramsey Community College

The Campus Eye: Anoka-Ramsey’s New Sustainability Club