The grounds crew transforms the University of Minnesota Crookston every spring. Staff and student workers plant flowers and care for the grounds making the campus a summer stop for many.
Students on the grounds crew include Seth Maxey, a freshman from Sioux City, Iowa; Tony Putz, a sophomore from Kasota; Bruno Mauques, a senior from Brazil; Roseline Kanssole, a junior from Burkina Faso; Jovan Chappell, a junior from Ocala, Fla.; Kylie Solheim a senior at Crookston High School; Jaeden Lizakowski, a Crookston High School grad and current student from the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Pictured back row, left to right, are Rebecca Sanders, Jeanie Olson, and Roseline Kanssole. Middle row: Greg Benoit, Neal Vraa, Seth Maxey, Tony Putz, Burno Marques, and Melissa Parkin. Front row: Jovan Chappell, Kylie Solheim, and Jaeden Lizakowski.