n an alumni awards ceremony held Saturday, September 21, 2019 in the Blue Ridge Mountain Room on campus, Ferrum College honored four alumni and inducted five more alumni into the Sports Hall of Fame.

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Upper School Fall drama production of Macbeth, by Michelle Scrivener

This photo was taken on Tuesday November 5th 2019. As we all know when it starts to get cold and the seasons change from summer to fall the big thing is a lot of plants die off and trees leaves change colors and then lose their leaves. The big question is why? The real reason why this happens is because, it would take a lot of energy for plants and trees to keep their leaves healthy in the winter which is very cold, dry, and usually there isn't much sun. The main energy source for plants and trees is the sun. With that being said, instead of them trying to keep their leaves, some plants drop their leaves and seal the spots on their branches where the leaves had been attached. The reason is that the color changes is because, The leaves are colored by molecules called pigments. The pigment that causes leaves to be green is something called chlorophyll. The chlorophyll is important for plants to make food using sunlight. This is why the sun is so important for the plants and trees and when it gets cold sunlight lacks and that is why the leaves turn different colors and why some plants die out in the cold and that’s exactly what is happening to this tree I took a picture of on our campus here in Lisle.

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