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East entry to Ford Center for the Fine Arts.

Green Oaks Prairie

Photos by Chip Williams '85

Nowhere does our current landscape most resemble what Knox's founders discovered upon reaching the Western frontier than at Green Oaks Biological Field Station. Home to restored prairies, woodland forests, peaceful ponds, and native plants and animals, Green Oaks is a deeply valued College resource and recreational area.

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Chip Williams '85 is a professional photographer and assistant professor of photography at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. His photography has appeared in Esquire, Fortune, Smithsonian Magazine, Fitness Magazine, and ESPN The Magazine, among others.

































































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Printed on Thursday, April 25, 2024