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La Lumiere students walk along green infrastructure, the newly installed rain gardens in front of the Fine Arts Building and Main Office, every day. This new landscaping serves the school multiple ways: it mitigates water runoff, it adds additional native plant species to the Main Quad, and creates a new space to gain first-hand knowledge of the landscape and all that impacts it.
Read MoreLa Lumiere senior Quentin Funderburg ‘21 was awarded one of the three Northwest Indiana Partners for Clean Air scholarships. Over his time at La Lumiere, the campus setting has had an impact on him: “The campus of La Lumiere is in a forest, and this helps me connect with the environment,” Quentin said.
Read MoreLa Lumiere has a unique set of climatological and topographical features, which greatly increase biodiversity on our 190-acre campus. “Due to the historic usage of the land at La Lumiere, there are many opportunities to observe ecological succession on campus. The dammed lake, the CCC pines, and the previously harvested oaks have each affected biodiversity in a myriad of ways,” Brett Balhoff, the Chair of the Science Department, said.
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