Eve Puckett Giving Tree Planting honoring Blakely Queen

Join us this Monday, April 22, at 4 p.m. at Napier Hall for the Eve Puckett Giving Tree Award celebration and tree planting. 

The Eve Puckett Giving Tree Award is given to an organization or a person who has left a lasting legacy of service at the university. Each recipient plants a tree on campus as an act of giving back to the community.

This year, the recipient is Blakely Queen. From Blakely's nomination:

"Blakely is an outstanding honors student at Georgia College & State University who is majoring in public health and minoring in sociology. Through her volunteerism, Blakely is highly active on our campus and in our community. For example, she has a passion for helping animals and served as a kennel technician at Ashley Hills Pet Center, served as an assistant coach at Shiloh Horse Ranch and volunteers (100+ hours/year) through the campus Shelter Buddies RSO. Since 2022, Blakely has served as a community advisor in the Residence Halls and over the last year has served as my research assistant. In addition, she participated in the GCSU Leadership Academy, is currently the president of the National Residence Hall Honorary and actively volunteers in the community through the Center for Health and Social Issues. Blakely has received numerous awards including the Pauline Kelly Malone Scholarship, the 2024 Outstanding Senior in Public Health Award and the GCSU Bronze Service Medal. Overall, Blakely is a kind-hearted student and one of the most altruistic public majors I have ever met. I believe she represents the ideals of Eve Puckett and that she would be an excellent ambassador of Eve’s legacy."

Please join us in honoring and celebrating Blakely.