Penn State Turfgrass

Internship Visit: Round #5

After an exhausting week at the U.S. Open, I had a couple of days back on campus to catch up on research activities and the daunting task of clearing out built up email

Dr. Fidanza Promoted to Full Professor

Dr. Mike Fidanza was recently promoted to the rank of Professor, and is located at the Penn State Berks Campus, in Reading, PA. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Penn State

This week kicked off with a visit to an intern at Chevy Chase Club in Chevy Chase, MD. Just off a plane from FL, I hopped in a car and drove straight to the club where I met with Dean Graves (2-Year Alum)

Internship Visits: Round #3

June is generally my busiest month with the most travel for the entire summer because of internship visits and the summer of 2011 is no exception. Over the next 5 weeks I will be making trips to 9 students interning at various golf courses around the country. This week's visit takes me to Atlantic City and Northeast PA to visit 3 students.

Internship Visits: Round #2

You may have read that my first internship visit started last week with a trip to visit David Serra in Germany. After that long trip, I now have a series of trips that take me on a much more local journey to visit a group of students in various cities. This week's 2-day trip took me over to Pittsburgh to visit Todd Dilla at Oakmont Country Club and then down to the Washington, D.C. region to visit Corey Landon at Congressional Country Club.

2011 Internship Visits Begin in Germany

If you have been following the enhancements that I have been initiating within the Golf Course Turfgrass Management Program (aka, The 2-Year Program), then you know that the enhancement of the 6-month internship program has been a top priority. Students now complete an "Internship Preparation"

Graduate lands job at Putnam National

Mahopac, N.Y. –Putnam National Golf Club, a New York, daily-fee 18-hole championship golf course owned by Putnam County and operated by RDC Golf Group (RDC), announces that Brian Gallagher has been named golf course superintendent.

Penn State Alum behind the scenes at the Golf Channel

Darren Davis (2-Year class of '91) of Olde Florida Golf Club in Naples speaks with Jeff Bollig of the GCSAA about the production of Golf Channel media.

Dr. Fidanza Awarded USGA Grant for Fairy Ring Management

Michael Fidanza, associate professor of horticulture at Penn State Berks, was awarded a grant from the United States Golf Association for a project titled "Evaluation of an Inorganic Soil Amendment to Reduce and Manage Fairy Ring Symptoms in Turfgrass."

Pennsylvania Turfgrass Research Inc Endows $300,000

Penn State turfgrass research and education will get a boost as the result of a recent gift to the College of Agricultural Sciences. Pennsylvania Turfgrass Research Inc. gave the college $300,000 to establish an endowment — the Pennsylvania Turf Research Innovation Fund — that will provide financial support for studies to address important issues facing
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