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Internship Visit #5
It's the last round of internship visits and this trip takes me to Chicago and Wisconsin to visit three students at two different locations. The first stop is back to Medinah to visit two students working with Curtis Tyrrell and then a quick stopover in Milwaukee before heading up to Whistling Straits.
Internship Visit #4
It is definitely long overdue and now that the students are back on campus, I am taking the heat for not posting these earlier. In any case, here is the summary of the fourth internship visit which took me out to Denver and then back to North Carolina where I visited a total of 3 students.
Four Penn Staters Win GCSAA Scholarships
The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) has awarded scholarships to 17 college students as part of the GCSAA Scholars Program administered by GCSAA's philanthropic organization, The Environmental Institute for Golf. Penn State students received 4 of these awards totaling
Internship Visit #3
In my third round of internship visits, I made it to four golf courses in the Philadelphia region. The trip occurred between 14 and 17 June and included official internship visits to students working at Pine Valley, Bidermann, Aronomink, and Philadelphia Cricket Club. The trip also included a visit to alumnus Matt Shaffer at Merion Golf Club.
Studying Grass to Save Gas
Longwood Gardens and Penn State’s Turfgrass Program recently teamed-up to study several grasses and grass mixtures for use in reduced mowing situations. The project was initiated by Mr. Shawn Kister, Grounds Division Leader at Longwood Gardens (Penn State Turfgrass Science/Agronomy, class of 1995), as a means of reducing mowing and gasoline costs, yet still
E.H. Griffith Endowed Scholarship Awarded to Penn State Turfgrass Science Student
The Penn State Turfgrass Program is pleased to announce the first annual E.H. Griffith Endowed Scholarship award. This scholarship will be awarded
PTC Awards Scholarships
On Thursday, May 6, 2010 the Pennsylvania Turfgrass Council (PTC) Awarded scholarships to three outstanding graduating seniors in Penn State's undergraduate turfgrass science major.
Golf Turf Management Class of 2010!
Congratulations to Penn State's Golf Course Turfgrass Management graduating class of 2010! On March 6, students within the program received their certificates in front of friends and family at the traditional graduation ceremony at the Nittany Lion Inn.
Paul Heller (May 11, 1948 – January 18, 2010)
Paul was born in Wooster, OH, on May 11, 1948 to Robert and Mabel (Haas) Heller. He attended the Wooster Public Schools, graduating from Wooster Public High School in
Semester Comes to an End
The 2-year turf students ended their semester in the past week and they are now off enjoying a brief period of rest prior to returning to Penn State on January 11th. During this time, I have been busy wrapping up research reports, editing manuscripts and putting the final touches on the classes for the spring.
