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Turf Students Receive GCSAA Scholarships
This year, The GCSAA Scholars Competition awarded scholarships to six Penn State Turf students.
Save the Date for Regional Conferences
Golf Turf Conference Penn State and the Pennsylvania Turfgrass Council are pleased to announce that the annual Penn State Golf Turf Conference will be held from November 19th through the 21st in the Nittany Lion Inn in State College, PA. The event will include a pre-conference seminar, the Turf Club Luncheon, and multiple educational sessions
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Penn State junior Billy Covert named 2019 Stanley Zontek Memorial Scholarship recipient
The ambition and solid academic record led to Covert receiving the 2019 Stanley Zontek Memorial Scholarship presented by Golf Course Industry.
Thank You to Turgrass Endowment Donors
Thank you to Mark Kuhns and Jason Woodring for their contributions to the A.J. Turgeon Turgrass Endowment. These funds help support the goals of the turfgrass project at Penn State, primarily in the area of turfgrass research. The Endowment is now at $550,000. Proceeds are generated annually and dispersed as directed by the faculty at
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New Edition of Turfgrass Management Released
rs. Turgeon and Kaminski join to release latest update to the Turfgrass Management text. Building on the previous editions of Turfgrass Management by Dr. Al Turgeon, Edition 1.0 is the latest book for turfgrass managers. With 400 pages and 300+ color images and illustrations.
Turf Students Earn Scholarships
Congratulations to the Penn State turf students who earned scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year!

Penn State Turfgrass Alum Completes GCSAA ASCS Program
Congratulations to Raul Iurk, Penn State Turfgrass alum and Carmel Country Club assistant-in-training, on completing all four ASCS certificates.
Bayer Commits $5.6 Billion to Glyphosate Alternatives
Bayer AG will pump about $5.6 billion dollars of its research and development budget into alternatives to its weedkiller glyphosate over the next decade.
Save the Date for the Golf Turf Conference
Penn State and the Pennsylvania Turfgrass Council are pleased to announce that the annual Penn State Golf Turf Conference will be held from November 19th through the 21st in the Nittany Lion Inn in State College, PA.

Annual Bluegrass Research at Penn State – Survey Sites Needed
The Penn State Turfgrass Program is looking for turfgrass managers to assist with a research project focusing on annual bluegrass throughout Pennsylvania. The primary goal of this project is to address potential herbicide resistance in annual bluegrass in managed turf systems. John Kaminski (Professor of Turfgrass Science) and Kaiyuan Tang (Ph.D. student) are looking for
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