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Horticulture Faculty/Staff Again Judge Statewide FFA Events

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:52:21 +0000

As they have for the past four years, horticulture faculty and staff from Penn College’s School of Natural Resources Management served as judges for state FFA Activities Week. This year’s gathering, held June 11-13 at The Pennsylvania State University’s main campus, attracted nearly 1,400 high school students and chaperones from throughout the state for agriculture-related [...]

‘SMART Girls’ Find Silver Lining Through ESC Lab Activities

Wed, 29 May 2013 00:28:07 +0000

Undeterred by clouds and May showers, area middle schoolers took part in SMART (Science and Math Applications in Real-world Technologies) Girls workshops at Penn College’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Tuesday. In its 13th year, SMART Girls – coordinated by the Outreach for K-12 office – is designed to encourage a strong foundation in high [...]

Hydroculture Garden Grows Opportunities at Penn College

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:46:39 +0000

No soil? No problem for this garden! Fresh learning opportunities are growing at Penn College, thanks to a hydroculture garden that is serving the needs of landscape/horticulture majors. The garden’s impact extends beyond the School of Natural Resources Management greenhouse and classroom; its amazing produce is shared collegewide in campus dining units and the award-winning [...]

Students Exhibit ‘Art of Floral Design’ Through Final Projects

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:19:37 +0000

Christine A. Fink’s “The Art of Floral Design” class affords students the opportunity to develop an appreciation for the history – as well as basic principles – of floral design. Students recently displayed their creativity in one of the final projects of the elective, interestingly blending contemporary styling with historical influences from the Egyptians, Greeks [...]

Horticulture Students Beautify Way’s Garden During Yearly ‘Day of Service’

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:51:35 +0000

Landscape/horticulture technology students and their instructor participated in the fifth annual PLANET Day of Service on Monday, observing Earth Day 2013 with seasonal cleanup at a city landmark. “We choose to do our service at Way’s Garden in Williamsport,” said Carl J. Bower, a faculty member in the School of Natural Resources Management and adviser [...]

Horticulture Students Spend Beautiful Wednesday Amid ‘Greenery’ of Kennett Square

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:37:05 +0000

Fourteen members of Penn College’s Horticulture Club, along with faculty adviser Carl J. Bower Jr., made a Wednesday visit to Longwood Gardens and a private residential site belonging to landscape architect Margot Taylor, both in Kennett Square. The Taylor property is the first residential site in Pennsylvania on the Sustainable Sites Initiative, a program designed [...]

Horticulture Grads Return to Judge High School ‘Field Day’ at ESC

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:56:41 +0000

Seventeen students took part in the third annual Penn College High School Horticulture Field Day, held at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center during Saturday’s Spring Open House. Seven students from Franklin County Career and Technology Center, six from Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology, and four from Cumberland Perry Area Vocational Technical School participated [...]

Landscape Student Awarded $1,000 Scholarship From Industry Group

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:17:19 +0000

A student in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Natural Resources Management was awarded a $1,000 scholarship during the recent Professional Landscape Network’s Student Career Days at Auburn University. Jeremy L. Thorne, a landscape/horticulture technology: landscape emphasis major from Sugarloaf, won the Landscape Partners and David Minor Scholarship, presented by The Professional Landcare Network Academic [...]

Penn College Horticulture Students Among ‘Career Day’ Competitors

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:08:03 +0000

Students from Pennsylvania College of Technology were among the Top 10 finishers in their respective categories during the recent Professional Landscape Network’s Student Career Days competition in Alabama. Horticulture instructor Carl J. Bower Jr. and alumnus Ronald Burger accompanied the group to the 37th annual Career Days, held March 7-10 at Auburn University. In addition [...]

Penn College Student Awarded Scholarship From Local Garden Club

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:38:47 +0000

A horticulture student at Pennsylvania College of Technology was awarded a scholarship at a recent meeting of the Williamsport Garden Club. “This award made me feel like my hard work at Penn College was recognized,” said Kaila A. Sewald, of DuBoistown, who is scheduled to graduate in May with an associate degree in landscape technology/horticulture: [...]