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Academic News for Department of Horticultural Science

Pharr Seminar: Why bees are disappearing by Dr. Spivak

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This year the Mason Pharr Seminar committee is proud to announce that Dr. Marla Spivak from the University of Minnesota will be our speaker, Thursday, March 17, 2016. Dr. Spivak is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Apiculture and Social Insects. She received her B.A from Hombolt State University in Biology and her PhD from the University of Kansas in entomology. She was a 2010 MacArthur Fellow and teaches several courses in bee management, pollinator protection and insect societies. Continue reading →

Success at the 2016 Weed Science Society of America Meeting

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2016 Weed Science Society of America

Last week, Sam McGowen, Nick Basinger, Dr. Katie Jennings, and Shawn Beam (left to right) traveled to Puerto Rico to attend the Southern Weed Science Society and the Weed Science Society of America joint meeting. While attending the annual meeting they won a series of awards:

  • Dr. Jennings won “Outstanding Educator Award”
  • Sam McGowen won 3rd place in the MS poster contest with his poster “Rolled Cover Crop Mulch for Suppression of Amaranthus palmeri in Pickling Cucumber“
  • Shawn Beam won 1st place in the MS paper contest with his presentation “Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) Tolerance to Linuron POST“
  • Nick Basinger won 1st place in the PhD paper contest with his presentation “Evaluation of Rate and Timing of Indaziflam Herbicide in Muscadine and Bunch Grapes“

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Jennings, Sam, Shawn, and Nick!

Dole Named as Interim Associate Dean and Director for Academic Programs

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Dr. John DoleOn Monday, January 25, 2016, Dean Richard Linton named Dr. John Dole, Interim Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs, starting March 1.  Dole replaces Sam Pardue who will become the Dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia. Filling Dr. Dole’s role in Horticultural Science on an interim basis is Assistant Head, Dr. Wayne G. Buhler. Continue reading →

Horticultural Science Announces Spring 2016 Seminars

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The department of Horticultural Science has announced its spring seminar lineup for 2016. The speakers range in diversity and background and include professional gardeners, landscape designers, award-winning teachers, aspiring researchers and teachers, and horticultural entrepreneurs. The series kicks off with a talk from Frank Hyman on “The Beauty of the Built Garden.” Continue reading →

Open Enrollment for Online Certificate Programs

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It’s that time of year again—enrollment is open for our online courses and programs! The department offers two different certificates that can be completed entirely online as well as in person: the Undergraduate Certificate in General Horticulture and the Graduate Certificate in Horticultural Science. Both certificate programs are fifteen credit hours (five courses). Continue reading →