News & Highlights
Our newsletter highlights activities, events and achievements within the department. We hope that you enjoy the update.
Current newsletter:
November 2009 (see archived newsletters on the right side).
Highlights
October 2009
- PSLA Course Proposals Selected for "I" Series Signature Courses for the pilot for General Education Programs.
May 2009
- Graduation is a Family Affair!
- Spring 2009 Graduation photos
- 2009 PSLA Awards!!! May 13, 2009
- Celebration of The UMD Campus Arboretum and Botanical Garden May 8, 2009. Photos and more!
April 2009
- Steven Hutzell, rising senior in the Turf and Golf Course Management Program, has been chosen as a Philip Merrill Presidential Scholar, learn more.
- Dr. Steve Cohan, Dr. Jose Costa, and Dr. John Lea-Cox - winners of the 2009 AGNR Faculty/Staff Excellence Awards.
- MD Day Photo Gallery - 4/25/2009
March 2009
- PSLA Graduate student, Lorelly Solano, received the Second Place Graduate Student award for a paper she presented on "Zinc Uptake of Sedum spp. In Various Ratios of Crumb Rubber-amended Green Roof Substrate" by the American Society for Horticultural Science, Northeast Region (NE-ASHS) . Additional authors were Dr. Andrew Ristvey (MCE), Dr. John Lea-Cox (PSLA), and Dr. Steven Cohan (PSLA). Congratulations, Lorelly!!!
- It's Official! UM is now a Tree Campus USA More information about the Tree Campus USA program is available here
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We're Growing in Excellence!! The article published in the Maryland Nursery and Landscape Associations' summer 2008 publication, Free State Nursery & Landscape News. It's exciting to read about all the accomplishments of faculty and students in our department! |
Dr. William J. Kenworthy, Interim Chair, presented an overview of the Department at the annual AGNR Spring Awards Convocation on May 9, 2008. Please view the presentation and learn more about our Department and College.
Note: Please find archived news letters on the top right side of this page.
Please let us know your news to share. Contact Susan Burk, sburk@umd.edu, 301-405-6244