Many faculty, staff, and graduate students from HLA attended this year’s American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) in Chicago earlier this week. The department hosted a table at the Graduate Student Recruitment Event. About 20 current, former, and soon-to-be faculty, staff, and students joined Department Head Linda Prokopy for a fun and lively dinner at…Read more about HLA at ASHS[Read More]
On Monday, July 18th, Vicki Stirm hosted 8 high school students from the C-PASA (Carghill -Purdue Agribusiness and Science Academy) program. The program is in conjunction with the Office of Multicultural Programming in the College of Ag. Among the activities included a tour of the Student Farm and Urban Ag/Post-Harvest activity, which included learning pickling…Read more about HLA’s C-PASA Program Activities[Read More]
Luis Medina is a visiting scholar from Honduras who joined the Meyers’ weed science lab. He obtained his B.Sc. in Agronomy from Universidad Nacional de Agricultura (UNAG), Honduras. ” This opportunity has awakened in me a great interest in weeds, which are of great agricultural importance. It is definitely an area in which I would…Read more about Welcome Luis Medina![Read More]
On Monday, July 18th, Vicki Stirm will host 8 high school students from the C-PASA (Carghill -Purdue Agribusiness and Science Academy) program. The program is in conjunction with the Office of Multicultural Programming in the College of Ag. They will tour the Purdue Student Farm and the Hort Greenhouse, and learn about urban agriculture and…Read more about Vicki Stirm to Host High School Students from C-PASA Program[Read More]
Congratulations to Nathan Deppe who was recently promoted to Lead Laboratory Operations Specialist in recognition of his extremely competent leadership of the Plant Growth Facility during COVID, an almost-catastrophic power outage, and many other challenges. Congratulations to Pam Fisher who was recently promoted to Lead Extension Administrator in recognition of her excellent work supporting the…Read more about Staff Promotions[Read More]
Welcome Alexandra Jewell, our new Senior Greenhouse Technician who joined the department on June 20th. She graduated from our department with a degree in Horticulture in May 2021 and worked at a horticulture facility for a year in Fort Wayne. When she saw the opening for this position, she knew that this is exactly where…Read more about Welcome Alexandra Jewell![Read More]
July 14 was a day of celebration for Dr. Cary Mitchell’s 50 years with our department. Current and retired Purdue HLA faculty, staff, students, and guests joined together to honor Dr. Mitchell’s work in controlled environment agriculture, outer space agriculture, and as an advocate for women in ag. Retired HLA Professor Dr. Jules Janick read…Read more about Celebrating Cary Mitchell’s 50 Years with HLA[Read More]
July 21: Purdue Fruit, Veg & Hemp Field Day July 26: Turf and Landscape Field Day July 29: Small Farm Education Field Day August 9: Pinney Purdue Vegetable Field Day
Department Head Dr. Linda Prokopy has been busy this month! June 1-3, she and other HLA faculty, staff and graduate students (Camila Ulloa Gómez, Steve Hallett, Liz Maynard, Michael O’Donnell, Katherine Pivaral, Aaron Thompson, Ariana Torres, Emily Usher) traveled to Davenport, Iowa for the annual meeting of the Diverse Corn Belt project. Members of this…Read more about A Busy Month for Dr. Linda Prokopy[Read More]
On June 21st, Dr. Kathryn Orvis and Vicki Stirm will be doing plant science activities for the 4-H Round Up program.