Gloribel Rosales-Burdin and Robin Tribbett represented the HLA Department at the College of Agriculture’s BGR Carnival on Friday, August 19. They gave away HLA freebies and answered any questions incoming freshmen have about the programs.
New and returning graduate students attended the HLA Graduate Student Orientation at the Beck Center on Friday, August 19. HLA faculty and staff were on hand to discuss how they can help graduate students and to answer any questions, followed by an icebreaker, ice cream and HLA Graduate Student Association elections. To our new graduate…Read more about HLA Graduate Student Orientation[Read More]
On Friday, August 19, HLA faculty, staff, postdocs, and grad students gathered together at the Beck Center for the annual fall retreat. We welcomed new HLA faculty, staff, and graduate students, and the morning was spent on working on HLA’s strategic plan and gaining input on the HLA website. The afternoon agenda involved a curriculum…Read more about HLA Fall Retreat[Read More]
On Saturday, August 13th, Vicki Stirm will be doing an outreach for HLA with high school students from the Center for Leadership Development and Soul Food Project Indy. The Center for Leadership Development is a part of the Indianapolis Youth Development Program. The outreach will involve plant science activities.
Peter Hirst, along with colleagues Amanda Dickson and Mark Russell, are welcoming a delegation from The University of Duhok in Northern Iraq for a 2 week visit to Indiana. This is part of an ongoing project to restore traditional cultural (including agricultural) practices. There are many opportunities to interact with the group including an opening…Read more about Peter Hirst and Colleagues Will Welcome Delegation from the University of Duhok[Read More]
Hello, my name is Gloribel Rosales-Burdin (she, her), I go by Gloribel or Glory, just not Gloria please :D. My strengths are strategic, ideation, learner, developer, and restorative. I am so excited to introduce myself as the new Senior Academic Advisor for Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (HORT/LA) at the College of Agriculture. When I am…Read more about Welcome Gloribel Rosales-Burdin![Read More]
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]
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