Last Friday, HLA faculty, staff, postdocs and graduate students came together for food and fun at Meigs Farm. The beautiful fall weather was perfect for a farm tour, cornhole, crafts and games for kids, grilled burgers and hotdogs, side dishes, an apple dessert competition, and free pumpkins, apples, and sweet potatoes to take home. Thank[Read More…]
Our team Split Happens played against Bowler Up Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 8 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 4 out of 8 points, placing our team in 3rd for the second week in a row. In the Men’s Category, Chris Adair placed 7th with scratch game[Read More…]
Our team Split Happens played against Spin Doctors Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 7 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won all 8 points, placing our team in 3rd for the week. In the Men’s Category, Chris Adair placed 6th with scratch game scoring a 182, placed 3rd with[Read More…]
Our team Split Happens played against The Purdudes Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 6 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 6 of 8 points, placing our team in 5th for the week. In the Women’s Category, Ashley Adair placed 7th with handicap game scoring a 238 and placed[Read More…]
On Saturday, the department hosted 225 youth participants from across Indiana for the 4-H/FFA State Horticulture Career Development Event. This event was coordinated by Kathryn Orvis and Tony Carrell from the State 4-H office. This event is designed to teach skills necessary in the horticulture and landscape industry. They identified ornamental plants, fruits, vegetables, and nuts, evaluated[Read More…]
Our team Split Happens played against English-Owl Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 5 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We lost all 8 points this week, placing us back in 6th place. In the Women’s Category, Alexandra Jewell placed 3rd with scratch game scoring a 189, placed 4thwith scratch series[Read More…]
Our team Split Happens played against The Madames Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 4 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won all three sets and high game, resulting in all 8 points. This placed our team in 2nd for the week. In the Men’s Category, Chris Adair placed 4th[Read More…]
Emmanuel Cooper, M.S. student in the Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab, was selected as a 2022 recipient of the Dr. Dagnatchew Yirgou Endowment Travel Award from the Purdue University College of Agriculture. The Dr. Dagnatchew Yirgou Endowment was established in September 2002 with gifts by Mezgebou Amlak and others in memory of Dr. Yirgou to[Read More…]