Four teams comprised of 17 undergraduate students from HLA-Turf Science competed last month in the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Collegiate Quiz Bowl competition at the GCSAA annual meeting in San Diego, CA. This exam tests the students’ plant/seed/pest/equipment identification skills, and practical turfgrass calculations related to golf turf management. Students from Turf[Read More…]
Eight HLA-Turf Science undergraduates competed last week in the Sports Field Managers Association (SFMA) Collegiate Quiz Bowl competition at the SFMA annual meeting in Palm Springs, CA. The students placed 3rd overall out of 26 teams in this competition. This exam tests the students plant/seed/pest/equipment identification skills, practical turfgrass calculations for the sports field manager[Read More…]
Cale Bigelow and Jada Powlen attended and participated in the 2024 Sports Field Managers Association (SFMA) annual meeting in Daytona, FL. They co-presented a seminar “What’s new in research for winter overseeding of warm-season grasses”. Cale also presented: “Pure Live Seed: Does it matter?” and co-presented “Soils 201: Next level soils knowledge for the sports[Read More…]
Cale Bigelow, Jada Powlen and Lee Miller attended the 2024 Golf Course Superintendent’s Association of America (GCSAA) annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ. Cale presented the topic “Nutrient update from turfgrasses: How much do you lose with clipping collection?” Dr. Lee Miller from the Purdue Botany and Plant Pathology Department presented on the topic of “What[Read More…]