School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies News Articles

Faculty members in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management served as judges for several competitions during the 2011 State FFA Activities Week, held June 14-16 at The Pennsylvania State University. FFA Activities Week gathers more than 1,400 high school students from throughout the state for three days of competitions and agriculture-related activities.

A faculty member in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management has been designated a Landscape Industry Certified Horticultural Technician by the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET). Carl J.

On one of the first garden-friendly days of the season, horticulture instructor Carl J. Bower provided a helpful primer on invasive plants and how to discern whether to nurture or nix that beautiful backyard growth. " Plants: Friend or Foe?" was the Spring 2011 Madigan Library Forum, held from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday in the second-floor reading loft.

Pennsylvania College of Technology finished third overall, and 10 of its students placed in their respective events during the Mid-Atlantic Woodsman's Meet at Penn State Mont Alto. "It was definitely an opportunity that the students will never forget," said Erich R. Doebler, laboratory assistant for forest technology in the college's School of Natural Resources Management.

Thirteen students from Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management recently attended the Professional Landscape Network's Student Career Days competition in Joliet, Ill. Horticulture faculty members Dennis P. Skinner, assistant professor, and Carl J.

As winter soon gives way to gardening season, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library offers a timely presentation to help green thumbs differentiate between beneficial and baneful backyard growth. Horticulture instructor Carl J. Bower Jr. will present a free, public forum "Plants: Friend or Foe?" from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21, in the library's second-floor reading loft.

A landscape/horticulture technology student at Pennsylvania College of Technology received a $2,500 scholarship at the 2011 Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association Leadership Summit held Feb. 10 in Lancaster.

A horticulture instructor at Pennsylvania College of Technology has been named to the Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association Foundation Board of Trustees. Carl J. Bower Jr., who also serves on the PLNA Board of Directors, will begin his three-year trustee term on Jan. 1.

The recent donation of a mini excavator will benefit a variety of academic majors within Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management. Jon Hume, the Case New Holland product specialist who arranged for the donation, delivered a 2007 E27B mini excavator and an Isuzu engine to the college's Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood.

ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance's Norristown Office, part of the California-based ValleyCrest Landscape Companies, recently made another donation to support Pennsylvania College of Technology's ornamental horticulture program. The $500 check was presented to horticulture instructor Carl J.