School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies News Articles

Students from Pennsylvania College of Technology and four other institutions will compete when the Mid-Atlantic Intercollegiate Woodsmen's Meet returns to the college's Schneebeli Earth Science Center on April 17. Participants will compete in a dozen event categories from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., including archery, ax throw, crosscut saw, log roll, pulp toss, pole fell, chain saw and speed chop.

A recent donation from ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance's Norristown office, part of the California-based ValleyCrest Landscape Companies, will benefit students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's Ornamental Horticulture Program. The $500 check was presented by Fred Barberra, a designer/estimator with the Norristown office, and Pat McVicker, a regional recruiter for the company.

Fifteen Pennsylvania College of Technology horticulture students along with horticulture faculty members Carl J. Bower, instructor, and Dennis P. Skinner, assistant professor took a field trip to Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh on March 17 and stopped for a planned visit to tour Eichenlaub Landscape Contractors.

Eight Pennsylvania College of Technology students recently passed the Pennsylvania Pesticide Applicator Certification examination, a three-hour test that boosts their employability by adding a valuable credential to their job-hunting toolkit. "This definitely gives the students an advantage," said Carl J. Bower Jr., a member of the school's horticulture faculty.

Carl J. Bower Jr., a horticulture instructor at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has been elected to a three-year term on the Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association Board of Directors.

The Horticulture Club has donated another $300 to Penn College's Relay for Life team, the fourth consecutive year in which the student organization has contributed to the fight against cancer. Centered in the School of Natural Resources Management and co-advised by horticulture instructor Carl J.

This week's Green Tip from the Horticulture Club is about a topic that many don't like to talk about: shoveling snow. Leaves are falling ... but snow soon will be falling, too. Think about how you are going to get rid of it. Sure, the snow blower does a quicker job, but keep in mind the amount of pollution that blower emits.

Two members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Horticulture Advisory Committee made material donations while attending a recent accreditation-related function in the School of Natural Resources Management. William D. Wells, a longtime committee member who retired as chairman and chief executive officer of W.D.

The chairman and chief executive officer of a Chester County landscape design firm recently was honored for his years of support and participation on the School of Natural Resources Management's Horticulture Advisory Committee. After 21 years of service on the committee, William D. Wells chairman and chief executive officer of W.D.

This week's Green Tip is brought to you by Penn College's Horticulture Club: It's safe to say that we like it when we can keep things out of the landfill and find a home for something that may not be needed any longer. The hard part is to locate people who share those feelings and may want to receive some of those goods. There are Web sites out there that do just that!