Student Career Days March 2008

For student career days we came in third place Nationwide this time and less than 10 points behind second! We are really proud of our students and we had many first place winners in the individual competitions.

More upcoming events

Brother Dewey and Brother Toll are also taking a group of students to the California Pack trials from March 26- April 9. We will meet and network with industry leaders, tour horticulture facilities and learn about all the new plant and greenhouse introductions for this past year. This is also a great opportunity for the students to make contacts for internships and future jobs.

On the 29th Brother Romney will be taking a group of floral students for a week on a trip to Southern California to study the floral industry.

The PLANET TEAM

The PLANET TEAM will be leaving March 25 - 30 for Atlanta to defend their title as #1 - that's NUMBER ONE! in the Nation. Brother Nelson and Brother John are preparing with the students for a great time!

ValleyCrest

The Horticulture Department has had a lot of great companies visit on campus this semester. It has been wonderful to develop these long term relationships.

I recently was invited to attend a faculty summit at Valley Crest in Los Angeles California. They offered great seminars on the future of the industry.

We were able to meat and network with other horticulture faculty from across the nation. We also visited various valley crest job sites and toured their corporate head quarters. It was really exciting to meet leaders in this industry. We appreciate the support they give to our students and to the horticulture department.

Opening Winter Social

February 1st we held our opening winter social. We met in the warm green houses while the winter snow piled up outside. There was dinner, students played games and watched movies. We had a turn out of around 70 students and faculty.

Idaho Nursery & Landscape Association Trade Show

On January 16-18th students attended the Idaho Nursery and Landscape Association Trade show in Boise. Twenty students were able to go to industry seminars by guest speakers from across the nation focusing on the latest horticulture topics. They made many great networking contacts for future jobs and internship opportunities. We also had a great time together getting to know one another.

Seeds to the Wind

An informational news story type video, made by a student, of the green houses and a few of our programs in the fall 2007.