Department News

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August 30, 2007
Turfnet magazine listed DelVal's Turf program in Top 25 undergraduate 4-yr institutions. Click here to read the full article.

August 13, 2007
LCAP co-hosted a Turf and Ornamental pest walk on campus. 100 in attendance.

July 15, 2007
Turfnet magazine listed DelVal as one of the top 25 turf schools in the country.

May 19, 2007
19 students graduated from the Agronomy and Environmental Science Department.

March 9, 2007
BioDiesel reactor to be built on campus by Mr. Hepner and Dr. DeBroux.

February 22, 2007
Six Tuf Club members and Dr. R. Muse and Dr. B. Muse attended the Golf Industry Show in Anaheim, CA, and compete in the Turf Bowl Competition.

February 12, 2007
Former Chief of Brownfields and Land Revitalization of EPA Region 3, Charlie Kleeman, spoke to 40 students in Seminar class. His subject was Environmental Contamination: Problems, Successes and Challenges for the Future .

January 17, 2007
A turf student and Dr. Linde attended the STMA National Conference in San Antonio, TX.

January 10, 2007
DelVal in Turf held the 4nd annual happy hour at the Eastern PA Turf Conference in Valley Forge. About 25 attended the event sponsored by 3 generous Aggies.

October 20, 2006
Department gets reviewed by external reviewers. They assisted in planning for the future.

October 16, 2006
3 Turf students played in the KAFMO golf tournament to benefit PA Sports Turf Scholarships

August 28, 2006
Fall classes began.

August 1, 2006
Mr. Hepner erected windmill to use wind power as the energy source for composting the College's animal wastes.

July 20, 2006
Football game field and practice field rebuilt and sodded with Kentucky bluegrass.

May 22, 2006
Graduation 2006: 8 Environmental Science, 5 Crop Science and 11 Turf Management students graduated.

January 25, 2006
KAFMO donated scholarships for students to attend STMA conference.

January 20, 2006
Four Turf students attended the 2006 STMA annual conference in Orlando. Students compete in Student Turf Challenge.

January 12, 2006
DelVal Alumni in Turf hold the 3rd annual happy hour at the Eastern PA Turf Conference in Valley Forge. About 30 attend the event sponsored by 4 generous Aggies.

November 29. 2005
USGA Agronomist, Stan Zontek, spoke to Turf Club. He stated that some of the biggest challenges to golf course superintendents are learning Spanish, getting permission to remove trees and unrealistic expectations by golfers.

November 10, 2005
Dr. Linde delivered 2 research presentations at the Crop Science Society of America Annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.

October 21, 2005
Turf Club visits Saucon Valley Country Club and speaks with Jim Roney, superintendent and a DelVal alumnus.

October 15, 2005
Soil Judging team placed 4th in Northeast Soil Judging conference.

October 13, 2005
Turf Club volunteered to help at Limeport Stadium.

May 1, 2005
Golf team won Freedom Conference, and Dr. Linde was named "Coach of the Year."

February 16, 2005
Jim Roney '95, Director of Grounds at Saucon Valley C.C., speaks to Turf Cultural Systems class about cultural practices and careers.

February 12, 2005
Four Turf students and Dr. Linde attended the 2005 GCSAA annual conference in Orlando. Students competed in Turf Bowl.

January 10, 2005
DelVal Alumni in Turf held the 2nd annual happy hour at the Eastern PA Turf Conference in Valley Forge

December 12, 2004
Mr. Hepner secured a grant to use wind power as the energy source for composting the College's animal wastes.

December 5, 2004
Agronomy Club visited Yuengling Brewery in Pottsville, PA with Dr. DeBroux. They learned how agronomic plants are processed into beer.

October 22, 2004
Turf Club visits Citizens Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies. Twelve students and Dr. Linde toured the field and learned how it was maintained. Afterwards, they ate dinner at the famous Pat's Steaks.

October 11, 2004
DelVal Golf Classic raised $40,000 for the Turf Management Scholarship Fund. This year, 108 golfers played the challenging and beautiful Huntingdon Valley Country Club. Adams-Bickel Associates (Builders of South Hall) was the title sponsor for the tournament.

October 5, 2004
Mr. Hepner received Outstanding Environmental Educator Award from the Bucks County Audubon Society. He was recognized for his composting projects and his sewage disposal projects that were conducted using waste from the College.

September 10, 2004
Campus putting green reseeded to L-93 creeping bentgrass. The green will be maintained with student labor. As with the previous green, it will be used as a teaching tool in all the turfgrass classes.

September 7, 2004
Turfgrass species and variety trials installed next to putting green. This project has 36 different varieties seeded adjacent to each other. Seed was donated by Jacklin Seed Co. through Simplot Company.

August 30, 2004
Fall classes began.

August 25, 2004
9th Annual DVC Golf Classic to be held at Huntingdon Valley Country Club on October 11. All proceeds benefit scholarships for Turf Management students.

August 18, 2004
Dr. Linde returned from a 7-month sabbatical, in which he conducted a golf course benchmarking project for the New Zealand Sports Turf Institute.

August 10, 2004
Construction on 4 new athletic fields began. Fields include softball, baseball, field hockey and a practice area.

July 30, 2004
PA Dept of Environmental Protection research conducted by Mr. Hepner began final year. Mr. Hepner investigates various methods to dispose of sewage water from homes.

Dec 12, 2003
Putting green sod was sold to benefit Turf Program. Renovation is planned for 2004.

August 25, 2003
This year, 30 new students began their college careers in the department.

August 1, 2003
Dr. Linde conducted research project with on-campus putting green. Geomatrix, Inc. and Dr. Linde investigated the dry-down of a putting green using vacuum suction applied to the green's drainage system.

June 22, 2003
Department hosted field day for soil scientists, sewage enforcement officers, septic system installers and waste-management engineers. Roughly 300 people attended, received hands-on training and toured Del Val's onsite waste-disposal research areas.

May 24, 2003
This year, 20 students graduated from the Agronomy and Environmental Science Department.

April 9, 2003
Agronomy Professor Dr. Doug Linde received Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year Award.

March 10, 2003
Barry Wise, Sophomore in Turf, placed 3rd in 133 lb-Class Division III Wrestling Championships. He was also named as a Division III All-American.

February 15, 2003
Two students and Dr. Linde attended the GCSAA conference in Atlanta.