Spring/Summer 2015 ENH Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2015
From the Chair
Dear Faculty, Staff, Students and Stakeholders:
Greetings! Let me just start by thanking you for an
amazing 6 months! Your warm welcome, confidence,
and friendship has been amazing. After visiting or
conversing with many other departments nationwide, I
truly believe we are unique and special……and
PRODUCTIVE! With the help of amazing faculty and
staff, in the last 6 months, we (1) evaluated 25 end-of-year
faculty assessment packages, (2) submitted four new
proposals for ENV HORT positions with industry letters
of endorsement, (3) visited the top two industry events:
FNGLA landscape show in Orlando, and TPIE in Fort
Lauderdale, and (4) successfully recruited ten graduate
students beginning this fall, statewide. Our faculty, staff, and students have received a number
of prestigious awards! Please join me in congratulating them. In closing, thank you for this
opportunity to serve, and lets join in complimenting our students on a job well done! Exciting
opportunities are on the way…stay tuned!
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ENH Graduates– Class of 2015
PhD:
Brian Glenn
Adrienne Smith
Wenlan Tian
Masters – Non-Thesis:
Ellen Cochrane
Alex Kroenke
David Moore
Adam Moseley
Joy Stanilka
Student Awards
Ph.D. student Adrienne Smith, FLEPPC Best Poster Award
Undergrad student Richard Smith, Outstanding Undergraduate Oral Presentation ANRSA
Faculty Awards
Amy Alexander, CALS Award for Best Undergraduate Coordinator
Andrew Koeser, Alex Laurie Award—”Biocontainer Use in a Petunia ×hybrida Greenhouse
Production System: a Cradle-to-gate Carbon Footprint Assessment of Secondary Impacts”
Rosanna Freyre, US Patent PP24,422 in recognition of her outstanding contribution in the
development of the Ruellia plant named “R10-102”.
Zhanoa Deng and Brent Harbaugh, Professor Emeritus, US Patents for caladiums named ‘UF48-5’, ‘UF-172’, and ‘UF-18-49. They will be marketed as Summer Pink, Tapestry and Royal
Flush.
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ENH in the News
UF/IFAS scientist uses special fertilizer to keep palms, soil and water healthy
Amy Alexander wins CALS teaching/advising award
Service Pins
Dale Haskell– 30 years
Joo Young Kim– 10 years
Dee Boyle– 5 years
Upcoming Events
128th FSHS Annual Meeting, May 31 – June 2, St. Augustine
2015 FNGLA Annual Convention , June 12-13, Coral Gables
ASHS 2015 Annual Conference , August 4–7, New Orleans
IPPS Annual Conference , October 10-14, Tampa
New Kids on the Block!
Ryan Keith Kruse
October 28, 2014, 10lbs 9oz
Proud Parents—Jason and Kim
(and big brother, Jackson)
Dylan Nicholas Pérez
December 30th, 2014, 8lbs 10oz
Proud Parents—Hector and Kelly
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Flavors of Florida
Dr. Dave Clark’s Flavors of Florida 2015 event was a great success! It was held at the
President of UF’s house, and highlighted crop research by IFAS scientists. It featured varieties
of blueberries, strawberries, tomatoes, citrus fruits, and other crops bred at the University.
Attendees were able to sample these and other foods as prepared by local restaurants, such as
Mildred’s Big City Food.
FNGLA Frontrunners Meeting
The FNGLA Chapter Frontrunners meeting was held on April 14th at Wilmot Gardens. The
meeting began in the conference center, where members met up and were to take a tour of the
gardens and the therapeutic gardening greenhouse. However, due to a rainstorm that lasted for
a full hour, the entire meeting took place in the conference center. Dr. Charles Guy and Ms.
Christy Penman gave a presentation on their current research project, the effect of gardening
on brain activity. The group was very interested in seeing the results of the study, as it should
shed light on how interacting with plants changes the patterns of neural activity in the brain.
After their presentation, a few members were able to stay and take the originally scheduled tour
of the gardens and greenhouse.
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ENH Club Visits France
Dr. Barrett and the ENH Club are travelling to Paris, Normandy, and Loire Valley to view and enjoy orchid
production; chain and independent retain garden centers; street markets; Paris city park tours with their staff;
Monet Garden tour with staff; American Cemetery in Normandy with
horticulture staff; Normandy landing beaches; the cathedral in Orleans;
Paris museums; Chateaus and gardens of Loire Valley, an international
garden festival; and vegetable, fruit and dairy farms. Look for photos from
their trip in the next Newsletter!
CALS Scholarship Winners
Allison Bechtloff
Nicholas Genna
Daniel Greenwell
Leah Cobb Lee
Raymond Odeh
Christine Penman
Tia Tyler
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