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Teachers and Turf Team to Train Teens - Update

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by Stan Kazymerchyk, Turfgrass Management Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

In the last Turf Line News, I reported on a collaborative educational project involving support of teens living with FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders). Rob Welsh, Jason Hooper, Byron Duffy and I delivered a 3 day session in May to 7 teens about greenskeeper skills. The ultimate goal of this was to see at least one of them successfully working on a golf course this summer. At this sessions’ completion, one student commented, “This was the best day of my life!”.

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Kwantlen Campus News January 2015: Experience Life Beyond the Classroom

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Students in the Kwantlen Turfgrass Management Program have the opportunity to involve themselves beyond the classroom by attending industry events, participating in field trips, and/or joining the Turf Club. The Turf Club is a group organized by the turf students that host social and fundraising events. A portion of money raised from these events goes towards the expenses and fees required to attend the WCTA Conference, as well as a yearly donation towards the Western Canada Turfgrass Research Fund.

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