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- Consumer horticulture program guideRelf, Diane; Shelton, Joyce; Woods, R. Craig (Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, 1991)A list of resources on topics of interest to all Virginia gardeners.
- Seeds : Newsletter for Alumni of the Department of Horticulture at Virginia Tech : 2010Harris, Roger; Shelton, Joyce (Virginia Tech. Department of Horticulture, 2010)Greetings all alumni and friends! It is our time of year, when horticulturists are on the move with the long anticipated spectacle of spring upon us. It was truly a stunning winter here in Blacksburg, but I for one am ready to get out in the garden! We have had a very positive year in the department. First of all, we welcomed Alan Grant as the new dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in fall 2009. Dean Grant came to us from Purdue University, where he headed their animal sciences department. He brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm to the college, and we can anticipate a bright future for CALS.
- Seeds : Newsletter for Alumni of the Department of Horticulture at Virginia Tech : 2011Harris, Roger; Shelton, Joyce (Virginia Tech. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Communication and Marketing, 2011)Greetings all alumni and friends! As always, it has been a very busy year around Saunders Hall. Fall semester began with a department-wide self study in preparation for an overall review by the federal government to be held in late January. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), part of the USDA, periodically reviews all aspects of departments in colleges of agriculture. Our last review was in 2003, so it was our turn once again! The review is made by a team headed by a NIFA employee and comprises several professors from approximately equivalent departments across the U.S. The team spends several days meeting with faculty, staff, and students to look at all our programs. Our team leader was Dr. Mary Peet (National Program Leader for Organic Agriculture and Horticulture at NIFA), and team members included Dr. Robert Augé (Professor and Department Head, Department of Plant Science, University of Tennessee), Dr. Robert Geneve (Professor of Horticulture, University of Kentucky), Dr. Cecil Stushnoff (Professor of Horticulture, Colorado State University), and Dr. Ted Bilderback (Professor of Horticulture and Interim Arboretum Director, North Carolina State University). The review basically affirmed our recent efforts in teaching, research, and extension/outreach and provided helpful suggestions on how we might better focus some of our programs.
- Seeds : Newsletter for Alumni of the Department of Horticulture at Virginia Tech : 2012Harris, Roger; Shelton, Joyce (Virginia Tech. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Communication and Marketing, 2012)Greetings all alumni and friends! As always, it has been a very busy year around Saunders Hall. A whirlwind tour of this past year begins with our seventh annual Garden Gala festival at the Hahn Horticulture Garden last June. The “Lucky Seven” theme was very popular and everyone had a great time playing the Las Vegas-style games of chance. This year’s Garden Gala is June 9 and the theme is “Key West.” Last summer, Donna Long retired from her administrative assistant position after a career of making a real difference in the lives of our students. Maura Wood moved into the position vacated by Donna and Ashley Wills was hired to fill Maura’s former position. Fall semester began with a first-ever (at least in recent memory) meeting of all undergraduate students, where we explained our new curriculum and our overall departmental culture of service and scholarship. All students were given a horticulture T-shirt and a drawing was held for a new iPad, generously donated by Steve and Juanita Grigg of Grigg Designs in Manassas. The fall highlight was the trip led by Robert McDuffie to garden centers and botanical gardens in Washington, Philadelphia, and New York. The group even attended a Broadway musical! In October, we celebrated the life of our first department head, William Bradford Alwood.
- Seeds : Newsletter for Alumni of the Department of Horticulture at Virginia Tech : Fall 2006Nowak, Jerzy; Shelton, Joyce (Virginia Tech. Department of Horticulture, 2006)I hope all our Alumni had a successful year and are looking forward to receiving good news from the Home Department. I am very pleased to share with you some of our successes. The Peggy Lee Hahn Garden Pavilion was completed in June and formally dedicated on June 15 (http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php? relyear=2006&itemno=344). This beautiful structure attracts university, town, New River communities, alumni and professional organizations throughout the state. Our ambitious plan is to make it a center for the expansion of consumer horticulture programs. On September 22, the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Natural Resources celebrated the opening and dedication of Latham Hall, a new 84,000-square-foot multidisciplinary research facility (http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/ story.php?relyear=2006&itemno=515). I am pleased to let you know that our Department secured five laboratories in this new building, accommodating research and graduate programs of six faculty. The labs of Drs. Eric Beers, Jim Tokuhisa, and Richard Veilleux have already been established and searches for three additional faculty (Specialty Crops Breeder for Bioenergy/Bioproducts, Ornamental Plant Breeder, and Rhizosphere Biologist) are in progress. We would like to renovate the vacated space in Saunders Hall and convert it into a modern undergraduate teaching and research facility.
- Seeds : Newsletter for Alumni of the Department of Horticulture at Virginia Tech : Fall 2007Nowak, Jerzy; Shelton, Joyce (Virginia Tech. Department of Horticulture, 2007)The University and the Department went through a traumatic experience on April 16. The tragedy has unified Virginia Tech's community probably stronger than ever before. Several memorial projects are now under development that include participation of students, victim families, faculty, staff, alumni, and others across the US and beyond. One project is a Hokie Spirit Garden Trail that will integrate green spaces on campus, including proposed development of new theme gardens, and link the Trail to the Huckleberry Trail. Both walking and biking trails are considered. The project is a partnership between the campus community and the green industry. The Horticulture Department plays a significant role in this undertaking as well as in the development of a Jocelyne Couture-Nowak Memorial Garden as a part of the Terrace Garden currently under construction at the Peggy Lee Hahn Garden. Here I would like to take the opportunity to thank the alumni for the support you gave me and my family after my wife’s tragic death. Your sympathy and kindness helped carry us through these darkest hours and have been a source of our strength. Here is the url of the article on our family which has been recently published in the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/free/v54/i04/ 04a00101.htm.
- Seeds : Newsletter for Alumni of the Department of Horticulture at Virginia Tech : Fall 2008Harris, Roger; Shelton, Joyce (Virginia Tech. Department of Horticulture, 2008)Greetings all alumni and friends! I hope that you all had a bountiful summer and that you are enjoying this beautiful fall. Jerzy Nowak, former Head of our department, has moved on to be the Director of the new Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention (CPSVP). We wish Dr. Nowak all the best in this exciting new endeavor. He is a dear friend to our department, and we look forward to collaborating with him in his new mission. With Dr. Nowak's departure, Dean Sharron Quisenberry appointed me as Interim Department Head as of July 1 of this year. I feel truly honored to be named to this position. I have just completed my 15th year as a faculty member in the department and look forward to serving in my new position. During the past 15 years, I have taught Plant Propagation, Landscape Establishment and Maintenance, Nursery Crops, Urban Horticulture, Internship Seminar, and Landscape Practicum classes. Before graduate school (M.S. at University of Florida and Ph.D. at Cornell University), I spent two years at Campbell's Nursery in Franklin, Virginia, and 10 years with Jacksonville Landscape Co. in Jacksonville, Florida.
- Seeds: A Publication for Alumni of the Department of Horticulture at Virginia Tech : Fall 2005Nowak, Jerzy; Shelton, Joyce (Virginia Tech, 2005)