The ACS Grad Student Committee has launched a grant to fund grad student travel to Phoenix! This is the 1st travel grant developed *by* grad students *for* grad students & your donation is worth DOUBLE thanks to matching donations from ASF! Donate today at a-s-f.org/content/gradua…

Not bad for an old guy ... great effort from Mike Richardson @uarkturf Crop Science 🌱 #turfgrass #turfgrassresearch @CSSATurf

With the #ACSmtg going on this week please let us know if you have any C5 updates for the historian report on Friday. New job, moves, retirements, promotions, awards, etc. Send updates to our historian John Kaminski, Ph.D.

The #megaposium about social media starting now at the #ACSMeeting. Jump into my boardroom meeting to discuss. #ACSmtg

From Penn State Turfgrass and John Kaminski, Ph.D.: We are sad to learn that Professor Emeritus Dr. Tom Watschke passed away last night. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. Of note for C5, Dr. Watschke was 45th C5 Chair in 1990; ASA Fellow 1991; CSSA Fellow 1992.

Congrats!

Good info from our members. #ABGSeedheads

Synthetic pigments applied to creeping bentgrass alter canopy reflectance, muddying the waters of objective measurements. Tricky to balance #turfgrass pigment usage and proper rating. doi.org/10.1002/csc2.2… C5Turf David McCall AgSpect @BruceMrtn Alexander Wong @UDTurf

Congrats to our distinguished C5Turf colleagues on awards at the Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies meetings! Grau award for Beth Guertal , ASA Fellow for Aaron Patton , CSSA Fellow for Fred Yelverton and @malherbologist , and Grad scholarship for Devon Carroll, Ph.D. ...WELL DONE!!!

The C5 turfgrass division business meeting is called to order by Kevin W. Frank.

A graduate student position is available in the Turf Pathology Program. Come and join a multidisciplinary program and learn about #epidemiology, #nematology, #genetics,#turf

Come and join the Turfgrass Pathology Program at the University of Maryland. We have an opening for a Lab Research Tech (eligible for getting a Master’s degree, if interested). Please contact Fereshteh Shahoveisi if you have any questions. ejobs.umd.edu/postings/96063

The C5Turf Symposium Committee is seeking anonymous input from current PhD students and early career PhDs (completed in past 7 years) in #turfgrass science/related fields to inform workforce development and graduate school recruitment strategies. Please help us get the word out.

Started the day with the Stiegler Golf Tournament and a turf tour and ending the day with the committee industry meeting. #cropsC5

Dr. Stier, Associate Dean at Univ. of Tennessee, speaking now at the Symposium on the outlook of Turf programs in 2045.

Congrats to NC State Crop & Soil Sciences NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dr. Grady Miller on receiving the Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies Fred V. Grau Turfgrass Science Award for his contributions to C5Turf Turfgrass Science. Very well deserved! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 TCNC_ NC State Turf Club NCSU Turf Alumni North Carolina SFMA NC SPA Carolinas GCSA

Industry Committee report showing the grad students the committee members took to dinner this week to talk about opportunities in the turfgrass industry. #c5turf

Congrats Dr. Richardson.

Evaluating arthropod populations in mixed species lawns: Julia Campos from the Entomology Department is helping to identify arthropods in our pitfall traps. UF IFAS WFREC UF IFAS Turfgrass

University of Maryland College Park Employment Site | Agricultural Technician Lead working with ⁦Fereshteh Shahoveisi⁩ on turfgrass diseases. ejobs.umd.edu/postings/107385