A special summer job
For many high school and college students, having a summer job helped pay for school, a car or just a night out. Unfortunately, most students who had a job this past summer had little beyond pay to add to one’s ...Read More
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‘Grassroots’ ideas are among the best
Every once in a while you run across something that makes you say “Wow, isn’t that cool?” or “Why didn’t I think of that?” I’ve been in the golf business for more than 40 years now, and I’ve seen a ...Read More
The embedded journalist
I saw a headline recently about how dangerous the job of being an embedded journalist is. I chuckled at the thought. Well, sure, it’s dangerous. But those guys chose those jobs. Just like my friend Will, whom I wrote about ...Read More
No jacket required
This past winter at the Ohio Turfgrass Foundation Conference and Show, I attended a couple talks on career development led by a human resources director and a respected superintendent. I took quite a bit away from both speakers, but a ...Read More
Trinexapac-ethyl applications and growing degree days
Doug Soldat, Ph.D., is an associate professor of turfgrass science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research has focused on turfgrass and soil problems. He can be reached at djsoldat@wisc.edu. Question: How did you become interested in investigating the timing ...Read More
Can’t see the forest for the trees
I was heading to work and noticed the neighborhood kids waiting on the street corner for the school bus, as I had a thousand times before. Except this morning I was struck by the number of kids waiting. Where did ...Read More