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Woodsmen Competition Photo Gallery
The UNH woodsmen team, under the tutelage of coach/team alum A.J. Dupere and assistant coach Chris Robarge, horticultural manager for the Thompson School of Applied Science, hosted the annual spring meet last week. Story >>>
UNH Horticultural Tech Students Create Sustainable Landscape
This week, students in a horticultural technology class at the University of New Hampshire's Thompson School for Applied Science completed a final project that will live on long after grade books are closed and the students themselves have graduated. Story >>>
Have ax, will travel; UNH woodsmen team hosts Spring Meet
Meet Christiann Unger. Beauty queen. Lumberjack. You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who combines two such diverse endeavors. But the 20-year-old Danville native appears just as comfortable in front of a camera as she is behind an ax or a saw. The reigning Miss Gate City, Unger is also a member of the University of New Hampshire woodsmen team, which is hosting the 62nd annual Spring Meet this weekend. Story >>>
UNH Woodsmen Team Spring Meet: Big day for UNH's Edwards
University of New Hampshire student Josh Edwards competed in the Stihl Timbersports Collegiate Series meet Sunday at the UNH campus Saturday for the third year in a row. Edwards placed a solid third representing the UNH Woodsmen team quite well. Story >>>
UNH Woodsmen Team Hosts 62nd Spring Meet April 18 And 19
The University of New Hampshire woodsmen team will host dozens of teams from the Northeast and Canada at the 62nd annual Spring Meet Friday, April 18 and Saturday, April 19 on the UNH campus in Durham. Last year's event, held at Dartmouth, fielded 26 teams from 13 schools. Story >>>
UNH Thompson School to Launch Culinary Arts Program in Fall '08
Beginning fall 2008, the University of New Hampshire will offer a culinary arts program in its Thompson School of Applied Science (TSAS). This unique chef training program will allow students to partner with University Hospitality Services, where they will have the opportunity to cook meals at Holloway Commons dining hall and the university-run New England Center. It is the only such program in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire. Story >>>
UNH Lilies Ready by Greenhouse Open House March 28 - 29
Chris Robarge and horticultural technology students at the Thompson School of Applied Science at the University of New Hampshire have been planning since December to force spring flowering bulbs, herbs, cyclamen, and Easter lilies into bloom for the earliest Easter in nearly 35 years. Story >>>
TSAS Horticultural Graduate Worked At The South Pole
Monique Dulac describes where she spent the last five months as "white and flat" and "like living on a sheet of paper." Dulac, 28, graduate of the Thompson School, returned on Feb. 27 from the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station where she worked as a greenhouse technician and did general maintenance. Story >>>
Thompson School Grad Creates Gardening Program For Kids
A new program in town will give young gardeners a chance to grow. Derry Parks and Recreation announces registration for its new Lil' Sprouts Club, a children's gardening class open to youth ages 5 and up. The class is under the guidance of Derry's horticulture technology expert and Thompson School alum Harriet Cohen-Alexander, who tends the town's gardens, plantings and floral designs at various locations around the community. She also works in the greenhouse at Don Ball Park off Humphrey Road, and when the season is right, she grows flowers and plants until they are ready to move to other spots in Derry. Story >>>
Forest Technology Professor wins Woodsmen Title
Don Quigley, Professor of Forest Technology at the Thompson School of Applied Science at UNH out paced 21 other competitors and won the Master’s Division at the 2007 Fryeburg Fair Woodsmen’s Field Day. Story >>>
The Thompson School's Flower Powered Christmas Tree Takes Third Place
Horticultural technology students from the Thompson School won third place in the popular vote in the Learning Center category during the 17th Annual Festival of Trees held Nov. 16-18 in Portsmouth. Story >>>
Megan Bujnowski Placed 3rd at the Game of Logging Collegiate Finals
Megan Bujnowski, of Hudson, New Hampshire, is a NRCS engineering aid under the Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP) and a second year University of New Hampshire (UNH) student in Forestry Technology. Megan served this past summer on a NRCS survey team that completed 50 surveys across the state. Megan is involved with the UNH Woodsmen Team, which is a university-recognized co-ed sports club and is sponsored by Campus Recreation. Recently, Megan placed third at the national Game of Logging Collegiate & Landowner Finals at Paul Smith’s College in Paul Smith, New York during October 19 & 20, 2007. Story >>>
