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Author(s):Hood, Sarah B.
Title:Seeding the future: Mike Van Beek has gone from nurturing turf to nurturing new professionals
Column Name:The back nine
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Source:GreenMaster. Vol. 44, No. 2, March/April 2009, p. 46.
Publishing Information:Richmond Hill, Ontario: Kenilworth Publishing Inc.
# of Pages:1
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Personal profile; Career growth; Education; Golf course industry
Subjects' Names:Van Beek, Mike
Abstract/Contents:Profiles Mike Van Beek, stating that he grew up "on a farm in the Cambridge area...[and] drifted into his first golf course job in his early teens." Notes the he graduated from the University of Guelph in 1981 with a degree in Environmental Horticulture. States that after he graduated he worked as "assistant superintendent...at Glen Abbey until 1986." Also states that he "left Abbey to start up a little lawn care and landscape company...however...in the fall of 1980, Seneca's first GCT [Golf Course Technician] class entered the college. Glen Abbey was a destination for occasional field trips, and Van Beek was recruited into the faculty [at Seneca College]."
Language:English
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Hood, S. B. 2009. Seeding the future: Mike Van Beek has gone from nurturing turf to nurturing new professionals. GreenMaster. 44(2):p. 46.
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