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| Author(s): | Strickland, Verne |
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| Author Affiliation: | Freelance Writer, Raleigh, North Carolina |
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| Title: | Big changes at a small college: New leadership at Lebanon Valley College sparked an ambitious campus beautification program that is taking the Pennsylvania school's athletic fields to a new level |
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| Section: | Management
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| Source: | Athletic Turf: Maintenance & Technology. Vol. 4, No. 1, January/February 2001, p. 36-37. |
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| Publishing Information: | Cleveland, OH: Advanstar Communications, Inc. |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Institutional profile; Landscaping; Athletic fields; Weed control; Sodding; Heat; Setaria glauca; Soccer fields
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| Facility Names: | Lebanon Valley College, in Annville, Pennsylvania |
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| Abstract/Contents: | Highlights the successes of new campus landscape at Lebanon Valley College, PA under. Briefly introduces the new president of the college, and his plans of building athletic fields, gardens and walkways. States that "with cost containment a major goal, sod installation became the responsibility of grounds staff members, who accepted the task with some apprehension." Describes difficulties of summer heat, moisutre evaporation, and weed and grass problems. Discusses their use of a new postemergent herbicide and yellow forxtail in the soccer field. Concludes that successes of campus landscape increases student applications and academic quality and value of this college. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Pictures, color |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Strickland, V. 2001. Big changes at a small college: New leadership at Lebanon Valley College sparked an ambitious campus beautification program that is taking the Pennsylvania school's athletic fields to a new level. Athlet. Turf Maint. Technol. 4(1):p. 36-37. |
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