High School Turfgrass Academy

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Get Your Hands-On, On the Green

**This event has been postponed.  We hope to announce a new date later this spring.  Please check back for details.**

 

The annual NC State Turfgrass Academy offers NC high school students a chance to learn about NC State University’s turfgrass degree and turf career options. Our small-group format allows students to personally connect with University faculty and get a glimpse of their future in turf.

Attendees will:Turfgrass at NC State

  • Visit our classroom and research facilities
  • Get hands-on-turf experience
  • Meet NC State University turf students to learn about their major
  • Connect with the faculty, staff, and scientists who lead the turfgrass degree program, field labs and Lonnie Poole Golf Course

All students must have an accompanying chaperone at all times.  Students may attend one or both days.  Registration is $30/person.

Join us April 3-4, 2020

Registration deadline 3/15/20

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2020 Agenda

Our tentative agenda for this year's Turfgrass Academy

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2020 Registration

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